| 15871 | February 9 | Death | 1977 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894) |
| 15872 | February 9 | Death | 1978 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893) |
| 15873 | February 9 | Death | 1978 – Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer and guitarist (b. 1935) |
| 15874 | February 9 | Death | 1979 – Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899) |
| 15875 | February 9 | Death | 1980 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900) |
| 15876 | February 9 | Death | 1981 – M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900) |
| 15877 | February 9 | Death | 1981 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925) |
| 15878 | February 9 | Death | 1984 – Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (b. 1914) |
| 15879 | February 9 | Death | 1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928) |
| 15880 | February 9 | Death | 1991 – James Cleveland, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Caravans) (b. 1931) |
| 15881 | February 9 | Death | 1994 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934) |
| 15882 | February 9 | Death | 1995 – J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905) |
| 15883 | February 9 | Death | 1995 – David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914) |
| 15884 | February 9 | Death | 1997 – Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943) |
| 15885 | February 9 | Death | 1997 – Georges Groulx, Canadian actor (b. 1922) |
| 15886 | February 9 | Death | 1998 – Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911) |
| 15887 | February 9 | Death | 1999 – Bryan Mosley, English actor (b. 1931) |
| 15888 | February 9 | Death | 2001 – Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) |
| 15889 | February 9 | Death | 2002 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (b. 1920) |
| 15890 | February 9 | Death | 2002 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930) |
| 15891 | February 9 | Death | 2002 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish opera singer (b. 1937) |
| 15892 | February 9 | Death | 2004 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925) |
| 15893 | February 9 | Death | 2005 – Tyrone Davis, American singer (b. 1938) |
| 15894 | February 9 | Death | 2005 – Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the windscreen wiper (b. 1927) |
| 15895 | February 9 | Death | 2006 – Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932) |
| 15896 | February 9 | Death | 2006 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922) |
| 15897 | February 9 | Death | 2007 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922) |
| 15898 | February 9 | Death | 2007 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1934) |
| 15899 | February 9 | Death | 2008 – Scot Halpin, American drummer (b. 1954) |
| 15900 | February 9 | Death | 2008 – Christopher Hyatt American occultist and author (b. 1943) |