| 17521 | February 14 | Birth | 1898 – Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977) |
| 17522 | February 14 | Birth | 1898 – Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974) |
| 17523 | February 14 | Birth | 1903 – Stuart Erwin, American actor (d. 1967) |
| 17524 | February 14 | Birth | 1904 – Charles Oatley, English physicist and engineer (d. 1996) |
| 17525 | February 14 | Birth | 1905 – Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer (d. 1969) |
| 17526 | February 14 | Birth | 1907 – Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer (d. 2003) |
| 17527 | February 14 | Birth | 1911 – Maus Gatsonides, Dutch rally driver and inventor (d. 1998) |
| 17528 | February 14 | Birth | 1912 – Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian explorer and author (d. 1988) |
| 17529 | February 14 | Birth | 1913 – Mel Allen, American sportscaster (d. 1996) |
| 17530 | February 14 | Birth | 1913 – Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (d. 1987) |
| 17531 | February 14 | Birth | 1913 – Jimmy Hoffa, American union leader (d. 1975) |
| 17532 | February 14 | Birth | 1913 – James Pike, American bishop (d. 1969) |
| 17533 | February 14 | Birth | 1914 – Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (d. 2007) |
| 17534 | February 14 | Birth | 1916 – Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010) |
| 17535 | February 14 | Birth | 1916 – Sally Gray, English actress and singer (d. 2006) |
| 17536 | February 14 | Birth | 1916 – Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer (d. 1996) |
| 17537 | February 14 | Birth | 1916 – Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974) |
| 17538 | February 14 | Birth | 1917 – Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) |
| 17539 | February 14 | Birth | 1921 – Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer |
| 17540 | February 14 | Birth | 1921 – Hazel McCallion, Canadian ice hockey player and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga |
| 17541 | February 14 | Birth | 1922 – Murray the K, American radio host (d. 1982) |
| 17542 | February 14 | Birth | 1924 – Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma |
| 17543 | February 14 | Birth | 1924 – Peg Murray, American actress and singer |
| 17544 | February 14 | Birth | 1927 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian model and actress (d. 2007) |
| 17545 | February 14 | Birth | 1927 – Newton Mendonça, Brazilian musician (d. 2013) |
| 17546 | February 14 | Birth | 1927 – Jerry Wolman, American businessman (d. 2013) |
| 17547 | February 14 | Birth | 1927 – Seizō Katō, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014) |
| 17548 | February 14 | Birth | 1928 – William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (d. 2013) |
| 17549 | February 14 | Birth | 1928 – Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (d. 2014) |
| 17550 | February 14 | Birth | 1929 – Vic Morrow, American actor and director (d. 1982) |