- Sep 9 Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1903)
- Sep 9 William MacRae, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1882)
- Sep 15 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian and political writer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1896)
- Sep 17 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney, poet and stage writer, born in Paris, France (d. 1899)
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