| 20881 | February 23 | Death | 2000 – Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957) |
| 20882 | February 23 | Death | 2000 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (b. 1915) |
| 20883 | February 23 | Death | 2001 – Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
| 20884 | February 23 | Death | 2003 – Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (b. 1955) |
| 20885 | February 23 | Death | 2003 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910) |
| 20886 | February 23 | Death | 2004 – Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934) |
| 20887 | February 23 | Death | 2004 – Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (b. 1945) |
| 20888 | February 23 | Death | 2004 – Neil Ardley, English pianist and composer (b. 1937) |
| 20889 | February 23 | Death | 2004 – Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1918) |
| 20890 | February 23 | Death | 2004 – Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919) |
| 20891 | February 23 | Death | 2006 – Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (b. 1922) |
| 20892 | February 23 | Death | 2006 – Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921) |
| 20893 | February 23 | Death | 2007 – Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936) |
| 20894 | February 23 | Death | 2007 – John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941) |
| 20895 | February 23 | Death | 2008 – Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (b. 1950) |
| 20896 | February 23 | Death | 2008 – Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (b. 1917) |
| 20897 | February 23 | Death | 2010 – Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967) |
| 20898 | February 23 | Death | 2011 – Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (b. 1923) |
| 20899 | February 23 | Death | 2012 – William Gay, American author (b. 1941) |
| 20900 | February 23 | Death | 2012 – William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926) |
| 20901 | February 23 | Death | 2012 – David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924) |
| 20902 | February 23 | Death | 2012 – Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1937) |
| 20903 | February 23 | Death | 2012 – Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919) |
| 20904 | February 23 | Death | 2013 – Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (b. 1918) |
| 20905 | February 23 | Death | 2013 – Joan Child, Australian politician, 19th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (b. 1921) |
| 20906 | February 23 | Death | 2013 – Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920) |
| 20907 | February 23 | Death | 2013 – Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945) |
| 20908 | February 23 | Death | 2014 – K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1943) |
| 20909 | February 23 | Death | 2014 – Penny DeHaven, American singer and actress (b. 1948) |
| 20910 | February 23 | Death | 2014 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (b. 1903) |