September 11

• 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/september-11-attacks/8749978/Sandi-Toksvig-on-September-11.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/september-11-attacks/8749978/Sandi-Toksvig-on-September-11.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |last=Toksvig |first=Sandi |title=Sandi Toksvig on September 11 |date=11 September 2011 |access-date=17 October 2018 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}
• 1185 – Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1275 – An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.{{cite web |title=Notes on Individual Earthquakes |url=http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm |publisher=British Geological Survey |accessdate=5 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119072210/http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm |archive-date=2007-11-19 }}
• 1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL28|desc=Battle of Stirling Bridge|access-date=18 June 2020}}
• 1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
• 1541 – Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.{{cite book | last = Kanellos | first = Nicolás | title = Chronology of Hispanic-American history: from pre-Columbian times to the present | publisher = Gale Research | location = New York | year = 1995 | isbn = 9780810392007 | page=40}}
• 1565 – Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.{{cite book | last = Ganado | first = Albert | title = A study in depth of 143 maps representing the great siege of Malta of 1565 | publisher = Bank of Valletta Publishers Enterprises Group | location = Valletta, Malta San Gwann, Malta | year = 1994 | isbn = 9789990900507 | pages=30–64}}

• 1609 – Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.
• 1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.{{cite book|author1=James Stuart Olson|author2=Robert Shadle|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Empire|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1996|page=383}}
• 1683 – Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces ahead of the Battle of Vienna.
• 1697 – Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.{{cite book|author1=C. Curtiss Johnson|author2=Trevor Nevitt Dupuy|title=Analysis of Factors that Have Influenced Outcomes of Battles and Wars: A Data Base of Battles and Engagements : Final Report|publisher=Historical Evaluation and Research Organization, Division of T.N. Dupuy Associates|year=1983|page=105}}
• 1708 – Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
• 1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.
• 1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of the Principality of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1758 – Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• 1775 – Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1776 – British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.{{Cite book|title = Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777|last = Harris|first = Michael|publisher = Savas Beatiuùuù hie|year = 2014|isbn = 978-1-61121-162-7|location = El Dorado Hills, CA|page = 55}}
• 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
• 1786 – The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.{{cite book | last = Schechter | first = Stephen | title = The Reluctant pillar: New York and the adoption of the federal Constitution | publisher = Russell Sage College | location = Troy, NY | year = 1985 | isbn = 9780930309008 | page=35}}
• 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
• 1800 – The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.{{cite book | last = Milanes | first = Victor | title = The British colonial experience, 1800–1964: the impact on Maltese society | publisher = Mireva Publications | location = Msida, Malta | year = 1988 | isbn = 9781870579018 | page=12}}
• 1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
• 1803 – The Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin ends in a British victory.{{cite book | last=Capper | first=John | title=Delhi, the Capital of India | publisher=Asian Educational Services | year=1997 | isbn=978-81-206-1282-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqqBPS1TDUgC&pg=PA28| page=28}}
• 1813 – War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.
• 1814 – War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
• 1826 – Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18136/18136-h/18136-h.htm The Mysteries of Free Masonry], a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that led to his mysterious disappearance.
• 1829 – An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Spain's resistance to Mexico's campaign for independence.
• 1830 – Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
• 1836 – The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.
• 1851 – Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
• 1852 – Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
• 1857 – The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
• 1881 – In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.{{cite book|author1=Robin Chowdhury|author2=Phil Flentje|author3=Gautam Bhattacharya|title=Geotechnical Slope Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYHVZRcjEPUC&pg=PA305|year= 2009|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-203-86420-3|page=305}}
• 1897 – After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of the Kaffa.

• 1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
• 1905 – The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
• 1914 – World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
• 1914 – The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the forced Russification program in Finland run by Tsar Nicholas II.{{cite book | author = Jorma O. Tiainen | title = Vuosisatamme Kronikka| year = 1987| page = 179 | location = Jyväskylä| publisher = Gummerus Kustannus| isbn = 951-20-2893-X| language = fi}}
• 1916 – The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
• 1919 – United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
• 1921 – Nahalal, a Jewish moshav in Palestine, is settled.
• 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
• 1941 – Construction begins on the Pentagon.{{Cite web|title=Facts & Figures: Construction|url=https://pentagontours.osd.mil/facts-construction.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819162620/https://pentagontours.osd.mil/facts-construction.jsp|archive-date=19 August 2014|website=Pentagon Tours}}
• 1941 – Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of conspiring for war with Germany.{{Cite book |last=Olson |first=Lynne |author-link=Lynne Olson |title=Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939–1941 |publisher=Random House |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4000-6974-3 |pages=375–387}}
• 1943 – World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
• 1944 – World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
• 1945 – World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.
• 1954 – Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.{{cite book|title=Public Works Appropriations for 1956: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session. Eastern Section|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1955|page=298}}
• 1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
• 1965 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
• 1967 – China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.
• 1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
• 1968 – John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/en2fxj "Prom 49"], BBC, London. Archive from 11 September 1968.
• 1970 – The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
• 1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
• 1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
• 1973 – A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.{{cite magazine |magazine=The New Yorker |first1=Jonathan |last1=Dee |page=69 |title=A Novel That Links Climate Change and the Death of Salvador Allende |date=4 September 2023|access-date=22 September 2023 |volume=99 |issue=28 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/11/the-suicide-museum-ariel-dorfman-book-review}}
• 1973 – JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730911-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N YU-AHD Titograd|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-25}}
• 1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
• 1976 – A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
• 1980 – A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
• 1982 – The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.
• 1985 – Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.{{cite web |author1=Fernandes |first=Bruno |date=23 May 2024 |title=11 de Setembro de 1985: Quando a Linha da Beira Alta foi palco de uma tragédia nacional |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.pt/historia/11-setembro_4197 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=National Geographic |language=Portuguese}}
• 1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
• 1990 – A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.{{cite news |last1=Claiborne |first1=William |title=Peruvian Airliner Lost in Atlantic Off Canada |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/09/12/peruvian-airliner-lost-in-atlantic-off-canada/df4b9e17-fcaf-4de3-a1d8-f5173446eb4d/ |access-date=27 December 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=12 September 1990}}
• 1991 – Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910911-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia N33701 Eagle Lake, TX|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-30}}
• 1995 – The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=September 10, 1995 |title=Playing for Chess Crown, and Game's Future |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/10/us/playing-for-chess-crown-and-game-s-future.html |access-date=October 18, 2024 |work=New York Times |pages=1}}
• 1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
• 1997 – Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.{{cite news|url=https://news.err.ee/1608292218/uhtegi-and-tali-will-to-defend-ourselves-breaking-the-greatest-threat|title=Ühtegi and Tali: Will to defend ourselves breaking the greatest threat|website=news.err.ee/|date=July 29, 2021|author=Toomas Sildam|access-date=December 13, 2021}}
• 1997 – After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
• 2001 – The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.{{cite news|title = Bin Laden claims responsibility for 9/11|publisher = CBC News|date=October 29, 2004|url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bin-laden-claims-responsibility-for-9-11-1.513654|access-date=11 September 2019 |quote=al-Qaeda's suicide airplane attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.}}
• 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
• 2008 – A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
• 2011 – A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.{{cite news |title=Visitors to New York's 9/11 memorial top 1 million |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/29/us/new-york-911-memorial/ |access-date=December 29, 2011 |newspaper=CNN |date=December 29, 2011 |author= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006043620/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/29/us/new-york-911-memorial |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}
• 2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
• 2012 – The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
• 2015 – A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
• 2023 – The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing over 11,300 people.{{Cite news |title=CCTV shows cars swept away in Libya flooding |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-66822697 |access-date=2023-09-15}}
• 2024 – Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm |url=https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-francine-gulf-coast-louisiana-storm-surge-e9ca39ec56ad28d128d3baa147d249b1 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=AP News |language=en}}

