| 18301 | February 16 | Birth | 1920 – Anna Mae Hays, American general |
| 18302 | February 16 | Birth | 1921 – Jean Behra, French race car driver (d. 1959) |
| 18303 | February 16 | Birth | 1921 – Esther Bubley, American photographer (d. 1998) |
| 18304 | February 16 | Birth | 1921 – Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (d. 1981) |
| 18305 | February 16 | Birth | 1921 – John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic (d. 2013) |
| 18306 | February 16 | Birth | 1922 – Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (d. 1950) |
| 18307 | February 16 | Birth | 1925 – Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (d. 2004) |
| 18308 | February 16 | Birth | 1926 – Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1945) |
| 18309 | February 16 | Birth | 1926 – John Schlesinger, English actor and director (d. 2003) |
| 18310 | February 16 | Birth | 1927 – June Brown, English actress |
| 18311 | February 16 | Birth | 1927 – David Brion Davis, American historian and academic |
| 18312 | February 16 | Birth | 1929 – Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect (d. 1980) |
| 18313 | February 16 | Birth | 1929 – Peter Porter, Australian-English poet and educator (d. 2010) |
| 18314 | February 16 | Birth | 1931 – Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002) |
| 18315 | February 16 | Birth | 1931 – George E. Sangmeister, American lawyer and politician (d. 2007) |
| 18316 | February 16 | Birth | 1931 – Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer (d. 2014) |
| 18317 | February 16 | Birth | 1932 – Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2014) |
| 18318 | February 16 | Birth | 1932 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (d. 2007) |
| 18319 | February 16 | Birth | 1934 – August Coppola, American author and academic (d. 2009) |
| 18320 | February 16 | Birth | 1934 – Marlene Hagge, American golfer |
| 18321 | February 16 | Birth | 1934 – Hal Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (d. 2005) |
| 18322 | February 16 | Birth | 1934 – Herbie Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (d. 2006) |
| 18323 | February 16 | Birth | 1935 – Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (d. 1998) |
| 18324 | February 16 | Birth | 1935 – Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (d. 2014) |
| 18325 | February 16 | Birth | 1937 – Paul Bailey, English author and critic |
| 18326 | February 16 | Birth | 1937 – Yuri I. Manin, Russian-German mathematician and academic |
| 18327 | February 16 | Birth | 1938 – John Corigliano, American composer and academic |
| 18328 | February 16 | Birth | 1938 – Barry Primus, American actor, director, and producer |
| 18329 | February 16 | Birth | 1939 – Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino lawyer and judge |
| 18330 | February 16 | Birth | 1939 – Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter (Niebiesko-Czarni) (d. 2004) |