- Sep 1 Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin')
- Sep 1 Ann W. Richards, Lakeview Texas, American politician
- Sep 1 Marshall Lytle, Old Fort, North Carolina, Hall of Fame rock bassist (Comets), (d. 2013)
- Sep 2 Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor, (d. 2012)
- Sep 2 Mathieu Kérékou, Dictator and President of Benin (1973-91, 1996-2006), born in Kouarfa, French Dahomey (d. 2015)
- Sep 3 Roland Kayn, German electronic music composer, born in Reutlingen (d. 2011)
- Sep 3 Tompall Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), (d. 2013)
- Sep 4 Richard Castellano, actor (The Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger), born in The Bronx, New York
- Sep 5 Vincent McDermott, American composer, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2016)
- Sep 5 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean catholic archbishop, born in Santiago, Chile
- Sep 8 Eric Salzman, composer
- Sep 8 Asha Bhonsle, Indian singer
- Sep 8 Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss
- Sep 8 Michael Frayn, British playwright
- Sep 10 David Rowland, English real estate developer/broker/multi-millionaire
- Sep 10 Yevgeny Vassilyevich Khrunov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5)
- Sep 10 Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (Chanel), born in Hamburg, Germany
- Sep 11 William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
- Sep 12 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Football Club Chairman
- Sep 12 Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress, born in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Sep 13 Eileen Fulton, actress (Our Private World), born in Asheville, North Carolina
- Sep 14 Harve Presnell, Modesto California, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- Sep 14 Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
- Sep 15 Henry Darrow, American actor (Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 15 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor
- Sep 16 George Chakiris, Norwood Ohio, actor (West Side Story)
- Sep 16 Jim Gilbert, British artist and criminal, born in London (d. 1995)
- Sep 17 Charles E Grassley, (Sen-R-Iowa, 1981- )
- Sep 17 D A Fenner, British headmaster (Alleyn's School)
- Sep 17 Desmond Fennell, British high court judge
- Sep 17 Patricia Crowley, Olyphant Pa, actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
- Sep 18 Jimmie F. Rodgers [James Frederick], American singer and guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb), born in Camas, Washington
- Sep 18 Manfred Niehaus, composer
- Sep 18 Robert Blake, Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast)
- Sep 18 Robert F Bennett, (Sen-R Utah)
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Sep 18 Scotty Bowman, NHL player/coach (Montreal Canadians/Detroit Red Wings), born in Montreal, Quebec
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- Sep 18 Valentina Ponomaryova, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 6 backup), born in Moscow, Russia
- Sep 19 David McCallum, actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Sep 20 Bob Banas, American choreographer (Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 20 Dennis Viollet, English former footballer (d. 1999)
- Sep 22 Leonardo Balada, composer
- Sep 24 Catherine Pestell, principal (Somerville College Oxford)
- Sep 25 Adolfo Suarez, premier of Spain (1976-81), (d. 2014)
- Sep 25 Erik Darling, folk singer (Rooftop Singers), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008)
- Sep 25 Ian Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter (Ian & Sylvia), born in Victoria, British Columbia
- Sep 25 Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster
- Sep 26 Clari Baruch, [Clara C de Lieme], actress (Man With White Flower)
- Sep 26 Donna Douglas, American actress (Elly May Clampett-The Beverly Hillbillies), born in Pride, Louisiana (d. 2015)
- Sep 27 Kathleen Nolan, American actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside), born in St Louis, Missouri
- Sep 27 Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)
- Sep 27 Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist (d. 2007)
- Sep 28 Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland (Gov-D-Vt), 1st Jewish gov of Vermont
- Sep 28 Miguel Berrocal, Sculptor (d. 2006)
- Sep 29 Samora Machel, president Mozambique (1975-86)
- Sep 30 Mars Zakirovich Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut