September 1

Pre-1600

 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
 * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
 * 1355 – King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.
 * 1449 – Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
 * 1529 – The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.
 * 1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1601–1900

 * 1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
 * 1610 – Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V.
 * 1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
 * 1645 – English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.
 * 1715 – At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.
 * 1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
 * 1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
 * 1774 – Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
 * 1804 – 3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
 * 1831 – The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
 * 1836 – Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
 * 1838 – Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
 * 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
 * 1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
 * 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
 * 1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
 * 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
 * 1880 – The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
 * 1894 – Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
 * 1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

1901–present

 * 1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
 * 1939 – World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
 * 1939  – J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.
 * 1944 – World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.
 * 1961 – TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history.
 * 1967 – Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".
 * 1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
 * 1973 – A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.
 * 1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1435.587 mph.
 * 1981 – Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.
 * 1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
 * 1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
 * 2004 – The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
 * 2008 – Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.
 * 2022 – Physicians at AdventHealth Central Florida Division developed a new five hour test for brain-eating amoebas.

Pre-1600

 * 948 – Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 982)
 * 1145 – Ibn Jubayr, Arab geographer and poet (d. 1217)
 * 1288 – Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335)
 * 1341 – Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (d. 1377)
 * 1453 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
 * 1477 – Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Italian mercenary (d. 1525)
 * 1561 – Gervase Helwys, English murderer (d. 1615)
 * 1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor and major figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School (d. 1626)
 * 1577 – Scipione Borghese, Italian cardinal and art collector (d. 1633)
 * 1579 – John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1634)
 * 1588 – Henri, Prince of Condé (d. 1646)
 * 1592 – Maria Angela Astorch, Spanish mystic and saint (d. 1665)

1601–1900

 * 1606 – Nicholas Slanning, English politician (d. 1643)
 * 1608 – Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (d. 1678)
 * 1647 – Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1717)
 * 1653 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1706)
 * 1689 – Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (d. 1751)
 * 1711 – William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1751)
 * 1726 – Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1803)
 * 1795 – James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (d. 1872)
 * 1799 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (d. 1868)
 * 1811 – James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England (d. 1883)
 * 1818 – José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (d. 1892)
 * 1848 – Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (d. 1931)
 * 1849 – Emil Zuckerkandl, Hungarian anatomist (d. 1910)
 * 1850 – Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (d. 1919)
 * 1851 – John Clum, American journalist and agent (d. 1932)
 * 1853 – Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)
 * 1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (d. 1921)
 * 1855 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic (d. 1909)
 * 1856 – Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (d. 1953)
 * 1864 – Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (d. 1919)
 * 1866 – James J. Corbett, American boxer (d. 1933)
 * 1867 – John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (d. 1947)
 * 1868 – Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (d. 1952)
 * 1871 – J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (d. 1961)
 * 1873 – João Ferreira Sardo the founder of Gafanha da Nazaré (d. 1925)
 * 1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (d. 1950)
 * 1876 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (d. 1961)
 * 1877 – Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
 * 1877  – Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (d. 1949)
 * 1878 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
 * 1878  – J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian (d. 1966)
 * 1878  – Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (d. 1968)
 * 1883 – Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)
 * 1884 – Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (d. 1961)
 * 1884  – Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)
 * 1886 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1957)
 * 1886  – Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general (d. 1957)
 * 1887 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (d. 1961)
 * 1888 – Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)
 * 1892 – Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)
 * 1893 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer (d. 1953)
 * 1895 – Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft (d. 1955)
 * 1896 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (d. 1977)
 * 1897 – Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
 * 1898 – Violet Carson, English actress and singer (d. 1983)
 * 1899 – Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)

