African American History Month. Details
February 1, Sunday Details
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) : African American.
Thomas Lantos (born Lantos Tamás Péter) (1928–2008) : Jewish American.
Imbolc begins at sundown : Pagan and Wiccan.
February 2, Monday Details
Groundhog Day : United States.
Candlemas : Christian.
Imbolc : Pagan and Wiccan.
February 3, Tuesday Details
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) : Lesbian.
Bean Scattering Festival (Setsubun) 
: Japan.
February 4, Wednesday Details
Betty Friedan (born Bettye Naomi Goldstein) (1921–2006) : Jewish American.
February 5, Thursday Details
Constitution Day : Mexico.
February 6, Friday Details
Bob Marley (1945–1981) : Jamaican.
Waitangi Day : New Zealand.
February 8, Sunday Details
T'u B'Shvat begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)
Constitution Day : Philippines.
February 9, Monday Details
Lantern Festival (Yuan-hsiao) : China. (m)
Taeborum (tay-bore-oom) : South Korea. (m)
St. Maroon's Day : Lebanon.
T'u B'Shvat (New Year of the Trees) : Jewish. (m)
February 10, Tuesday Details
Butter Sculpture Festival : Tibet. (m)
February 11, Wednesday Details
National Foundation Day (Kenkoku Kinen Bi) : Japan.
February 12, Thursday Details
Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kosciuszko (1746–1817) : Polish.
Lincoln’s Birthday : United States.
February 14, Saturday Details
Richard Allen (1760–1831) : African American.
Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) : African American.
Masao Satow (1908–1977) : Japanese American.
Valentine's Day : United States.
February 15, Sunday Details
Susan B[rownell] Anthony (1820–1906) : Suffragist, United States.
Arbaeen begins at sundown : Islamic. (m)
Nirvana (Buddha's Death) : Buddhist.
Liberation Day : Afghanistan.
February 16, Monday Details
Arbaeen : Islamic. (m)
Independence Day : Lithuania.
Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day) : United States. (m)
February 17, Tuesday Details
Marian Anderson (1902–1993) : African American.
Goyaale (Geronimo) (1829–1909) : American Indian (Chiricahua Apache).
Randy Shilts (1952–1994) : Gay.
Declaration of Independence : Republic of Kosovo.
February 18, Wednesday Details
Sholom Aleichem (born Solomon Rabinowitz) (1854–1916) : Jewish Russian American.
Audre Geraldin Lorde (1934–1992) : Lesbian.
Luis Muñoz Marín : Puerto Rican.
February 21, Saturday Details
Barbara Jordan (1936–1996) : African American.
International Mother Language Day : United Nations.
Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Dibash) : Bangladesh.
February 22, Sunday Details
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) (1876–1938) : American Indian (Sioux).
People Power Day (2/22–2/25) : Philippines.
February 23, Monday Details
W[illiam] E[dward] B[urkhardt] Du Bois (1868–1963) : African American.
Casimir Funk (1884–1967) : Jewish Polish American.
Bun Day (Shrove Monday) : Iceland. (m)
Great Lent begins : Coptic Orthodox Christian. (m)
Maha Shivaratri (Shiva's Night) : Hindu. (m)
Shrove Monday : Christian. (m)
Defenders of the Motherland Day : Russia.
February 24, Tuesday Details
Bursting Day (Shrove Tuesday) : Iceland. (m)
Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) : Christian. (m)
Flag Day : Mexico.
Independence Day : Estonia.
February 25, Wednesday Details
Enrico Caruso (1873–1931) : Italian American.
José de San Martín (1778–1850) : Argentine.
Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent) : Christian. (m)
National Day (2/25–2/26) : Kuwait.
February 26, Thursday Details
Intercalary Days (2/26–3/1) : Baha'i.
February 27, Friday Details
Independence Day : Dominican Republic.