- Sep 1 Carl Auer von Welsbach, Austrian scientist and inventor of the gas mantle and metal filament light bulb, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1929) [1]
- Sep 9 Benjamin Kidd, English sociologist (Social Evolution), born in County Clare, Ireland (d. 1916)
- Sep 12 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter and sculptor, born in Grembergen, Dendermonde, Belgium (d. 1921)
- Sep 13 Catherinus Elling, Norwegian organist, composer, educator, and ethnomusicologist, born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway (d. 1942)
- Sep 15 Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer and a hermit, born in Strasbourg, French Empire (d. 1916)
- Sep 15 Jenő Hubay [Huber], Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (Budapest Conservatory, 1886-1934), born in Pest, Hungary (d. 1937)
Bonar Law (1858-1923)
Sep 16 British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1922-23), born in Kingston, Colony of New Brunswick (now Canada)
- Sep 24 Eugene Foss, American politician (45th Governor of Massachusetts), born in St. Albans, Vermont (d. 1939)
- Sep 27 Þorsteinn Erlingsson, Icelandic poet (Pyrnar), born in Iceland (d. 1914)
- Sep 29 Leopoldo Mugnone, Italian opera composer and conductor, born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilie (d. 1941)
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey