Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952)
Sep 6 English actress (Mimi, Rembrandt) and musical performer, dies of liver and abdominal cancer at 54
- Sep 6 Jose Forns y Cuadras, Spanish composer and teacher, dies at 54
- Sep 9 Joseph Allen Sr., American actor, dies at 79
- Sep 10 Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese civil engineer and architect (b. 1866)
- Sep 14 Alexander Xaver Gwerder, Swiss writer, commits suicide at 29
- Sep 18 Hippoliet Daeye, Belgium painter (Dreamy), dies at 79
- Sep 19 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies at 56
- Sep 19 Hugo Bezdek, Czech American College Football Hall of Fame coach (University of Oregon, University of Arkansas, Penn State; NFL: Cleveland Browns; MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 68
- Sep 22 Cor Ruys, Dutch actor (Princess Stage, The Cross-Patch), dies at 63
- Sep 22 Ian Hay [John Hay Beith], British novelist and playwright (Pip, Carrying On), dies at 76
- Sep 22 Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first President of Finland (b. 1865)
- Sep 26 George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher and poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88
- Sep 28 Paul Hastings Allen, American composer, dies at 68
- Sep 29 John Cobb, British speed record holder (World Land Speed Record 1938-39, 47), dies attempting to break world Water Speed Record at Loch Ness, Scotland, at 52
- Sep 30 Waldorf Astor, American-British politician and newspaper owner (Observer), dies at 73
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