- Sep 2 Glyn Worsnip, British radio and television presenter (That's Life!), born in Highnam, Gloucestershire (d. 1996)
- Sep 2 Mary Jo Catlett, American stage and screen character actress (Hello Dolly!; Diff'rent Strokes - "Pearl"; SpongeBob SquarePants - "Mrs. Puff"), born in Denver, Colorado
- Sep 4 Leonard Frey, American stage and screen actor (Fiddler on the Roof; The Magic Christian), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
- Sep 10 David Hamilton [Pilditch], British radio DJ (Million Sellers) and television presenter, born in Manchester, England
- Sep 17 Paul Benedict, American actor (Harry-Jeffersons), born in Silver City, New Mexico (d. 2008)
- Sep 20 Pia Lindström, Swedish-American broadcast journalist and arts critic (WNBC-TV; Rusar i hans famn), and first child of Ingrid Bergman, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Sep 23 Romy Schneider, actress (Bloodline, Death Watch), born in Vienna, Austria
Tom Lester (1938-2020)
Sep 23 American television actor (Green Acres - "Eb"), born in Jackson, Mississippi
- Sep 26 Lennie Bennett [Michael Berry], British comedian and TV game show host (Lucky Ladders), born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England (d. 2009)
About September 1938
How Old? 85 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No