- Feb 7 Mark Taimanov, Russian pianist, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (d. 2016)
- Feb 11 Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera, born in Motherwell, Scotland (d. 1995)
- Feb 13 Barney Childs, American avant-garde composer (The Roachville Project), educator, and poet, born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2000)
- Feb 14 (Alexander) "Bobby" Kok, Boer-British classical and session cellist (BBC Symphony; George Harrison - "When We Was Fab"), born in Brakpan, Union of South Africa, (d. 2015)
- Feb 17 Friedrich Cerha, Austrian composer (Baal) and conductor (Ensemble Die Reihe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2023)
- Feb 17 Lee Hoiby, American concert pianist and composer (1957 Arts & Letters; Summer and Smoke), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
- Feb 19 György Kurtág, Hungarian pianist, composer (Stele; Játékok), and teacher (Franz Liszt Academy, 1967-93), born in Lugoj, Romania
- Feb 20 Bobby Jaspar, Belgian jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1963)
- Feb 20 Dame Gillian Lynne [Pyrke], British dancer, choreographer and actress (Cats; The Phantom of the Opera), born in Bromley, Kent (d. 2018)
- Feb 23 Régine Crespin, French operatic mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1962-87; Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), born in Marseille, France (d. 2007)
- Feb 26 Arsene Souffriau, Belgian pioneering electronic music composer, born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 2012)
- Feb 26 Chris Anderson, American jazz pianist (Charlie Parker; Dinah Washington; Charlie Haden), born in Chicago, Illinois) (d. 2008)
- Feb 28 Seymour Shifrin, American composer (Satires of Circumstance), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1979)
- Feb 28 Stanley Glasser, South African composer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2018)
About February 1926
How Old? 98 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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