- Sep 2 Ernest Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1888), dies of effects of carbolic acid at 38
- Sep 8 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, Bohemian clarinetist, band leader, and composer, dies at 78
- Sep 14 Henry Bliss is the 1st recorded death from an auto accident when he is hit by a taxicab in New York City
- Sep 17 Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist and co-founder (Pillsbury Company), dies at 56
- Sep 28 Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies