H. L. Mencken
Sep 12 Henry Louis Mencken, American newspaperman and critic (Prejudices), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1956)
H. L. Mencken
- Sep 14 Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes), born in Elbing, West Prussia (d. 1958)
- Sep 14 Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Bishop of the Russian Church and Orthodox missionary, born in Russian Empire (d. 1961)
- Sep 14 Archie Hahn, American sprinter, born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin (d. 1955)
- Sep 16 Alfred Noyes, British poet and essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman), born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 1958)
- Sep 20 Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, born in Parma, Italy (d. 1968)
- Sep 20 Louise Peete, American convicted serial killer, born in Bienville, Louisiana (d. 1947)
- Sep 22 Asser B Kleerekoper, journalist/2nd-Member of parliament (SDAP)
- Sep 22 Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (d. 1958)
- Sep 23 John Boyd Orr, nutritionist, UN's FAO (Nobel 1949)
- Sep 28 Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, (Sen-VT)