| 21181 | February 24 | Death | 1685 – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629) |
| 21182 | February 24 | Death | 1704 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643) |
| 21183 | February 24 | Death | 1714 – Edmund Andros, English politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637) |
| 21184 | February 24 | Death | 1721 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648) |
| 21185 | February 24 | Death | 1732 – Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675) |
| 21186 | February 24 | Death | 1777 – Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) |
| 21187 | February 24 | Death | 1799 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742) |
| 21188 | February 24 | Death | 1810 – Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731) |
| 21189 | February 24 | Death | 1812 – Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775) |
| 21190 | February 24 | Death | 1815 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765) |
| 21191 | February 24 | Death | 1824 – Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1755) |
| 21192 | February 24 | Death | 1825 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754) |
| 21193 | February 24 | Death | 1856 – Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792) |
| 21194 | February 24 | Death | 1876 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809) |
| 21195 | February 24 | Death | 1879 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825) |
| 21196 | February 24 | Death | 1914 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828) |
| 21197 | February 24 | Death | 1925 – Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860) |
| 21198 | February 24 | Death | 1927 – Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858) |
| 21199 | February 24 | Death | 1929 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853) |
| 21200 | February 24 | Death | 1953 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875) |
| 21201 | February 24 | Death | 1957 – Helen Sewell, American author and illustrator (b. 1896) |
| 21202 | February 24 | Death | 1970 – Conrad Nagel, American actor and singer (b. 1897) |
| 21203 | February 24 | Death | 1974 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1893) |
| 21204 | February 24 | Death | 1975 – Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) |
| 21205 | February 24 | Death | 1978 – Alma Thomas, American painter (b.1891) |
| 21206 | February 24 | Death | 1982 – Virginia Bruce, American actress and singer (b. 1910) |
| 21207 | February 24 | Death | 1984 – Tyrone Mitchell, American murderer (b. 1955) |
| 21208 | February 24 | Death | 1986 – Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904) |
| 21209 | February 24 | Death | 1987 – Jim Connors, American radio host (b. 1940) |
| 21210 | February 24 | Death | 1989 – Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894) |