September 25

Pre-1600

 * 275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.
 * 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
 * 1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England.
 * 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
 * 1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
 * 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
 * 1555 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.

1601–1900

 * 1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
 * 1768 – Unification of Nepal
 * 1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
 * 1775  – American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
 * 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
 * 1790 – Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
 * 1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
 * 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
 * 1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.

1901–present

 * 1906 – Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km, in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.
 * 1911 – An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
 * 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
 * 1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
 * 1918 – World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
 * 1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
 * 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
 * 1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
 * 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
 * 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
 * 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
 * 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
 * 1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
 * 1962  – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
 * 1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
 * 1964 – The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
 * 1969 – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
 * 1974 – Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
 * 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
 * 1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.
 * 1981 – Belize joins the United Nations.
 * 1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
 * 1987 – Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
 * 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
 * 1998 – PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.
 * 2003 – The 8.3 Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
 * 2018 – Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.

Pre-1600

 * 1358 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1408)
 * 1403 – Louis III of Anjou (d. 1434)
 * 1525 – Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (d. 1584)
 * 1528 – Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (d. 1603)
 * 1529 – Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (d. 1583)
 * 1599 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (d. 1667)

1601–1900

 * 1636 – Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (d. 1698)
 * 1644 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1710)
 * 1663 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (d. 1711)
 * 1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (d. 1764)
 * 1694 – Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
 * 1711 – Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
 * 1738 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (d. 1789)
 * 1741 – Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (d. 1805)
 * 1744 – Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797)
 * 1758 – Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1820)
 * 1761 – William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (d. 1827)
 * 1764 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor (d. 1793)
 * 1766 – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1822)
 * 1771 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (d. 1829)
 * 1773 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (d. 1856)
 * 1782 – Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright (d. 1824)
 * 1798 – Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (d. 1874)
 * 1816 – Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (d. 1893)
 * 1825 – William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (d. 1888)
 * 1825  – Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (d. 1879)
 * 1839 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (d. 1904)
 * 1862 – Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (d. 1897)
 * 1862  – Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
 * 1865 – Henri Lebasque, French artist (d. 1937)
 * 1866 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
 * 1867 – Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (d. 1938)
 * 1877 – Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President (d. 1945)
 * 1879 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (d. 1963)
 * 1881 – Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (d. 1936)
 * 1884 – Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1951)
 * 1888 – Hanna Ralph, German actress (d. 1978)
 * 1889 – Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (d. 1930)
 * 1893 – Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)
 * 1896 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (d. 1990)
 * 1897 – William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
 * 1898 – Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (d. 1980)
 * 1899 – Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1981)
 * 1900 – Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1937)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
 * 1901  – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (d. 1968)
 * 1903 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (d. 1970)
 * 1906 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (d. 1962)
 * 1906  – Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (d. 1996)
 * 1906  – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1975)
 * 1908 – Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
 * 1910 – Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (d. 1980)
 * 1911 – Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
 * 1914 – John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer (d. 2020)
 * 1916 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
 * 1916  – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968)
 * 1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
 * 1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
 * 1920  – Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (d. 2002)
 * 1921 – Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)
