| 20971 | February 24 | Birth | 1593 – Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English aristocrat, courtier and soldier (d. 1625) |
| 20972 | February 24 | Birth | 1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640) |
| 20973 | February 24 | Birth | 1597 – Vincent Voiture, French poet and author (d. 1648) |
| 20974 | February 24 | Birth | 1619 – Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690) |
| 20975 | February 24 | Birth | 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665) |
| 20976 | February 24 | Birth | 1684 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) |
| 20977 | February 24 | Birth | 1693 – James Quin, Irish-English actor (d. 1766) |
| 20978 | February 24 | Birth | 1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782) |
| 20979 | February 24 | Birth | 1723 – John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792) |
| 20980 | February 24 | Birth | 1736 – Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806) |
| 20981 | February 24 | Birth | 1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830) |
| 20982 | February 24 | Birth | 1767 – Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, Thai king (d. 1824) |
| 20983 | February 24 | Birth | 1774 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) |
| 20984 | February 24 | Birth | 1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869) |
| 20985 | February 24 | Birth | 1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859) |
| 20986 | February 24 | Birth | 1788 – Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857) |
| 20987 | February 24 | Birth | 1827 – Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890) |
| 20988 | February 24 | Birth | 1831 – Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899) |
| 20989 | February 24 | Birth | 1835 – Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899) |
| 20990 | February 24 | Birth | 1836 – Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910) |
| 20991 | February 24 | Birth | 1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885) |
| 20992 | February 24 | Birth | 1842 – Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918) |
| 20993 | February 24 | Birth | 1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907) |
| 20994 | February 24 | Birth | 1852 – George Moore, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933) |
| 20995 | February 24 | Birth | 1866 – Pyotr Lebedev, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1912) |
| 20996 | February 24 | Birth | 1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949) |
| 20997 | February 24 | Birth | 1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955) |
| 20998 | February 24 | Birth | 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972) |
| 20999 | February 24 | Birth | 1877 – Ettie Annie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936) |
| 21000 | February 24 | Birth | 1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966) |