• 600 – Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler
• 1182 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (died 1204)
• 1318 – Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (died 1372)
• 1465 – Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (died 1536)
• 1476 – Louise of Savoy, French regent (died 1531){{cite web |title=Louise Of Savoy {{!}} French regent |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louise-of-Savoy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 September 2020 |language=en}}
• 1494 – Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (died 1572)
• 1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (died 1605){{cite book|author=Ulisse Aldrovandi|title=Aldrovandi on Chickens: The Ornithology of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1600) Volume II, Book XIV|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|year=1963|page=xviii}}
• 1524 – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (died 1585){{cite book|author=Pierre de Ronsard|title=Lyrics of Pierre de Ronsard, Vandomois|publisher=Oliver & Boyd|year=1967|page=11}}
• 1525 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1598){{cite book|author=Thomas Carlyle|title=The Works of Thomas Carlyle|publisher=AMS Press|year=1980|page=314}}
• 1557 – Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648){{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08518d.htm|author=Francis Mershman|title=St. Joseph Calasanctius|website=The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8|publisher=Robert Appleton Company|access-date=25 October 2021}}
• 1572 – Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (died 1604)
• 1578 – Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (died 1667)

• 1611 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (died 1675)
• 1681 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (died 1741)
• 1700 – James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)
• 1711 – William Boyce, English organist and composer (died 1779)
• 1723 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (died 1790)
• 1751 – Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1827)
• 1764 – Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (died 1837)
• 1771 – Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (died 1806)
• 1786 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (died 1832)
• 1798 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (died 1895)
• 1800 – Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (died 1866)
• 1816 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (died 1888)
• 1825 – Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (died 1904)
• 1829 – Thomas Hill, American painter (died 1908)
• 1836 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (died 1870)
• 1838 – John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (died 1918)
• 1847 – Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (died 1921){{cite book|first=Robert|last=McHenry|title=Liberty's Women|location=Springfield|publisher=G. & C. Merriam|year=1980|page=442|isbn=978-0-87779-064-8}}
• 1859 – Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (died 1905)
• 1860 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (died 1934)
• 1861 – Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)
• 1862 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (died 1935)
• 1862 – Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (died 1910)
• 1862 – O. Henry, American short story writer (died 1910)
• 1865 – Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (died 1929)
• 1871 – Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (died 1927)
• 1876 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (died 1924)
• 1877 – Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (died 1926)
• 1877 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1946)
• 1879 – Louis Coatalen, French engineer (died 1962)
• 1884 – Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician (died 1974)
• 1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)
• 1885 – Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (died 1949)
• 1891 – William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (died 1949)
• 1893 – Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer (died 1974)
• 1895 – Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1982)
• 1898 – Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (died 1979)
• 1899 – Philipp Bouhler, German politician (died 1945)
• 1899 – Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (died 2000)
• 1899 – Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1953)

• 1901 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (died 1999)
• 1903 – Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1969)
• 1903 – Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (died 1984)
• 1904 – Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (died 2010)
• 1907 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)
• 1908 – Alvar Lidell, English journalist (died 1981)
• 1911 – Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (died 2000)
• 1911 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1971)
• 1913 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (died 1983){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 11: Ludacris, Harry Connick Jr. |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/11/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-11-Ludacris-Harry-Connick-Jr/8251662822910/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=9 September 2023 |date=11 September 2022}}
• 1913 – Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and academic (died 2014)
• 1914 – Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (died 2009)
• 1915 – Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (died 2014){{cite book |last1=Joshi |first1=P. K. |title=Gadgil Kulavruttanta |trans-title=The Gadgil Family Genealogy Almanac |date=1989 |location=Pune |language=mr |pages=85–97}}
• 1916 – Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2015)
• 1917 – Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (died 2008)
• 1917 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born English actor (died 2012)
