Leopold Kerney[?], Minister to Madrid involved in conducting negotiations with Germany over Irish neutrality and possible assistance with recovery of the "lost counties" of Ulster
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February 1 - S. J. Perelman[?], humorist, author
February 4 - MacKinlay Kantor[?], historian (+ 1977)
February 5 - Walter Gross[?], cabaretist (+ 1989)
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