Editing 1874 (section)

=== February ===
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]], Austrian writer (d. [[1929]])
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Stein]], American writer, patron of the arts (d. [[1946]])
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Henry C. Mustin (1874–1923)|Henry C. Mustin]], American naval aviation pioneer (d. [[1923]])
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Amy Lowell]], American poet (d. [[1925]])
* [[February 11]]
** [[Elsa Beskow]], Swedish writer (d. [[1953]])
** [[Fritz Hart]], English-born composer (d. [[1949]])
* [[February 15]] &ndash; Sir [[Ernest Shackleton]], Irish explorer (d. [[1922]])
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Thomas J. Watson]], American computer pioneer (d. [[1956]])
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Carl Stockdale]], American actor (d. [[1953]])
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Mary Garden]], American opera soprano of Scots descent (some sources state her birth year as 1877) (d. [[1967]])
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Päts]], 1st [[President of Estonia]] (d. [[1956]])
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Honus Wagner]], American baseball player (d. [[1955]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Korotkov]], Russian surgeon (d. [[1920]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Pawang Nong]], Pahang Hero (d. [[1977]])