- Sep 5 Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1938)
- Sep 6 Charlie Dell, American actor and comedian (Pickle in the Middle), born in NYC, New York (d. 1971)
- Sep 8 Harry Hillman, American athlete (3 Gold Olympic 1904), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1945)
- Sep 11 Asta Nielsen, Danish actress (Joyless Street), born in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1972)
- Sep 12 Daniel Jones, English phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary), born in London (d. 1967)
- Sep 15 Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French automobile designer and manufacturer (Automobiles E. Bugatti), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1947)
- Sep 16 Clive Bell, English art critic, born in East Shefford, Berkshire (d. 1964)
- Sep 17 Alfred Carpenter, English Royal Navy soldier, born in Barnes, Surrey (d. 1955)
- Sep 20 Walter Kingsford, British actor (Carefree, My Favorite Blonde), born in Redhill, England (d. 1958)
- Sep 25 Lu Xun, Chinese writer of modern Chinese literature, born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Qing dynasty China (d. 1936)
- Sep 26 Hiram Wesley Evans, American member of the Ku Klux Klan, born in Ashland, Alabama (d. 1966)
- Sep 27 Ernest Williams, American composer, born in Wayne County, Indiana (d. 1947)
- Sep 27 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, Dutch revue-artist, singer and actress, born (d. 1940)
- Sep 27 William Clothier, American tennis player (US Nat C'ships 1906; 1st President International Hall of Fame 1954), born in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania (d. 1962)
- Sep 28 Henry Geehl, English composer, born in London (d. 1961)
- Sep 29 Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American Economist (The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality), born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 1973)