Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Sep 4 French composer (Maximilien), born in Marseille, France
- Sep 5 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1973)
- Sep 6 Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 1965)
- Sep 9 Bruno Stürmer, German conductor, composer and educator, born in Freiburg, Germany (d. 1958)
- Sep 9 Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American silent film actress (The Dragon Painter), born in Tokyo, Empire of Japan (d. 1961)
- Sep 10 Arthur Compton, US physicist (1927 Nobel Prize for Physics for Compton Effect), born in Wooster, Ohio (d. 1962)
- Sep 11 Ernie Koob, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1917; St. Louis Browns), born in Keeler, Michigan (d. 1941)
- Sep 11 Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1926), born in Wontergem, East Flanders, Belgium (d. 1980)
- Sep 11 Pinto Colvig, American animation voice actor (Goofy, Pluto), born in Jacksonville, Oregon (d. 1967)
- Sep 12 Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal), born in NYC, New York (d. 1984)
- Sep 15 Silpa Bhirasri [Corrado Feroci], Italian-Thai sculptor, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1962)
- Sep 17 Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch organist and composer (Ballade of Merel; Te Deum), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1981)
- Sep 18 Cyril Walker, English golfer (US Open 1924), born in Manchester, England (d. 1948)
- Sep 18 Sam Staples, English cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 15 wickets; Nottinghamshire), born in Newstead Colliery, England (d. 1950)
- Sep 20 Patricia Collinge, Irish-born American actress (Tender Comrade), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1974)
- Sep 22 Arnoldus JC Krafft, Dutch theologist, historian, and geographer (Atlas of Netherlands Antilles), born in Curaçao, Dutch West Indies (d. 1964)
- Sep 22 Billy West [Roy B Weissburg], Russian actor, Charlie Chaplin impersonator and silent film director (Further Perils of Laurel & Hardy), born in Russia (d. 1975)
- Sep 22 Frank Sullivan, American humorist (NYer Magazine), born in Saratoga Springs, New York (d. 1976)
- Sep 22 Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1960)
- Sep 24 Adélard Godbout, Canadian politician (15th Premier of Québec), born in Saint-Éloi, Quebec, Canada (d. 1956)
- Sep 24 Sam de Vries, Flemish actor (Wandering Jew), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1943)
- Sep 27 John Mylong, Austrian actor (Robot Monsters), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1975)
- Sep 28 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian air pioneer and WW I flying ace (first flight Belgium to the Congo), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1929)
Elmer Rice (1892-1967)
Sep 28 American playwright (Pulitzer-Street Scene) and novelist, born in NYC, New York
- Sep 28 Ruth Stonehouse, American silent film actress and director (Dorothy Dares), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1941)