- Sep 4 Jerry Jarrett, American pro wrestling promoter (founder Continental Wrestling Association, US Wrestling Association, NWA:TNA), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2023)
- Sep 5 Denise Fabre, French television presenter, born in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
- Sep 11 Lola Falana [Loletha Elayne], American singer and actress (Golden Boy; A Man Called Adam), born in Camden, New Jersey
Tom Dreesen (81 years old)
Sep 11 American comedian (Tim Reid's partner), born in Harvey, Illinois
- Sep 12 Michel Drucker, French journalist and TV host, born in Vire, France
- Sep 16 Linda G Miller, American actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi), born in New York City
- Sep 17 Beverly Aadland, Errol Flynn's last girlfriend, born in Hollywood, California
- Sep 19 Freda Payne, American pop and soul singer ("Band Of Gold") and actress, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 20 Robbe De Hert, Flemish director and producer (Fugitive Cinema, Bomb), born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England
- Sep 22 Ole Anderson, American pro wrestler (founding member of influential stable "The Four Horsemen"; PWI Tag Team of the Year 1975, 77 with Gene Anderson), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2024)
- Sep 23 Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", born in Siem Reap, Cambodia (d. 2008)
- Sep 24 Gerry Marsden, British rock vocalist (Gerry & Pacemakers - "How Do You Do It?"; "Ferry Cross The Mersey"), and TV personality, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2021) [1]
- Sep 26 Kent McCord, American actor (Officer Jim Reed- "Adam 12"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 28 Marshall Bell, American actor (Nightmare on Elm Street 2), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Sep 28 Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
- Sep 29 Donna Corcoran, American actress (Man Without a Star), born in Quincy, Massachusetts
- Sep 29 Ian McShane, British actor (Roots; Bare Essence), born in Blackburn England
- Sep 29 Madeline Kahn, American stage and screen actress (What's Up, Doc?; Young Frankenstein; Paper Moon; Blazing Saddles), and singer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
- Sep 29 Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (Breaking Away), born in Užice, Yugoslavia (d. 1996)
About September 1942
How Old? 81 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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