 * 1922 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (d. 1992)
 * 1923 – Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (d. 2001)
 * 1923  – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2011)
 * 1924 – Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (d. 2017)
 * 1924  – Red Webb, American baseball player (d. 1996)
 * 1925 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (d. 2016)
 * 1926 – Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (d. 2001)
 * 1926  – Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)
 * 1927 – Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
 * 1927  – Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (d. 2013)
 * 1929 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
 * 1929  – Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (d. 2004)
 * 1929  – Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (d. 2022)
 * 1930 – Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (d. 2022)
 * 1930  – Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (d. 1999)
 * 1931 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2005)
 * 1931  – Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
 * 1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
 * 1932  – Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 2024)
 * 1932  – Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (d. 2014)
 * 1933 – Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
 * 1933  – Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2022)
 * 1936 – Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (d. 2014)
 * 1936  – Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
 * 1936  – Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali (d. 2020)
 * 1937 – Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer
 * 1938 – Ron Hill, English runner and businessman (d. 2021)
 * 1938  – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (d. 2010)
 * 1938  – Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (d. 2021)
 * 1939 – Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 2015)
 * 1939  – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
 * 1939  – David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati
 * 1940 – Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (d. 2020)
 * 1941 – Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician
 * 1942 – Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (d. 1976)
 * 1942  – Robert Miano, American actor and producer
 * 1942  – Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
 * 1942  – John Taylor, English pianist and educator (d. 2015)
 * 1942  – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (d. 2008)
 * 1943 – Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
 * 1943  – John Locke, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
 * 1943  – Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist
 * 1943  – Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter
 * 1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
 * 1944  – Doris Matsui, American politician
 * 1944  – Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (d. 2009)
 * 1945 – Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
 * 1945  – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
 * 1946 – Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach (d. 2023)
 * 1946  – Felicity Kendal, English actress
 * 1946  – Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1998)
 * 1946  – Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer
 * 1946  – Gil Morgan, American golfer
 * 1946  – Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer
 * 1946  – Jerry Penrod, American bass player
 * 1947 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (d. 1999)
 * 1947  – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
 * 1947  – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
 * 1948 – Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter
 * 1948  – Vasile Șirli, Romanian musical composer and producer
 * 1948  – Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman
 * 1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1949  – Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
 * 1949  – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2015)
 * 1949  – Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director
 * 1950 – E. C. Coleman, American basketball player
 * 1950  – Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (d. 2013)
 * 1951 – Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer
 * 1951  – Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter
 * 1951  – Graeme Knowles, English bishop
 * 1951  – Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer
 * 1951  – Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach
 * 1952 – Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor
 * 1952  – Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager
 * 1952  – bell hooks, American author and activist (d. 2021)
 * 1952  – Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist
 * 1952  – Tommy Norden, American actor
 * 1952  – Chris Pond, English politician
 * 1952  – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (d. 2004)
 * 1953 – Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer
 * 1953  – Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet
 * 1954  – Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
 * 1954  – Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (d. 2014)
 * 1954  – Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
 * 1955 – Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985)
 * 1955  – Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1955  – Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer
 * 1955  – Luanne Rice, American author and activist
 * 1955  – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
 * 1955  – Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
 * 1956 – W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
 * 1956  – Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries
 * 1956  – Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual
 * 1957 – Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (d. 2014)
 * 1958 – Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
 * 1958  – Michael Madsen, American actor and producer
 * 1959 – Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
 * 1961 – Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1961  – Heather Locklear, American actress
 * 1961  – Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter
 * 1961  – Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer
 * 1962 – Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (d. 2010)
 * 1962  – Aida Turturro, American actress
 * 1962  – Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach
 * 1963 – Tate Donovan, American actor
