- Sep 1 Samuel "Sam" van Beem, Flemish actor (Fanfan la Tulipe), dies at 62
- Sep 1 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, African-British composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast), dies at 37
- Sep 5 Arthur MacArthur, Jr., U.S. Army general (b. 1845)
- Sep 12 Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon
- Sep 13 Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849)
- Sep 30 Mary Frances Allitsen, composer, dies at 63