| 20521 | February 22 | Death | 1943 – Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921) |
| 20522 | February 22 | Death | 1944 – Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist, wife of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) |
| 20523 | February 22 | Death | 1945 – Osip Brik, Russian author and critic (b. 1888) |
| 20524 | February 22 | Death | 1958 – Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888) |
| 20525 | February 22 | Death | 1960 – Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter (b. 1905) |
| 20526 | February 22 | Death | 1961 – Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1889) |
| 20527 | February 22 | Death | 1965 – Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882) |
| 20528 | February 22 | Death | 1973 – Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916) |
| 20529 | February 22 | Death | 1973 – Elizabeth Bowen, Irish-English author (b. 1899) |
| 20530 | February 22 | Death | 1973 – Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900) |
| 20531 | February 22 | Death | 1973 – Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912) |
| 20532 | February 22 | Death | 1974 – Samuel Byck, American criminal (b. 1930) |
| 20533 | February 22 | Death | 1976 – Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904) |
| 20534 | February 22 | Death | 1976 – Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (b. 1943) |
| 20535 | February 22 | Death | 1977 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (b. 1897) |
| 20536 | February 22 | Death | 1978 – Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet (b. 1905) |
| 20537 | February 22 | Death | 1979 – Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic (b. 1877) |
| 20538 | February 22 | Death | 1980 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886) |
| 20539 | February 22 | Death | 1982 – Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898) |
| 20540 | February 22 | Death | 1983 – Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889) |
| 20541 | February 22 | Death | 1983 – Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913) |
| 20542 | February 22 | Death | 1984 – David Vetter, American SCID victim (b. 1971) |
| 20543 | February 22 | Death | 1985 – Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913) |
| 20544 | February 22 | Death | 1985 – Alexander Scourby, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 20545 | February 22 | Death | 1985 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889) |
| 20546 | February 22 | Death | 1987 – Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (b. 1928) |
| 20547 | February 22 | Death | 1994 – Papa John Creach, American violinist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and The Dinosaurs) (b. 1917) |
| 20548 | February 22 | Death | 1995 – Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934) |
| 20549 | February 22 | Death | 1997 – Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (b. 1907) |
| 20550 | February 22 | Death | 1997 – Clarrie Harders, Australian public servant (b. 1915) |