• 1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)
• 1917 – Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (died 1996)
• 1917 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (died 2001)
• 1921 – Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (died 2012)
• 1923 – Betsy Drake, American actress (died 2015)
• 1923 – Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (died 1984)
• 1923 – Alan Badel, English actor (died 1982){{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/67748 |title=Alan Badel|publisher=British Film Institute |website=Film and TV Database|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021173424/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/67748 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• 1924 – Daniel Akaka, American soldier, engineer, and politician (died 2018)
• 1924 – Tom Landry, American football player and coach (died 2000)
• 1924 – Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (died 2006)
• 1925 – Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (died 1999)
• 1926 – Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (died 2005)
• 1927 – Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)
• 1927 – G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (died 1996)
• 1928 – Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (died 2014)
• 1928 – Earl Holliman, American actor (died 2024){{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=November 26, 2024 |title=Earl Holliman Dies: ‘Police Woman’ Actor Who Starred In First ‘Twilight Zone’ Episode Was 96 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/earl-holliman-dead-forbidden-planet-1236188306/ |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
• 1929 – Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2014)
• 1929 – Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (died 1981)
• 1929 – Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)
• 1930 – Cathryn Damon, American actress and dancer (died 1987)
• 1930 – Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (died 1998)
• 1930 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (died 2002)
• 1931 – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (died 2014)
• 1933 – Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge (died 2021){{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/dame-margaret-booth-obituary-p2565mzzn|title=Dame Margaret Booth obituary|date=January 26, 2021|website=The Times|access-date=11 September 2021}}
• 1933 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (died 2002)
• 1933 – Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player
• 1935 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/arvo-part-estonia/a-54855595|title=Estonia's classical composer Arvo Pärt: Still radically essential at 85|date=September 12, 2020|website=DW|access-date=September 12, 2021}}
• 1935 – Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2000){{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=68 |lccn=2008935694}}
• 1936 – Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (died 2014)
• 1937 – Robert Crippen, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1937 – Queen Paola of BelgiumGenealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVI. "Ruffo". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 522–529. {{ISBN|3-7980-0824-8}}.
• 1938 – Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic
• 1939 – Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (died 2021){{Cite web|title=Classics: Charles "Chuck" Geschke|url=https://willamette.edu/arts-sciences/classics/careers/geschke/index.html|access-date=April 17, 2021|website=willamette.edu}}
• 1940 – Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter{{cite book | last = Andrew | first = Geoff | title = The film handbook | publisher = G.K. Hall | location = Boston| year = 1990 | isbn = 9780816118304 | page=78}}
• 1940 – Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician
• 1940 – Theodore Olson, American lawyer (died 2024){{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=November 13, 2024 |title=Theodore B. Olson, Conservative Lawyer Who Took Up Liberal Causes, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/us/theodore-olson-dead.html |access-date=November 15, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
• 1941 – Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member
• 1942 – Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1943 – André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman
• 1943 – Mickey Hart, American musician
• 1943 – Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor
• 1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (died 1974)
• 1944 – Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (died 2022)
• 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (died 2024){{Cite news |last=Nakrani |first=Sachin |date=8 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-winning captain and manager, dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/08/franz-beckenbauer-world-cup-winning-captain-and-manager-dies-aged-78 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB }}
• 1945 – Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor (died 2021)
• 1945 – Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Dennis Tufano, American rock singer
• 1947 – John Agrue, American serial killer (died 2009){{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/alton-evening-telegraph-john-agrue/104329441/ | title=John Agrue | newspaper=Alton Evening Telegraph | date=22 July 1966 | page=13 }}
• 1948 – John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
• 1949 – Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach
• 1949 – Bill Whittington, American racing driver (died 2021)
• 1950 – Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic
• 1950 – Bruce Doull, Australian footballer
• 1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress
• 1950 – Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2003)
• 1951 – Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic
