Editing 1974 (section)

===February===
[[File:SatyenBose1925.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Satyendra Nath Bose]]]]
* [[February 4]] 
** [[Satyendra Nath Bose]], Indian mathematician and physicist (b. [[1894]])<ref>{{cite news |agency=AP |title=Satyendranath Bose, 80, Dies; Physicist Influenced Einstein |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/06/archives/satyendranath-bose-80-dies-physicist-influenced-einstein-a-paper.html |date=6 February 1974 |at=Page 40, columns 3-4 |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref>
** [[Stuart Buchanan]], American actor (d. [[1894]])<ref>[https://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/stuart-buchanan/ Stuart Buchanan]</ref>
* [[February 8]] – [[Fritz Zwicky]], Swiss physicist and astronomer (b. [[1898]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fritz-Zwicky Fritz Zwicky Swiss scientist]</ref>
* [[February 11]] – [[Anna Q. Nilsson]], Swedish-born American silent film star (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite news |agency=AP |title=Anna Q. Nilsson, Swedish Star In Many Early Films, Dies at 85 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/13/archives/anna-q-nilsson-swedish-star-in-many-early-films-dies-at-85-started.html |date=13 February 1974 |at=Page 42, columns 4–5 |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[February 15]]
** [[Kurt Atterberg]], Swedish composer (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historiadelasinfonia.es/historia-2/siglo-xx/atterberg/ |title=Atterbert |website=Historia de La Sinfonia |language=es |access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref>
** [[George W. Snedecor]], American mathematician and statistician (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Snedecor/ |last1=O'Connor |first1=J J |author1-link=John J. O'Connor (mathematician) |last2=Robertson |first2=E F |author2-link=Edmund F. Robertson |title=George Waddel Snedecor (1881 - 1974) - Biography |work=[[MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive|MacTutor History of Mathematics]] |date=November 2010 |publisher=School of Mathematics and Statistics, [[University of St Andrews]], Scotland |access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] – [[Manuel A. Odría]], 79th President of Peru (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/manuel-apolinario-odria-amoretti Manuel Apolinario Odría Amoretti]</ref>
* [[February 21]] – [[Tim Horton]], Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of the [[Tim Hortons]] restaurant chain (b. [[1930]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Commito |first1=Mike |first2=Lorraine |last2=Snyder |title=Tim Horton |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |date=16 October 2015 |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tim-horton |access-date=19 July 2023}} This source gives Horton's date of death as both February 17 and February 21; the latter is correct.</ref>
* [[February 23]] 
** [[Harry Ruby]], American musician, composer and writer (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.songhall.org/profile/Harry_Ruby |title=Harry Ruby |website=[[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] |access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref>
** [[George Van Biesbroeck]], American-born Belgian astronomer (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{cite journal |title=George A. Van Biesbroeck |journal=[[Physics Today]] |date=July 1974 |volume=27 |issue=7 |page=59 |issn=1945-0699 |doi=10.1063/1.3128713 |bibcode=1974PhT....27g..59. |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[February 24]] – [[Robert A. Stemmle]], German screenwriter and film director (b. [[1903]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/robert-a-stemmle_7b58be5cf9db48709a0c88022b13f0a7 |title=Robert A. Stemmle |website=[[filmportal.de]] |language=de |access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref>