| 19861 | February 20 | Death | 1941 – La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1894) |
| 19862 | February 20 | Death | 1961 – Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882) |
| 19863 | February 20 | Death | 1963 – Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879) |
| 19864 | February 20 | Death | 1966 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885) |
| 19865 | February 20 | Death | 1968 – Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 19866 | February 20 | Death | 1969 – Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883) |
| 19867 | February 20 | Death | 1972 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
| 19868 | February 20 | Death | 1972 – Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897) |
| 19869 | February 20 | Death | 1976 – René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) |
| 19870 | February 20 | Death | 1976 – Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (b. 1907) |
| 19871 | February 20 | Death | 1981 – Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904) |
| 19872 | February 20 | Death | 1985 – Bhawani Prasad Mishra, Indian poet and author (b. 1913) |
| 19873 | February 20 | Death | 1985 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (b. 1904) |
| 19874 | February 20 | Death | 1987 – Wayne Boring, American illustrator (b. 1905) |
| 19875 | February 20 | Death | 1992 – A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898) |
| 19876 | February 20 | Death | 1992 – Roberto D'Aubuisson, Salvadoran politician (b. 1944) |
| 19877 | February 20 | Death | 1992 – Dick York, American actor and singer (b. 1928) |
| 19878 | February 20 | Death | 1993 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916) |
| 19879 | February 20 | Death | 1993 – Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908) |
| 19880 | February 20 | Death | 1996 – Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907) |
| 19881 | February 20 | Death | 1996 – Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930) |
| 19882 | February 20 | Death | 1999 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971) |
| 19883 | February 20 | Death | 1999 – Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (b. 1946) |
| 19884 | February 20 | Death | 2000 – Anatoly Sobchak, Russian lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1937) |
| 19885 | February 20 | Death | 2001 – Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (b. 1910) |
| 19886 | February 20 | Death | 2001 – Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (b. 1941) |
| 19887 | February 20 | Death | 2003 – Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (b. 1907) |
| 19888 | February 20 | Death | 2003 – Orville Freeman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 29th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1918) |
| 19889 | February 20 | Death | 2003 – Ty Longley, American singer and guitarist (Great White and Samantha 7) (b. 1971) |
| 19890 | February 20 | Death | 2003 – Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani air marshal (b. 1947) |