• 1951 – Johnny Neumann, American basketball player and coach (died 2019){{cite web |title=Johnny Neumann |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77705/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=9 September 2023}}
• 1951 – Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player
• 1952 – Catherine Bott, English soprano
• 1953 – Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author (died 2023)
• 1953 – Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03216892/filing-history/MzExMjAzNjIzMGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0|title=Companies House}}
• 1953 – Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2023)
• 1953 – Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic
• 1956 – Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Roxann Dawson, American actress and director
• 1958 – Scott Patterson, American actor and baseball player{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 11, 2022 includes celebrities Harry Connick Jr., Virginia Madsen |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-11-2022-includes-celebrities-harry-connick-jr-virginia-madsen.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=9 September 2023 |date=11 September 2022}}
• 1959 – David Frost, South African golfer
• 1959 – John Hawkes, American actor
• 1960 – Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 – Anne Ramsay, American actress
• 1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress
• 1961 – Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (died 2012)
• 1962 – Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
• 1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
• 1962 – Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer
• 1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
• 1963 – Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – Ellis Burks, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Ellis Burks |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/ellis-burks-111736 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=9 September 2023}}
• 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria{{Cite book |last=Zisser |first=Eyal |title=Commanding Syria: Bashar Al-Asad And the First Years in Power |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-84511-153-3 |page=70}}
• 1965 – Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist
• 1965 – Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ
• 1967 – Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality
• 1967 – Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host
• 1967 – Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)
• 1967 – Charles Walker, English politician
• 1968 – Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
• 1968 – Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter
• 1969 – Stefano Cagol, Italian artist, photographer and director
• 1969 – Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1970 – Antonio Gómez Medina, Mexican wrestler
• 1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer {{Cite web |title=Taraji P. Henson |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Taraji-P-Henson |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=Britannica}}
• 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1974 – DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer
• 1975 – Pierre Issa, South African footballer
• 1976 – Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver
• 1976 – Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1977 – Jonny Buckland, Welsh guitarist{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Latest Coldplay News |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/coldplay/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227022423/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/coldplay/ |archive-date=27 February 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Capital FM |type=Press the "View More" button on the "Facts" column}}
• 1977 – Ludacris, American rapper and producer
• 1977 – Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player{{Cite web| url = https://wst.tv/players/matthew-stevens| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200220174524/https://wst.tv/players/matthew-stevens/| url-status = dead| archive-date = 20 February 2020| title = Profile at World Snooker| publisher = World Snooker Association| year = 2010| access-date = 13 December 2021}}
• 1977 – Tobias Zellner, German footballer
• 1978 – Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
• 1979 – Eric Abidal, French footballer
• 1979 – Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player{{Baseballstats|mlb=407911}}
• 1979 – David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
• 1979 – Ariana Richards, American actress and artist
• 1980 – Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Greet Daems, Belgian politician{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Greet Daems |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07048&lactivity=56 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=1 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}
• 1980 – Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian racing driver
• 1981 – Charles Kelley, American singer and musician
• 1981 – Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999){{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/dylan-klebold|title=Dylan Klebold|website=biography.com|access-date=25 November 2019}}
• 1981 – Michael Sukkar, Australian politician{{cite web | url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=242515| title=First Speech| publisher=Parliament of Australia|access-date=9 December 2016}}
• 1982 – Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner
• 1982 – Yelena Parkhomenko, Azerbaijani volleyball player{{cite web |title=Yelena Parkhomenko |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/2010/Women/Rounds/Players.asp?Tourn=WQ10EU-D&Team=AZE&No=115021 |website=www.fivb.org |access-date=18 April 2020}}
• 1982 – Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician{{Cite web |title=Тихановская: Каждый год режим воспевал войну, чтобы однажды помочь Кремлю начать новую |url=https://nashaniva.com/ru/289646 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Наша Ніва |date=9 May 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204220807/https://nashaniva.com/ru/289646 |url-status=live }}
