- Sep 1 Archie Bell, American soul-pop singer (Archie Bell & the Drells - "Tighten Up"), born in Henderson, Texas
- Sep 1 Leonard Slatkin, American conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1979-96; Detroit Symphony, 2008-19), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 2 Claude Nicollier, Swiss astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75), born in Vevey, Switzerland
- Sep 2 Orlando Martínez, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold bantamweight 1972), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2021)
- Sep 3 Bill Price, British audio engineer (Tom Jones; Wings: Sparks; Elton John), and record producer (The Clash; Sex Pistols; Waterboys), born in England (d. 2016)
- Sep 3 Sherwood C. Spring, American astronaut (STS 61B), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Sep 4 Christopher Needler, English businessman, born in Kingston upon Hull, England
- Sep 4 Gene Parsons, American rock drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), born in Morongo Valley, California
- Sep 4 Jennifer Salt, American actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 5 Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, born in Rome (d. 1996)
- Sep 5 Rod Arrants, American actor (Vamping, Ape, Young & Restless), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 6 Aubrey Mokoape, South African political anti-apartheid activist and leader (Pan-African Congress and Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Sep 6 Gordon DeMarco, American writer and activist, born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1995)
- Sep 6 Linda Kaye Henning, American actress (Betty Joe-Petticoat Junction), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 6 Swoosie Kurtz, American actress (Slap Shot, Garp, Sisters), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Sep 7 Bertel Haarder, Danish politician (Minister of Education), born in Kruså, Denmark
- Sep 8 Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1991)
- Sep 9 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, born in Amsterdam (d. 1978)
- Sep 10 Héctor Silva, Argentine rugby union number 8 (24 caps; Los Tilos) and coach (Argentina 1985-87), born in La Plata, Argentina (d. 2021)
- Sep 10 Thomas Allen, British operatic baritone singer, born in Seaham Harbour, England
- Sep 11 Everaldo, Brazilian footballer, born in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Sep 11 Freddy Thielemans, Belgian socialist politician (Mayor of Brussels), born in Laeken, Belgium
- Sep 11 John McSherry, American MLB baseball umpire, 1971-96 (World Series - 1977, 87; All-Star Game - 1975, 82, 91), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1996)
Barry White (1944-2003)
Sep 12 American singer ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"), born in Galveston, Texas
- Sep 12 Colin Young, Barbadian-British singer (The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Barbados, West Indies
- Sep 12 Leonard Peltier, Native American activist (American Indian Movement), born in Grand Forks, North Dakota
- Sep 12 Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
- Sep 12 Yoshio Kikugawa, Japanese soccer defender (16 caps; Mitsubishi Motors FC) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka FC 1982-94), born in Fujieda, Japan (d. 2022)
- Sep 13 Carol Barnes, British television news journalist (ITN; ITV), born in Norwich, England (d. 2008)
- Sep 13 Jacqueline Bisset, English actress (Class, Deep, Secrets), born in Weybridge, Surrey, England
- Sep 13 Les Harvey, Scottish rock guitarist (Stone The Crows), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1972)
- Sep 13 Peter Cetera, American rock bassist, lead singer, and songwriter (Chicago, 1967-85 - "25 or 6 to 4" ;"If You Leave Me Now"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 14 Joey Heatherton, American dancer and actress (Bluebeard), born in Rockville Center, New York
- Sep 15 Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician, born in Trikala, Greece
Ard Schenk (79 years old)
Sep 16 Dutch speed skater (3 Olympic gold 1972), born in Anna Paulowna, Netherlands
- Sep 16 Betty Kelly, American rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas), born in Attalla, Alabama
- Sep 17 Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber (Mount Everest), born in Brixen (Bressanone), Italy
- Sep 18 Charles Lacy Veach, American astronaut (STS 39, STS 52), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Sep 18 Michael Franks, American jazz singer and songwriter, born in La Jolla, California
- Sep 18 Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, born in Chipiona, Spain (d. 2006)
- Sep 19 Anders Björck, Swedish politician (Minister for Defence), born in Nässjö, Jönköping County, Sweden
- Sep 20 Jeremy Child, English actor (Privilege, Taffin), born in Woking, Surrey, England
- Sep 21 Fannie Flagg, American actress and comediene (Candid Camera), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Sep 21 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor (Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres)
- Sep 21 Jesse Ed Davis, Native American guitarist, born in Norman, Oklahoma (d. 1988)
- Sep 21 Steve Beshear, American politician (D) Governor of Kentucky (2007-2015), born in Dawson Springs, Kentucky
- Sep 21 Susan Maureen Fleetwood, Scotland, actress (Krays, Sacrifice)
- Sep 22 Jim Forrest, Scottish soccer striker (5 caps; Rangers, Preston NE, Aberdeen, Hong Kong Rangers), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2023)
- Sep 22 John S. Tanner, American politician (Rep-D-Tennessee 1989-2011), born in Halls, Tennessee
- Sep 22 Roger Nichols, American recording engineer, producer and inventor (Steely Dan; John Denver), born in Oakland, California (d. 2011)
- Sep 23 Loren J Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS 31, STS 46)
- Sep 24 Bernd Bransch, German soccer defender (64 caps GDR; Chemie Halle FC, FC Carl Zeiss Jena), born in Halle, Germany (d. 2022)
- Sep 24 Diana Körner, German actress (Barry Lyndon), born in Wolmirsleben, Germany
- Sep 25 Aleksandr Lenyov, Russian soccer midfielder / defender (10 caps Soviet Union; Torpedo Moscow), born in Novomoskovsk, Russia (d. 2021)
- Sep 25 Doris Matsui, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Poston, Arizona
- Sep 25 Eugenia Zukerman, American flutist and novelist (Deceptive Cadence), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Sep 25 Grayson Shillingford, West Indian cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 3/63; Windward Islands), born in Macoucherie, Dominica (d. 2009)
Michael Douglas (79 years old)
Sep 25 American actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Sep 26 Anne Robinson, English television host (The Weakest Link), born in Crosby, Lancashire, England
- Sep 26 Victoria Vetri, American model and Playboy playmate (Sep 1967, Playmate of the Year 1968), convicted of manslaughter, born in San Francisco, California
- Sep 27 IDG Garnett, British Vice-Admiral, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (NATO)
- Sep 28 Matthew Cowles, American soap actor (Eban Japes-Loving, Billy-All My Children), born in New York, (d. 2014)
- Sep 29 Mike Post [Leland Michael Postil], American Grammy and Emmy award-winning television composer (Rockford Files; Hill Street Blues; Magnum P.I.), born in Berkley, California
- Sep 29 Torben Jensen, Danish actor (Taxa; Hayfever; Watch Me Fly; Guldregn), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2018)
- Sep 30 Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 30 Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish soccer forward (23 caps; Celtic FC), born in Viewpark, Scotland (d. 2006)
About September 1944
How Old? 79 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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