- Sep 1 Eleanor Hibbert (née Burford), British author of historical fiction, romance, and crime novels, born in Canning Town, England (d. 1993)
- Sep 1 Franz Biebl, German composer (Ave Maria), choral director, and music professor, born in Pursruck, Bavaria, Germany (d. 2001)
- Sep 2 Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], American actress (Sleeping Beauty, Follow the Leader), born in New York City (d. 1974)
- Sep 4 Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, born in Kláštor pod Znievom, Slovensko (d. 1984)
- Sep 4 Han G. Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Zandloperr; Ongerijmde life), journalist, and editor, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1988)
- Sep 5 Peter Mieg, Swiss composer, born in Lenzburg (d. 1990)
- Sep 6 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1993)
- Sep 6 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, born in Amsterdam (d. 1978)
- Sep 6 Raymond Keane, American actor (Midnight Sun, Love Eagle), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1973)
- Sep 7 Philip Herschkowitz, Romanian composer, born in Iași, Romania (d. 1989)
- Sep 8 Andrei Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of Communist Party, born in Alexeyevka, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1990)
- Sep 10 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, Dutch composer (Hooglied -Song of Songs), conductor, and pedagogue, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1972)
- Sep 11 Roye England, creator and founder President of the Pendon Museum of Miniature Landscape and Transport, born in Perth, Australia (d. 1995)
- Sep 12 Ruvim Pergament, composer, born in Petrozavodsk, Russia (d. 1965)
- Sep 15 Kathryn Murray, American dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1999)
- Sep 16 Jack Churchill, British Army commando, born in Colombo, British Ceylon (d. 1996)
- Sep 16 Johanna Sophia Hermes, Dutch singer, born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1995)
- Sep 17 Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1999, born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2010)
- Sep 17 J. R. [Junius Richard] Jayawardene, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (1978-89) and 7th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1977-78), born in Colombo, British Ceylon (d. 1996)
- Sep 18 Semjon I. Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1972) [OS=Sept 5]
- Sep 19 Dalibor Cyril Vačkář, Czech composer, born in Korčula, Croatia (d. 1984)
- Sep 19 Massimo Freccia, Italian-American conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1944-52: Baltimore Symphony, 1952-59), born in Valdibure, Pistoia, Italy (d. 2004)
- Sep 20 David Sheinfeld, American violinist and composer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2001)
- Sep 21 Derrick De Marney, British actor (The Girl Was Young, Inheritance), born in London, England (d. 1978)
- Sep 21 Henry Beachell, American plant breeder, born in Waverly, Nebraska (d. 2006)
- Sep 22 Ilse Koch, Nazi war criminal (commonly known as "The Bitch of Buchenwald"), born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1967)
- Sep 22 Phyllis Hartnoll, English writer and editor, born in Lyme Regis, England (d. 1997)
- Sep 23 Willard McMurry, American blues record label executive (Trumpet Records), born in Lauderdale, Mississippi (d. 1996)
- Sep 24 Victor Wong, American actor (Mission to Moscow, War Correspondent, King Kong), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1972)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sep 25 Russian composer (The Gadfly; The Nose), born in St Petersburg, Russia
- Sep 25 Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1942)
- Sep 25 Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Belgian writer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1996)
- Sep 25 Phyllis Pearsall, British painter and writer (A to Z Map Company), born in London (d. 1996)
- Sep 27 Jim Thompson, American author (The Killer Inside Me), born in Anadarko, Oklahoma (d. 1977)
- Sep 27 William Empson, English poet and critic (Milton's God), born in Hawdon, Yorkshire, England (d. 1984)
- Sep 30 Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair [Eamonn O Gallagher], Irish composer, born in Dundalk, Ireland (d. 1982)
- Sep 30 John I M Stewart [pseudonym Michael Innes], Scottish detective writer (Comedy of Terrors), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1994)
About September 1906
How Old? 117 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
Year of the Rabbit
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