| 13981 | February 4 | Death | 1713 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (b. 1671) |
| 13982 | February 4 | Death | 1774 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) |
| 13983 | February 4 | Death | 1799 – Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728) |
| 13984 | February 4 | Death | 1781 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737) |
| 13985 | February 4 | Death | 1843 – Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770) |
| 13986 | February 4 | Death | 1894 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker, invented the Saxophone (b. 1814) |
| 13987 | February 4 | Death | 1905 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841) |
| 13988 | February 4 | Death | 1912 – Franz Reichelt, Austrian-French tailor (b. 1879) |
| 13989 | February 4 | Death | 1926 – İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875) |
| 13990 | February 4 | Death | 1928 – Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853) |
| 13991 | February 4 | Death | 1933 – Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846) |
| 13992 | February 4 | Death | 1936 – Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss politician (b. 1895) |
| 13993 | February 4 | Death | 1940 – Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895) |
| 13994 | February 4 | Death | 1943 – Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877) |
| 13995 | February 4 | Death | 1944 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872) |
| 13996 | February 4 | Death | 1945 – Cecil Kimber, English automobile engineer (b. 1888) |
| 13997 | February 4 | Death | 1956 – Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player (b. 1887) |
| 13998 | February 4 | Death | 1958 – Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915) |
| 13999 | February 4 | Death | 1959 – Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880) |
| 14000 | February 4 | Death | 1968 – Neal Cassady, American author and poet (b. 1926) |
| 14001 | February 4 | Death | 1974 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894) |
| 14002 | February 4 | Death | 1975 – Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Tympany Five) (b. 1908) |
| 14003 | February 4 | Death | 1982 – Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909) |
| 14004 | February 4 | Death | 1983 – Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (b. 1950) |
| 14005 | February 4 | Death | 1984 – Patrick Nagel, American painter and illustrator (b. 1945) |
| 14006 | February 4 | Death | 1987 – Liberace, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1919) |
| 14007 | February 4 | Death | 1987 – Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (b. 1956) |
| 14008 | February 4 | Death | 1987 – Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902) |
| 14009 | February 4 | Death | 1992 – Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model and dancer (b. 1911) |
| 14010 | February 4 | Death | 1994 – Fred De Bruyne, Belgian cyclist and manager (b. 1930) |