Editing 1961 (section)

===February===
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Anna May Wong]], Chinese-American actress (b. [[1905]])
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil|Viscount Dunrossil]], Australian Governor-General (b. [[1893]])
* [[February 4]] 
** [[Hazel Heald]], American writer (b. [[1896]])
** [[Philip Game|Sir Philip Game]], British army officer, colonial governor and police officer (b. [[1876]])
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland]], British politician (b. [[1876]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[William Duncan (actor)|William Duncan]], American actor (b. [[1879]])
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Carlos Luz]], Brazilian politician, 19th [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Richmond K. Turner]], American admiral (b. [[1885]])
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Arthur Ripley]], American film director (b. [[1897]])
* [[February 15]] 
** [[Laurence Owen]], American figure skater (b. [[1944]])
** [[Gregory Kelley]], American figure skater (b. [[1944]])
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Dazzy Vance]], American baseball player ([[Brooklyn Dodgers]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[February 17]] 
** [[Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin|Horatio Berney-Filkin]], British army general (b. [[1892]])
** [[Nita Naldi]], American actress (b. [[1894]])
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Percy Grainger]], Australian composer (b. [[1882]])
* [[February 22]]
** [[George de Cuevas]], Chilean-American ballet impresario and choreographer (b. [[1885]])
** [[Nick LaRocca]], American jazz musician (b. [[1889]])
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Sebastiano Visconti Prasca]], Italian general (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://generals.dk/general/Visconti_Prasca/Sebastiano/Italy.html |title=Visocnonti Prasca, Sebastiano, Italy |website=Generals of World War II |publisher=generals.dk |access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[February 26]]
** [[Uberto De Morpurgo]], Italian tennis player (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/umberto-de-morpurgo|title=Umberto DE MORPURGO – Olympic Tennis &#124; Italy|date=June 13, 2016|website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>
** King [[Mohammed V of Morocco]] (b. [[1909]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Aaron S. Merrill]], American admiral (b. [[1890]])