 * 1963  – Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author
 * 1964 – Gary Ayles, English race car driver
 * 1964  – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist
 * 1964  – Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
 * 1964  – Rebecca Gablé, German novelist
 * 1964  – Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
 * 1964  – Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman
 * 1965 – Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer
 * 1965  – Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
 * 1965  – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1965  – Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter
 * 1965  – Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
 * 1965  – Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter
 * 1965  – Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach
 * 1965  – Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer
 * 1966 – Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator
 * 1966  – Jason Flemyng, English actor
 * 1966  – Todd Philcox, American football player
 * 1967 – Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1967  – Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer
 * 1968 – John A. List, American economist and academic
 * 1968  – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
 * 1968  – John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach
 * 1969 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
 * 1969  – Bill Simmons, American journalist and author
 * 1969  – Hal Sparks, American actor, comedian, musician and political commentator
 * 1969  – Tony Womack, American baseball player
 * 1969  – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
 * 1970 – Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist
 * 1971 – Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager
 * 1971  – John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster
 * 1971  – Seb Sanders, English jockey
 * 1972 – Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1973 – Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
 * 1973  – Jenny Chapman, English politician
 * 1973  – Bridgette Wilson, American actress, singer, model, and beauty queen
 * 1974 – Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1974  – Olivier Dacourt, French footballer
 * 1974  – John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (d. 2008)
 * 1974  – Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager
 * 1974  – Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist
 * 1974  – Frank Leder, German fashion designer
 * 1974  – Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach
 * 1974  – Eric Moss, American football player (d. 2019)
 * 1974  – Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1974  – Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete
 * 1974  – Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler
 * 1975 – Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier
 * 1975  – Declan Donnelly, English entertainer
 * 1975  – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
 * 1975  – Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach
 * 1976 – Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1976  – Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
 * 1976  – Eric Roberson, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1976  – Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress
 * 1977 – Clea DuVall, American actress
 * 1977  – Robbie Jones, American actor
 * 1977  – Mike Krahulik, American illustrator
 * 1977  – Toni Lydman, Finnish ice hockey player
 * 1977  – Joel David Moore, American actor
 * 1977  – Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
 * 1978 – Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer
 * 1978  – Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
 * 1978  – Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
 * 1978  – Jodie Kidd, English model and actress
 * 1978  – Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1978  – Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * 1979 – Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (d. 2012)
 * 1979  – Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
 * 1979  – Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
 * 1979  – Jean-René Lisnard, French tennis player
 * 1980 – Chris Owen, American actor
 * 1980  – T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor
 * 1981 – Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player and manager
 * 1981  – Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
 * 1981  – Lee Norris, American actor
 * 1982 – Hyun Bin, South Korean actor
 * 1983 – Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1983  – Terrance Pennington, American football player
 * 1984 – Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
 * 1984  – Matt Carle, American ice hockey player
 * 1984  – Ivory Latta, American basketball player
 * 1984  – Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer
 * 1984  – Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
 * 1985 – Gökhan Güleç, Turkish footballer
 * 1985  – Marvin Matip, German footballer
 * 1986 – Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
 * 1986  – Jamie O'Hara, English footballer
 * 1986  – Marten Strauch, German rugby player
 * 1986  – Steve Forrest, American drummer
 * 1986  – Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
 * 1987 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
 * 1987  – Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
 * 1989 – Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor
 * 1989  – Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer
 * 1989  – Aldon Smith, American football player
 * 1990 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
 * 1990  – Daria Strokous, Russian model, actress, and photographer
 * 1991 – Emmy Clarke, American actress
 * 1991  – Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer
 * 1991  – Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1992 – Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
 * 1992  – Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player
 * 1992  – Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
 * 1992  – Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
 * 1992  – Rosalía, Spanish singer-songwriter
 * 1992  – Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
 * 1993 – Brandin Cooks, American football player
 * 1993  – Toby Greene, Australian footballer
 * 1993  – Abdel Nader, Egyptian-American basketball player
 * 1995 – Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver
 * 1996 – Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
 * 1996  – Yue Yuan, Chinese tennis player
 * 2001 – Cade Cunningham, American basketball player
 * 2009 – Leah Jeffries, American actress

