- Feb 1 Ron Welty, American drummer (The Offspring - "Pretty Fly, For A White Guy"), born in Long Beach, California
- Feb 5 Sara Evans, American country music singer ("Suds in the Bucket"; "A Real Fine Place to Start"), born in Boonville, Missouri
- Feb 8 William "Will" Turpin, American musician (Collective Soul) and producer (Gooey Music), born in Fairbanks, Alaska
- Feb 13 Sonia [Evans], British pop singer ("You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"), born in Liverpool, England
- Feb 14 Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer, born in Fukuoka, Japan
- Feb 17 Martyn Bennett [-Knight], Canadian-Scottish celtic-fusion piper, pianist, and composer, born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (d. 2005)
- Feb 19 Gil Shaham, Israeli-American concert violinist, born in Urbana, Illinois
- Feb 21 Randy Blythe, American heavy metal singer (Lamb of God), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Feb 22 Lea Salonga, Filipina singer and actress (Miss Siagon), born in Manila, Philippines
- Feb 25 Daniel Powter, Canadian rock singer-songwriter ("Bad Day"), born in Vernon, British Columbia
- Feb 26 Erykah Badu [Erica Abi Wright], American R&B and progressive soul singer-songwriter ("On and On"; "Bag Lady"), born in Dallas, Texas
- Feb 26 Hélène Ségara, French pop singer, born in Six-Fours-les-Plages, France
- Feb 26 Max Martin [Karl Martin Sandberg], Swedish Grammy Award-winning pop record producer and songwriter, with Shellback (Pink; Maroon 5; Taylor Swift; Avril Lavigne), born in Stenhamra, Sweden
- Feb 27 Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American pop and R&B singer (TLC - "Waterfall", "Creep"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Feb 28 Junya Nakano, Japanese video game composer (Threads Of Fate; Final Fantasy X), born in Kyoto, Japan
- Feb 28 Nigel Godrich, British record producer, recording engineer, and musician (Radiohead; Thom Yorke; Atoms for Peace), born in Westminster, London
About February 1971
How Old? 53 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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