- Sep 2 Curt Siodmak, German-born author (b. 1907)
- Sep 6 Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (b. 2000)
- Sep 6 Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian army general, dies at 81
- Sep 9 Julian Critchley, British journalist and politician, dies at 69
- Sep 10 Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b. 1921)
- Sep 14 Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and political activist, dies at 94
- Sep 14 Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale, British Conservative politician, dies at 86
- Sep 16 Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
- Sep 19 Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
- Sep 20 Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- Sep 21 Bryan Smith, Man who ran over Stephen King (b. 1957)
- Sep 22 Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, dies at 84
- Sep 22 Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (Now and in Other Days), dies at 76
- Sep 23 Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925)
- Sep 25 R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet, dies at 87
Pierre Trudeau
Sep 28 Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), dies of Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer at 80
Pierre Trudeau