| 17941 | February 15 | Birth | 1898 – Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1967) |
| 17942 | February 15 | Birth | 1899 – Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983) |
| 17943 | February 15 | Birth | 1899 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985) |
| 17944 | February 15 | Birth | 1904 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist and manager (d. 1983) |
| 17945 | February 15 | Birth | 1905 – Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986) |
| 17946 | February 15 | Birth | 1907 – Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (d. 1991) |
| 17947 | February 15 | Birth | 1907 – Cesar Romero, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1994) |
| 17948 | February 15 | Birth | 1908 – Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1980) |
| 17949 | February 15 | Birth | 1909 – Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (d. 2010) |
| 17950 | February 15 | Birth | 1910 – Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and social worker (d. 2008) |
| 17951 | February 15 | Birth | 1911 – Leonard Woodcock, American union leader and diplomat (d. 2001) |
| 17952 | February 15 | Birth | 1912 – George Mikes, Hungarian-English journalist and author (d. 1987) |
| 17953 | February 15 | Birth | 1913 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997) |
| 17954 | February 15 | Birth | 1914 – Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (d. 1972) |
| 17955 | February 15 | Birth | 1914 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 17956 | February 15 | Birth | 1916 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999) |
| 17957 | February 15 | Birth | 1916 – Jack Hanlon, American actor (d. 2012) |
| 17958 | February 15 | Birth | 1918 – Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (d. 2013) |
| 17959 | February 15 | Birth | 1918 – Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009) |
| 17960 | February 15 | Birth | 1919 – Ducky Detweiler, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013) |
| 17961 | February 15 | Birth | 1920 – Endicott Peabody, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997) |
| 17962 | February 15 | Birth | 1921 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and author (d. 1985) |
| 17963 | February 15 | Birth | 1922 – John B. Anderson, American lawyer and politician |
| 17964 | February 15 | Birth | 1923 – Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (d. 2011) |
| 17965 | February 15 | Birth | 1924 – Robert Drew, American director and producer (d. 2014) |
| 17966 | February 15 | Birth | 1927 – Frank Dunlop, English actor and director |
| 17967 | February 15 | Birth | 1927 – Harvey Korman, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2008) |
| 17968 | February 15 | Birth | 1927 – Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013) |
| 17969 | February 15 | Birth | 1928 – Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog (d. 2014) |
| 17970 | February 15 | Birth | 1928 – Eno Raud, Estonian children's literature author (d. 1996) |