- Sep 2 John Bowlby, British psychologist, dies at 83
- Sep 3 David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
- Sep 4 Henry Faas [Wandelganger], Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies
- Sep 4 Irene Dunne, American actress (Cimarron, Theodora Goes Wild), dies of heart failure at 91
- Sep 5 Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
- Sep 5 Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1896)
- Sep 6 Leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies
- Sep 6 Issan Dorsey, American founder of the Hartford St Zen Center in San Francisco, dies of AIDS at 57
Tom Fogerty
Sep 6 Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater), dies of tuberculosis at 48
Tom Fogerty
A. J. P. Taylor
Sep 7 A.J.P Taylor [Alan John Percival], English historian (The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918, Origins of the Second World War), dies at 84
A. J. P. Taylor
- Sep 8 Denys Watkins-Pitchford, British writer and illustrator (The Little Grey Men), dies at 85
- Sep 9 Rimantas Stankevičius, Lithuanian cosmonaut, dies at 46
- Sep 9 Samuel Doe, Liberian politician (b. 1951)
- Sep 10 Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated
- Sep 11 Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56
- Sep 11 Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (b. 1949)
- Sep 12 Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101
- Sep 13 Samuel S. Stratton, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 73
- Sep 14 Wime de Craene, Flemish singer and composer, dies at 40
- Sep 15 G. M. J. Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA), dies at 69
- Sep 15 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 60
- Sep 16 Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84
- Sep 16 Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71
- Sep 19 Werner Janssen, American composer (New Years Eve in NY), dies at 91
- Sep 20 Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
- Sep 24 Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34
- Sep 26 Alberto Moravia [Pincherle], Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82
- Sep 27 Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, Russian-Soviet composer of popular songs and film music ("Katyusha"), dies at 87
- Sep 30 Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop du, dies
- Sep 30 Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist/writer, dies
- Sep 30 Patrick White, Australian writer and playwright (Nobel Prize for Literature 1973), dies at 78
- Sep 30 Alice Parizeau, Polish-born Quebec writer and journalist, dies at 60
- Sep 30 Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist, dies at 89