• 1983 – Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
• 1983 – Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player
• 1983 – Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
• 1984 – Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
• 1986 – Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player
• 1986 – LaToya Sanders, American basketball player{{cite web |title=LaToya Sanders |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201506/latoya-sanders |publisher=WNBA |access-date=9 September 2023}}
• 1986 – Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Ben Scrivens |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ben-scrivens-8475681 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=9 September 2023}}
• 1987 – Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
• 1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
• 1989 – Michael J. Willett, American actor and musician
• 1990 – Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer
• 1991 – Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
• 1991 – Kygo, Norwegian DJ
• 1992 – Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower
• 1992 – Ahmed El Sheikh, Egyptian footballer[https://int.soccerway.com/players/ahmed-el-sheikh/386833/ Soccerway: Ahmed El Sheikh]
• 1993 – Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer
• 1994 – Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Teuvo Teravainen |url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/player/teuvo-teravainen-8476882 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=9 September 2023}}
• 1996 – Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player {{Cite web |title=Ross Colton Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/player/ross-colton-8479525 |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}
• 1997 – Harmony Tan, French tennis player{{Cite web |title=Harmony Tan {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320016/harmony-tan |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 2000 – Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player{{cite web |title=Leandro Bolmaro |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1630195/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=9 September 2023}}
• 2000 – Zay Flowers, American football player{{Cite web |title=Zay Flowers - Baltimore Ravens Wide Receiver |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4429615/zay-flowers |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=ESPN |language=en}}
• 2001 – Mackenzie Aladjem, American actress
• 2001 – Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter{{Cite web |title=Joseph Fahnbulleh {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14803230 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=worldathletics.org}}
• 2001 – Harrison Graham, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harrison-graham/summary.html|title=Harrison Graham – Playing Career – Summary|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}
• 2001 – Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Nicholas Robertson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/roberni01.html |date=20 April 2023 |website=Hockey Reference |language=en}}

• 883 – Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general
• 1063 – Béla I of Hungary (born 1016)
• 1161 – Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (born 1105)
• 1185 – Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (born 1130)
• 1279 – Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (born 1215)
• 1297 – Hugh de Cressingham, English Treasurer
• 1298 – Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront (born 1269)
• 1349 – Bonne of Luxembourg, queen of John II of France (born 1315)
• 1569 – Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (born 1530)
• 1599 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (born 1577)

• 1677 – James Harrington, English philosopher and author (born 1611)
• 1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (born 1596)
• 1721 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (born 1665)
• 1733 – François Couperin, French organist and composer (born 1668)
• 1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (born 1704)
• 1823 – David Ricardo, English economist and politician (born 1772)
• 1843 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (born 1786)
• 1846 – José Núñez de Cáceres, Dominican politician and writer. He was the leader of the Independence movement of the Dominican Republic against Spain in 1821 (born 1772){{cite news|url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/43151/jose-nunez-de-caceres-albor|title=José Núñez de Cáceres|publisher= Real Academia de la Historia|access-date= November 23, 2020}}
• 1851 – Sylvester Graham, American minister and dietary reformer, namesake of the graham cracker (born 1794){{cite web |title=Sylvester Graham |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvester-Graham |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 October 2023}}
• 1865 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (born 1806)
• 1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (born 1811)
• 1896 – Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (born 1825)
• 1898 – Nikoline Harbitz, Norwegian author (born 1841){{cite book|last1=Haaland|first1=Mogens|title=Nikoline Harbitz, 1841-1898 : familiebakgrunn, liv og forfatterskap|date=1982|location=Drammen |url=https://www.nb.no/items/4a98ed02cb4506763d36245a051ea531?|language=no}}

• 1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (born 1847)
• 1915 – William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1830)
• 1917 – Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (born 1894)
• 1919 – Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton (born 1852){{Cite book |title=The Silver Spade: The Conrad Hilton Story. |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Young. |year=1954}}
• 1921 – Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (born 1882)
• 1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (born 1875)
