| 17971 | February 15 | Birth | 1928 – Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2014) |
| 17972 | February 15 | Birth | 1929 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (d. 1975) |
| 17973 | February 15 | Birth | 1929 – Kauko Armas Nieminen, Finnish physicist and author |
| 17974 | February 15 | Birth | 1929 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2014) |
| 17975 | February 15 | Birth | 1930 – Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic |
| 17976 | February 15 | Birth | 1930 – Nico Minardos, Greek-American actor (d. 2011) |
| 17977 | February 15 | Birth | 1931 – Claire Bloom, English actress |
| 17978 | February 15 | Birth | 1931 – Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (d. 2014) |
| 17979 | February 15 | Birth | 1931 – Jonathan Steele, English journalist and author |
| 17980 | February 15 | Birth | 1934 – Graham Kennedy, Australian actor (d. 2005) |
| 17981 | February 15 | Birth | 1934 – Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist, created the Pascal programming language |
| 17982 | February 15 | Birth | 1934 – Abe Woodson, American football player and minister (d. 2014) |
| 17983 | February 15 | Birth | 1935 – Susan Brownmiller, American journalist and author |
| 17984 | February 15 | Birth | 1935 – Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967) |
| 17985 | February 15 | Birth | 1935 – Gene Hickerson, American football player (d. 2008) |
| 17986 | February 15 | Birth | 1937 – Nathan Davis, American saxophonist and clarinet player |
| 17987 | February 15 | Birth | 1937 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author (d. 2008) |
| 17988 | February 15 | Birth | 1939 – Gerd Bohnsack, German footballer and manager |
| 17989 | February 15 | Birth | 1939 – Robert Hansen, American serial killer (d. 2014) |
| 17990 | February 15 | Birth | 1940 – İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2007) |
| 17991 | February 15 | Birth | 1940 – John Hadl, American football player and coach |
| 17992 | February 15 | Birth | 1940 – Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia |
| 17993 | February 15 | Birth | 1940 – Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright (d. 2008) |
| 17994 | February 15 | Birth | 1941 – Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress |
| 17995 | February 15 | Birth | 1941 – Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer |
| 17996 | February 15 | Birth | 1942 – Sherry Jackson, American actress and singer |
| 17997 | February 15 | Birth | 1942 – Masaomi Kondō, Japanese actor |
| 17998 | February 15 | Birth | 1943 – Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (d. 2012) |
| 17999 | February 15 | Birth | 1944 – Mick Avory, English drummer (The Kinks and The Kast Off Kinks) |
| 18000 | February 15 | Birth | 1945 – Jack Dann, American-Australian author and poet |