James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872)
Sep 1 American newspaper publisher (New York Herald), born in Keith, Scotland [1]
- Sep 4 Friedrich August von Alberti, German geologist (Triasic Age), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1878)
- Sep 6 Frances Wright, Scottish writer and lecturer, born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 1852)
- Sep 17 Saverio Mercadante, Italian composer, born in Altamura, Bari, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1870)
- Sep 20 Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, born in Eisleben, Saxony (d. 1857)
- Sep 23 Alexander Twilight, minister and politician, first African American to graduate and to hold public office, born in Corinth Vermont (d. 1857)
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