• 1932 – Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (born 1901)
• 1932 – Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (born 1895)
• 1935 – Charles Norris, American coroner (born 1867)
• 1939 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1861)
• 1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (born 1873)
• 1941 – Aleksandra Izmailovich, Belarusian revolutionary (born 1878){{cite journal|last=Rabinowitch|first=Alexander|year=1995|title=Maria Spiridonova’s ‘Last Testament’|journal=The Russian Review|volume=54|issue=3|p=445|doi=10.2307/131440|jstor=131440}}
• 1941 – Maria Spiridonova, Russian revolutionary (born 1884)
• 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (born 1876)
• 1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (born 1873)
• 1950 – Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1870)
• 1956 – Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (born 1894)
• 1957 – Mary Proctor, American astronomer (born 1862)
• 1958 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (born 1889)
• 1958 – Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (born 1874)
• 1959 – Paul Douglas, American actor (born 1907)
• 1964 – Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (born 1917)
• 1965 – Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (born 1878)
• 1966 – Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (born 1889)
• 1967 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (born 1904)
• 1968 – René Cogny, French general (born 1904)
• 1971 – Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (born 1894)
• 1973 – Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (born 1908)
• 1973 – Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
• 1974 – Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (born 1893){{cite encyclopedia|editor-last1=Commire|editor-first1=Anne|editor-last2=Klezmer|editor-first2=Deborah|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=9|year=2001|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-068-2|page=380}}
• 1978 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (born 1895)
• 1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)
• 1978 – Janet Parker, English photographer (born 1938)
• 1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (born 1944)
• 1982 – Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (born 1914)
• 1984 – Jerry Voorhis, American politician (born 1901)
• 1985 – William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (born 1905)
• 1985 – Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (born 1905){{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-63949|title=Barnett, Dame (Mary) Henrietta (1905–1985), air force officer|last=Stone|first=Tessa|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/63949|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|access-date=2019-08-05}}
• 1985 – Eleanor Dark, Australian author (born 1901)
• 1986 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1902)
• 1986 – Noel Streatfeild, English author (born 1895)
• 1987 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (born 1915)
• 1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
• 1987 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (born 1907)
• 1988 – Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (born 1935)
• 1990 – Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist and activist (born 1949)
• 1991 – Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (born 1920)
• 1993 – Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist
• 1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (born 1912)
• 1993 – Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (born 1945){{cite web |title=Mary Jane Reoch Inducted in 1994 for Modern Road & Track Competitor (1945–1975) |url=http://www.usbhof.org/inductee-by-year/36-mary-jane-reoch |website=U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame |access-date=16 September 2018}}
• 1994 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (born 1910)
• 1994 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (born 1909){{cite web |last1=Shipman |first1=David |title=Obituary: Jessica Tandy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jessica-tandy-1448550.html |work=The Independent |date=12 September 1994 |access-date=11 June 2019}}
• 1995 – Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (born 1952)
• 1997 – Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)
• 1997 – Hannah Weiner, American poet (born 1928)
• 1998 – Dane Clark, American actor (born 1912)
• 1999 – Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (born 1967)
• 1999 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (born 1972)
• 2001 – Alice Stewart Trillin, American author and educator (born 1938)
• 2001 – Casualties of the September 11 attacks: see Category:Victims of the September 11 attacks
• 2002 – Kim Hunter, American actress (born 1922)
• 2002 – Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (born 1933)
• 2002 – David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (born 1953)
• 2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (born 1957)
• 2003 – John Ritter, American actor (born 1948)
• 2004 – Fred Ebb, American songwriter (born 1928)
• 2004 – David Mann, American painter and illustrator (born 1939)
• 2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (born 1949)
• 2006 – William Auld, Scottish poet and author (born 1924)
• 2006 – Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (born 1926)
• 2007 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1946){{cite web |title=Ian Porterfield |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/ian-porterfield-2469221 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=13 September 2007 |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 2007 – Gene Savoy, American explorer, theologian, and author (born 1927)
• 2007 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (born 1925)
• 2007 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboard player and songwriter (born 1932)
• 2009 – Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (born 1949)
• 2009 – Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (born 1923)
