- Sep 1 Johann Gottlieb Sollner, German composer, and theolgian born Zwickau, Saxony, Germany (d. 1798)
- Sep 1 Thomas Erskine 6th Earl of Kellie, Scottish composer and musician, born in Kellie Castle, Scotland (d. 1781)
- Sep 6 Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist, born in Wismar, Germany (d. 1796)
Jacques Necker (1732-1804)
Sep 30 French finance minister of Louis XVI whose decisions contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution, born in Geneva, Switzerland