Pre-1600

 * 1066 – Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (b. 1015)
 * 1066  – Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess
 * 1066  – Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. c. 1029)
 * 1086 – William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025)
 * 1087 – Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (b. c. 1025)
 * 1333 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shōgun (b. 1301)
 * 1367 – Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (b. 1290)
 * 1396 – Jean de Carrouges, French knight (b. 1330)
 * 1396  – Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (b. 1341)
 * 1496 – Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1447)
 * 1506 – Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)
 * 1534 – Pope Clement VII (b. 1478)
 * 1536 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (b. 1511)
 * 1550 – Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (b. 1490)
 * 1588 – Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (b. 1527)

1601–1900

 * 1602 – Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (b. 1525)
 * 1615 – Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (b. 1575)
 * 1617 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (b. 1572)
 * 1617  – Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1548)
 * 1621 – Mary Sidney, English writer (b. 1561)
 * 1626 – Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (b. 1555)
 * 1630 – Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1569)
 * 1665 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (b. 1610)
 * 1703 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (b. 1658)
 * 1774 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (b. 1714)
 * 1777 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1728)
 * 1791 – William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (b. 1719)
 * 1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (b. 1710)
 * 1794 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (b. 1718)
 * 1828 – Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (b. 1783)
 * 1849 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
 * 1867 – Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (b. 1812)
 * 1893 – Louise von François, German author (b. 1817)
 * 1900 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (b. 1832)
 * 1900  – John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (b. 1817)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (b. 1835)
 * 1905 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (b. 1853)
 * 1917 – Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer and rebel commander. Died as a result of forced feeding while on hunger strike. (b. 1885)
 * 1918 – Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (b. 1857)
 * 1926 – Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862)
 * 1928 – Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (b. 1863)
 * 1929 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
 * 1933 – Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
 * 1938 – Lev Zadov, Ukrainian intelligence agent (b. 1893)
 * 1939 – Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1885)
 * 1941 – Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (b. 1867)
 * 1943 – Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
 * 1946 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (b. 1879)
 * 1955 – Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (b. 1909)
 * 1958 – John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1878)
 * 1960 – Emily Post, American author and educator (b. 1873)
 * 1961 – Frank Fay, American actor and singer (b. 1897)
 * 1968 – Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (b. 1891)
 * 1968  – Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
 * 1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (b. 1898)
 * 1971 – Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886)
 * 1972 – Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (b. 1936)
 * 1980 – John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1948)
 * 1980  – Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
 * 1980  – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b. 1883)
 * 1983 – Leopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
 * 1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1897)
 * 1986 – Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (b. 1917)
 * 1986  – Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1909)
 * 1986  – Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
 * 1986  – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (b. 1909)
 * 1987 – Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
 * 1987  – Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (b. 1905)
 * 1988 – Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (b. 1937)
 * 1988  – Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (b. 1909)
 * 1990 – Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1897)
 * 1991 – Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (b. 1913)
 * 1991  – Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (b. 1912)
 * 1992 – Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (b. 1961)
 * 1995 – Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1928)
 * 1995  – Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (b. 1891)
 * 1997 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1916)
 * 1997  – Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912)
 * 1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (b. 1930)
 * 2003 – Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (b. 1953)
 * 2003  – Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
 * 2003  – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
 * 2003  – George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (b. 1927)
 * 2005 – Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
 * 2005  – Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1956)
 * 2005  – George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
 * 2005  – Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (b. 1917)
 * 2005  – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (b. 1912)
 * 2005  – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1936)
 * 2005  – Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
 * 2006 – Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (b. 1920)
 * 2006  – John M. Ford, American author and poet (b. 1957)
 * 2007 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (b. 1919)
 * 2007   – André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (b. 1924)
 * 2008 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (b. 1932)
 * 2009 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923)
 * 2009  – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
 * 2011 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
 * 2012 – Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (b. 1927)
 * 2012  – John Bond, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)
 * 2012  – Eric Ives, English historian and academic (b. 1931)
 * 2012  – Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (b. 1962)
 * 2012  – Andy Williams, American singer (b. 1927)
 * 2013 – Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1940)
 * 2013  – Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (b. 1945)
 * 2013  – José Montoya, American poet and academic (b. 1932)
 * 2013  – Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (b. 1915)
 * 2013  – Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
 * 2013  – Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) (b. 1930)
 * 2014 – Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)
 * 2014  – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1951)
 * 2014  – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (b. 1920)
 * 2015 – Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
 * 2015  – John Galvin, American general (b. 1929)
 * 2015  – Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1944)
 * 2015  – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (b. 1939)
 * 2016 – José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1992)
 * 2016  – Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929)
 * 2016  – Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (b. 1960)
 * 2017 – Jan Tříska, Czech actor (b. 1936)
 * 2023 – David McCallum, Scottish actor (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

 * Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)
 * Bangladeshi Immigration Day (United States)
 * Christian feast day:
 * Abadir and Iraja and Companions (Coptic Church)
 * Aunarius (Aunacharius)
 * Anathalon (Archdiocese of Milan)
 * Cadoc
 * Ceolfrith
 * Cleopas
 * Euphrosyne of Alexandria
 * Finbarr
 * Fermin of Amiens
 * Lancelot Andrewes (Church of England)
 * Sergius of Radonezh (repose)
 * Vincent Strambi
 * September 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France)
 * National Research Administrators Day (United States)
 * National Youth Day (Nauru)