• 2009 – Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
• 2009 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1958)
• 2010 – Harold Gould, American actor (born 1923)
• 2010 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (born 1914)
• 2011 – Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (born 1984)
• 2011 – Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (born 1932)
• 2011 – Anjali Gupta, Indian soldier and pilot (born 1975)
• 2011 – Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (born 1971){{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/spartacus-star-andy-whitfield-39-dies-in-sydney/story-e6frfku0-1226134662983|title=Spartacus star Andy Whitfield, 39, dies in Sydney|date=12 September 2011|work=News.com.au|access-date=12 September 2011}}
• 2012 – Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (born 1945){{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Finn Bergesen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Finn_Bergesen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=20 June 2011}}
• 2012 – Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (born 1972)
• 2012 – J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (born 1960)
• 2013 – Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)
• 2013 – Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (born 1925)
• 2013 – Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (born 1941)
• 2014 – Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1930)
• 2014 – Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)
• 2014 – Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)
• 2016 – Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (born 1969)
• 2019 – B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/09/11/world/asia/ap-as-indonesia-obit-bj-habibie.html|title=Former Indonesian President Habibie Dies at Age 83|date=11 September 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=11 September 2019|language=en-US}}
• 2020 – Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (born 1942){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/arts/music/toots-hibbert-dead.html|title=Toots Hibbert, a Father of Reggae, Is Dead|website=The New York Times |date=12 September 2020 |access-date=13 September 2020}}
• 2021 – Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (born 1934){{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49110427 |title=Abimael Guzmán: Peru's Shining Path guerrilla leader dies at 86}}
• 2022 – Javier Marías, Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (born 1951){{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-spain-obituaries-92ad3dfce1247ecc0499dbfc23bf4e14|title=Spanish novelist Javier Marías dies at age 70|publisher=AP}}[https://www.corriere.it/cultura/22_settembre_11/morto-scrittore-javier-marias-bf6583f4-31d8-11ed-9cac-ecf597c0016a.shtml Morto lo scrittore Javier Marías] {{in lang|it}}
• 2022 – John W. O'Malley, American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest (born 1927){{cite journal |last1=Collins |first1=David J. S.J |title=The Rev. John W. O'Malley, S.J. (1927–2022) |journal=The Catholic Historical Review |date=2022 |volume=108 |issue=4 |pages=838–841 |doi=10.1353/cat.2022.0122|s2cid=254221757 }}
• 2022 – Joyce Reynolds, British classicist and academic (born 1918)[https://newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news/a-tribute-to-joyce-reynolds-fba-1918-2022/ A tribute to Joyce Reynolds FBA (1918–2022)]
• 2024 – Kenneth Cope, British actor (born 1931){{Cite web |last=McIntosh |first=Steven |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Kenneth Cope: Randall and Hopkirk and Coronation Street star dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d7drw4yw2o |access-date=September 13, 2024 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}
• 2024 – Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer, 54th President of Peru (born 1938){{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86 |url=https://apnews.com/article/fujimori-peru-lima-died-777fdfcb09eafd731a7412c8bf1a2f64 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 2024 – Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (born 1960){{Cite news |last=E. Petri |first=Alexandra |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Chad McQueen, 'Karate Kid' Actor, Dies at 63 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/arts/chad-mcqueen-dead.html |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
• 2024 – Joe Schmidt, American football player and coach (born 1932){{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Joe Schmidt, Who Elevated the Middle Linebacker's Role, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/sports/football/joe-schmidt-dead.html |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}

• Battle of Tendra Day (Russia)
• Christian feast days:
• Blessed Francesco Bonifacio
• Deiniol
• Felix, Regula, and Exuperantius
• Harry Burleigh (Episcopal Church)
• John Gabriel Perboyre (one of Martyr Saints of China)
• Leudinus (Bobo)
• Our Lady of Coromoto
• Paphnutius of Thebes (Roman Catholic Church)
• Patiens of Lyon
• Protus and Hyacinth
• Sperandia
• Theodora of Alexandria
• September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Pakistan)
• Emergency Number Day (United States)
• Enkutatash falls on this day if it is not a leap year. Celebrated on the first day of Mäskäräm. (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rastafari)
• National Day (Catalonia)
• Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church), September 12 on leap years.
• September 11 attacks-related observances (United States):
• National Day of Service and Remembrance
• Patriot Day
• Teachers' Day (Argentina)

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• {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/11 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
• {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=11}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/11 |title=Historical Events on September 11 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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