- Sep 1 Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (b. 1974)
- Sep 1 Jake Brockman, British musician (Echo & the Bunnymen), dies in a motorcycle accident at 53
- Sep 2 Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (b. 1949)
- Sep 2 Guy Babylon, American keyboard player (Elton John) and arranger dies at 52
- Sep 4 Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), dies at 79
- Sep 8 Raymond "Ray" Barrett, Australian actor (The Troubleshooters, Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 82
- Sep 8 Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host (b. 1924)
- Sep 8 Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1922)
- Sep 11 Gertrude Baines, American supercentenarian and the world's oldest living person, dies at 115
- Sep 12 Norman Borlaug, American agronomist (Green revolution - Nobel Peace Prize 1970), dies at 95
- Sep 12 Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910)
- Sep 12 Jack Kramer, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1947, US Open 1946, 47), dies of cancer at 88
- Sep 13 Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), dies at 83
- Sep 14 Jody Powell, American press secretary to Jimmy Carter (b. 1943)
- Sep 14 Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
- Sep 14 Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer, and songwriter (Dirty Dancing), dies of cancer at 57
- Sep 14 Henry Gibson, American actor and comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet), dies at 73
- Sep 14 Keith Floyd, English celebrity cook and restaurateur (Floyd on Fish), dies of a heart attack at 65
- Sep 16 Myles Brand, American sports administrator (4th NCAA President), dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
Mary Travers
Sep 16 Mary Travers, American folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary), dies of leukemia at 72
Mary Travers
- Sep 17 Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist (b. 1968)
- Sep 17 Leon Kirchner, American contemporary classical composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music 1967), dies of congestive heart failure at 90
- Sep 19 Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
- Sep 19 Arthur Ferrante, American pianist and composer (Ferrante & Teicher - Exodus), dies at 88
- Sep 20 John Hart, American actor (The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Captain Africa), dies from complications of dementia at 91
- Sep 23 Paul B. Fay, American businessman and cabinet member in the Kennedy administration (b. 1918)
- Sep 24 Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
- Sep 25 Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica), dies at 86
- Sep 27 Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
William Safire
Sep 27 William Safire, American Columnist, dies at 79
William Safire
- Sep 28 Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (b. 1956)
- Sep 28 Guillermo Endara, former President of Panama (b. 1936)
- Sep 29 Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)
- Sep 29 Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian cosmonaut (Vostok IV, Soyuz 14), dies at 78
- Sep 29 Greg Ladanyi, Hungarian-American record producer and recording engineer, dies of injuries sustained in a fall at 57