1901–present

 * 1902 – Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1980)
 * 1904 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (d. 1974)
 * 1905 – Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (d. 1972)
 * 1906 – Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)
 * 1906  – Franz Biebl, German composer and educator (d. 2001)
 * 1906  – Eleanor Hibbert, English author (d. 1993)
 * 1906  – Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
 * 1907 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician (d. 1981)
 * 1908 – Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
 * 1908  – Lou Kenton, English social activist (d. 2012)
 * 1909 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (d. 1957)
 * 1913 – Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1979)
 * 1914 – John H. Adams, American jockey (d. 1995)
 * 1916 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014)
 * 1919 – Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (d. 2008)
 * 1919  – Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (d. 2013)
 * 1920 – Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author and activist (d. 2010)
 * 1920  – Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (d. 2012)
 * 1920  – Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (d. 2000)
 * 1921 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet and playwright (d. 1995)
 * 1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
 * 1922  – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2000)
 * 1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
 * 1923  – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006)
 * 1924 – Hal Douglas, American voice actor (d. 2014)
 * 1925 – Arvonne Fraser, American activist (d. 2018)
 * 1925  – Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player and composer (d. 1982)
 * 1926 – Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (d. 2017)
 * 1926  – Gene Colan, American illustrator (d. 2011)
 * 1926  – Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)
 * 1927 – Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (d. 2015)
 * 1927  – Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
 * 1928 – George Maharis, American actor, singer, and artist (d. 2023)
 * 1929 – Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (d. 2013)
 * 1929  – Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler (d. 2013)
 * 1930 – Turgut Özakman, Turkish lawyer and civil servant (d. 2013)
 * 1930  – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (d. 2013)
 * 1930  – Charles Correa, Indian architect (d. 2015)
 * 1931 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (d. 2012)
 * 1931  – Beano Cook, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2012)
 * 1931  – Cecil Parkinson, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (d. 2016)
 * 1931  – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
 * 1932 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (d. 2008)
 * 1933 – Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
 * 1933  – Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
 * 1933  – T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1982)
 * 1933  – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
 * 1935 – Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist
 * 1935  – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director (d. 2024)
 * 1935  – Guy Rodgers, American basketball player (d. 2001)
 * 1936 – Valery Legasov, Soviet inorganic chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (d. 1988)
 * 1938 – Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author
 * 1938  – Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor and poet (d. 2018)
 * 1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer
 * 1940 – Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general (d. 2019)
 * 1940  – Annie Ernaux, French author, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1942 – C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator
 * 1943 – Don Stroud, American actor
 * 1944 – Archie Bell, American soul singer-songwriter and musician
 * 1944  – Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer
 * 1945 – Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemeni general and politician, 2nd President of Yemen
 * 1946 – Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1946  – Shalom Hanoch, Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer
 * 1946  – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (d. 2009)
 * 1947 – Al Green, American lawyer and politician
 * 1947  – P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2016)
 * 1948 – Greg Errico, American drummer and producer
 * 1948  – Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher (d. 2011)
 * 1948  – Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer
 * 1949 – Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster
 * 1949  – Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician
 * 1950 – Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia
 * 1950  – Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach
 * 1950  – Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author and talk show host
 * 1951 – David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1998)
 * 1952 – Michael Massee, American actor (d. 2016)
 * 1952  – Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer
 * 1953 – Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist and producer (d. 2013)
 * 1954 – Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1955 – Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player
 * 1956 – Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1956  – Bernie Wagenblast, American publisher, founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter
 * 1957 – Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian linguist
 * 1957  – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
 * 1957  – Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
 * 1959 – Mike Duxbury, English footballer
 * 1960 – Ralf Außem, German footballer and manager
 * 1960  – Karl Mecklenburg, American football player
 * 1961 – Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (d. 2014)
 * 1961  – Jeremy Farrar, British academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust
 * 1961  – Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot and astronaut
 * 1961  – Boney James, American saxophonist, composer and producer
 * 1962 – Tony Cascarino, English-Irish footballer
 * 1962  – Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager
 * 1963 – Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer
 * 1963  – Grant-Lee Phillips, American musician and actor
 * 1964 – Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1964  – Holly Golightly, American author and illustrator
 * 1964  – Dave O'Higgins, English jazz saxophonist
 * 1964  – Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
 * 1965 – Craig McLachlan, Australian actor and singer
 * 1965  – Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2002)
 * 1966 – Tim Hardaway, American basketball player and coach
 * 1966  – Ken Levine, American video game designer, co-founded Irrational Games
 * 1967 – Steve Pemberton, English actor, screenwriter and director
 * 1967  – David Whissell, Canadian engineer and politician
 * 1968 – Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)
 * 1969 – Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer and manager
 * 1970 – David Fairleigh, Australian rugby league player, coach and sportscaster
 * 1970  – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
 * 1970  – Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American actress and author
 * 1971 – Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor
 * 1971  – Joe Enochs, American soccer player and manager
 * 1971  – Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese bass player and composer
 * 1971  – Maury Sterling, American actor
 * 1971  – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer and politician
 * 1971  – Rachel Zoe, American fashion designer
 * 1973 – J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter
 * 1973  – Rieko Miura, Japanese singer and actress
 * 1973  – Simon Shaw, English rugby player
 * 1973  – Zach Thomas, American football player
 * 1973  – Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
 * 1974 – Burn Gorman, American-born English actor and musician
 * 1974  – Jason Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
 * 1974  – Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese director and producer, founder of Ordet Animation Studio
 * 1974  – Jhonen Vasquez, American writer, director, cartoonist and comic illustrator
 * 1975 – Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer-songwriter
 * 1975  – Ammon Bundy, American anti-government militant
 * 1975  – James Innes, English entrepreneur and author
 * 1975  – Nomy Lamm, American singer-songwriter and activist
 * 1975  – Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
 * 1975  – Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor
 * 1976 – Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1976  – Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
 * 1976  – Clare Connor, English cricketer
 * 1976  – Érik Morales, Mexican boxer
 * 1976  – Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
 * 1977 – David Albelda, Spanish footballer
 * 1977  – Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver
 * 1977  – Arsalan Iftikhar, American lawyer and author
 * 1977  – Aaron Schobel, American football player
 * 1978 – Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer
 * 1980 – Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
 * 1980  – Chris Riggott, English footballer
 * 1981 – Boyd Holbrook, American actor
 * 1981  – Clinton Portis, American football player
 * 1981  – Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
 * 1982 – Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
 * 1982  – Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
 * 1982  – Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
 * 1982  – Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and director
 * 1983 – Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)
 * 1983  – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (d. 2019)
 * 1983  – Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1984 – Ludwig Göransson, Swedish film composer
 * 1984  – László Köteles, Hungarian footballer
 * 1984  – Nick Noble, American football player
 * 1984  – Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1984  – Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
 * 1985 – Larsen Jensen, American swimmer
 * 1986 – Anthony Allen, English rugby player
 * 1986  – Gaël Monfils,  French tennis player
 * 1986  – Stella Mwangi, Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter
 * 1987 – Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete
 * 1987  – Mats Zuccarello, Norwegian ice hockey player
 * 1988 – Simona de Silvestro, Swiss racing driver
 * 1988  – Miles Plumlee, American basketball player
 * 1988  – Chanel West Coast, American rapper-songwriter and model
 * 1989 – Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player
 * 1989  – Bill Kaulitz, German singer and songwriter
 * 1989  – Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1989  – Gustav Nyquist, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1990 – Aisling Loftus, English actress
 * 1990  – Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer
 * 1991 – Rhys Bennett, English footballer
 * 1992 – Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer
 * 1992  – Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter
 * 1992  – Tomáš Nosek, Czech ice hockey player
 * 1992  – Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter
 * 1993 – Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer
 * 1994 – Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player
 * 1994  – Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish racing driver
 * 1995 – Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1996 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
 * 1997 – Jeon Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer
 * 1997  – Joan Mir, Spanish motorcycle racer
 * 1998 – Josh Okogie, Nigerian-American basketball player
 * 1998  – Salah Mohsen, Egyptian footballer
 * 1999 – Cam Reddish, American basketball player
 * 2002 – Diane Parry, French tennis player
 * 2003 – An Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress

Pre-1600

 * 870 – Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (b. 810)
 * 1081 – Bishop Eusebius of Angers
 * 1159 – Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)
 * 1198 – Dulce, Queen of Portugal (b. 1160)
 * 1215 – Otto, bishop of Utrecht
 * 1256 – Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (b. 1218)
 * 1327 – Foulques de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
 * 1339 – Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1305)
 * 1376 – Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (b. 1336)
 * 1414 – William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1369)
 * 1480 – Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (b. 1413)
 * 1557 – Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (b. 1491)
 * 1581 – Guru Ram Das, Sikh 4th of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism (b. 1534)
 * 1599 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (b. 1565)

1601–1900

 * 1615 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1529)
 * 1646 – Francis Windebank, English statesman (b. 1582)
 * 1648 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1588)
 * 1678 – Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1601)
 * 1685 – Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1625)
 * 1687 – Henry More, English priest and philosopher (b. 1614)
 * 1706 – Cornelis de Man, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
 * 1715 – François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
 * 1715  – Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
 * 1838 – William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
 * 1839 – Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
 * 1868 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)

1901–present

 * 1914 – Martha, last known passenger pigeon (h. 1885)
 * 1922 – Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
 * 1924 – Noe Khomeriki, Georgian Social Democrat politician (d. 1883)
 * 1930 – Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
 * 1943 – Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
 * 1947 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
 * 1951 – Nellie McClung, Canadian author and suffragist (b. 1873)
 * 1967 – Siegfried Sassoon, English soldier and writer (b. 1886)
 * 1969 – Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
 * 1970 – François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
 * 1971 – Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
 * 1974 – Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
 * 1977 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)
 * 1981 – Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)
 * 1981  – Albert Speer, German architect and author (b. 1905)
 * 1982 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
 * 1982  – Władysław Gomułka, Polish activist and politician (b. 1905)
 * 1982   – Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos, Brazilian student; honored by the Catholicism (b. 1962)
 * 1983 – Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
 * 1983  – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (b. 1935)
 * 1984 – Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (b. 1898)
 * 1985 – Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (b. 1957)
 * 1986 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)
 * 1988 – Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
 * 1989 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (b. 1938)
 * 1989  – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (b. 1947)
 * 1989  – Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (b. 1894)
 * 1990 – Edwin O. Reischauer, American scholar and diplomat (b. 1910)
 * 1991 – Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (b. 1922)
 * 1997 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
 * 1998 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (b. 1930)
 * 1998  – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1921)
 * 1998  – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
 * 1999 – W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (b. 1951)
 * 2003 – Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918)
 * 2003  – Terry Frost, English painter and academic (b. 1915)
 * 2004 – Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
 * 2004  – Alastair Morton, South African businessman (b. 1938)
 * 2005 – R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
 * 2006 – György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1910)
 * 2006  – Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (b. 1934)
 * 2006  – Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1944)
 * 2006  – Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (b. 1918)
 * 2007 – Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (b. 1922)
 * 2008 – Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (b. 1914)
 * 2008  – Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)
 * 2010 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
 * 2012 – Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1948)
 * 2012  – Hal David, American songwriter and composer (b. 1921)
 * 2012  – Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1937)
 * 2012  – William Petzäll, Swedish politician (b. 1988)
 * 2012  – Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (b. 1927)
 * 2013 – Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
 * 2013  – Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (b. 1917)
 * 2013  – Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (b. 1930)
 * 2013  – Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (b. 1916)
 * 2014 – Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (b. 1977)
 * 2014  – Roger McKee, American baseball player (b. 1926)
 * 2014  – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (b. 1920)
 * 2015 – Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (b. 1926)
 * 2015  – Dean Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1931)
 * 2015  – Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (b. 1923)
 * 2015  – Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (b. 1917)
 * 2018 – Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1926)
 * 2020 – Erick Morillo, American disc jockey and music producer (b. 1971)
 * 2022 – Barbara Ehrenreich, American writer and journalist (b. 1941)
 * 2022  – Yang Yongsong, Chinese major general (b. 1919)
 * 2023 – Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, musician, author and businessman (b. 1946)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Constantius (Costanzo) of Aquino
 * David Pendleton Oakerhater (Anglican Communion)
 * Giles
 * Isabel Cristina
 * Loup (Lupus) of Sens
 * Nivard (Nivo)
 * Sixtus of Reims
 * Terentian (Terrence)
 * Verena
 * Vibiana
 * The beginning of the new liturgical year (Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Church)
 * September 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Knowledge Day (Former Soviet Union)
 * Anniversary of Al Fateh Revolution (Gaddafists in Libya)
 * Wattle Day (Australia)