September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 108 days remain until the end of the year.

• AD 81 – Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.^[1]
• 775 – Leo IV the Khazar becomes Byzantine Emperor following the death of his father Constantine V.^[2]
• 786 – "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.^[3]
• 919 – Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.^[4]
• 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger rebels against Byzantine emperor Basil II and declares himself emperor.^[5]
• 1115 – Roger of Salerno's Crusader army defeats a numerically superior Seljuk army in the battle of Sarmin^[6]
• 1141 – An army of queen Matilda defeats and disperses an army of empress Matilda which was besieging Winchester. Robert of Gloucester is captured and exchanged for king Stephen, husband of queen Matilda.^[7]
• 1146 – Seljuk atabeg Imad al-Din Zengi of Mosul is assassinated by a slave and succeeded by his quarrelling sons.^[8]
• 1180 – Genpei War: In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan, the new military commander of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is routed by Ōba Kagechika of the Taira clan.^[9]
• 1210 – Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, marries French baron John of Brienne, who is later crowned king on 30 October in Tyre.^[10]
• 1226 – The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.^[11]
• 1402 – Battle of Homildon Hill: An invading Scottish army under Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald, Earl Douglas is decimated by a contingent of 500 English archers under the command of George, Earl of March and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.^[12]

• 1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.^[13]
• 1685 – Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha.^[14]
• 1723 – Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
• 1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.^[15]
• 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
• 1763 – Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
• 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
• 1791 – The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
• 1808 – Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
• 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
• 1814 – Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
• 1829 – The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• 1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.

• 1901 – U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
• 1911 – Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.^[16]
• 1914 – HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
• 1917 – The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• 1936 – Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.
• 1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• 1940 – Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
• 1943 – World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
• 1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
• 1948 – The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
• 1954 – In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
• 1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
• 1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
• 1960 – Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• 1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
• 1979 – Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party.
• 1982 – President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
• 1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1985 – Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
• 1989 – The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
• 1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
• 1993 – Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.^[17]
• 1994 – The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
• 1997 – Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
• 1998 – Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
• 1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
• 2000 – Microsoft releases Windows Me.
• 2001 – Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
• 2002 – Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.^[18]
• 2003 – In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
• 2003 – Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.^[19]
• 2007 – Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
• 2008 – Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.^[20]
• 2015 – The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
• 2019 – Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.^[21][22]
• 2022 – Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.^[23][24]

• 208 – Diadumenian, Roman emperor (died 218)
• 768 – Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833)
• 938 – Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (died 995)
• 953 – Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973)
• 1032 – Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101)
• 1246 – John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (died 1272)
• 1384 – Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (died 1426)
• 1388 – Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438)
• 1401 – Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)
• 1485 – Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525)
• 1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535)
• 1543 – Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615)
• 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (died 1619)
• 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)

• 1618 – Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680)
• 1643 – Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718)
• 1656 – Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746)
• 1713 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)
• 1721 – Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807)
• 1736 – Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)
• 1737 – Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)
• 1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (died 1859)
• 1774 – Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839)
• 1791 – Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (died 1867)
• 1804 – John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)
• 1804 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882)
• 1816 – Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)^[25]
• 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)
• 1843 – Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)
• 1847 – Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (died 1931)
• 1850 – Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)
• 1853 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)
• 1857 – Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935)
• 1860 – Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)
• 1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
• 1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944)
• 1868 – Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)
• 1869 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (died 1953)
• 1872 – John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963)
• 1879 – Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (died 1966)^[26]
• 1880 – Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961)
• 1880 – Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955)
• 1883 – Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)
• 1885 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)
• 1886 – Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948)
• 1887 – Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (died 1954)
• 1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)
• 1892 – Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)
• 1896 – José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974)
• 1898 – Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979)
• 1898 – Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974)

• 1902 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977)
• 1902 – Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993)
• 1903 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (died 1980)
• 1904 – Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)^[27]
• 1904 – Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957)
• 1907 – Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)
• 1909 – Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989)
• 1910 – Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982)
• 1910 – Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973)
• 1910 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003)
• 1910 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999)
• 1910 – Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)^[28]
• 1911 – William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (died 1999)
• 1913 – Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971)
• 1913 – Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (died 2013)
• 1914 – Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (died 1997)
• 1915 – John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)
• 1916 – Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
• 1916 – John Heyer, Australian director and producer (died 2001)
• 1917 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)
• 1918 – Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967)
• 1918 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008)
• 1919 – Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)
• 1919 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)
• 1919 – Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)
• 1919 – Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)
• 1920 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009)
• 1920 – Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
• 1920 – Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
• 1921 – Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005)
• 1921 – A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022)
• 1921 – Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013)
• 1921 – Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001)
• 1922 – Michel Auclair, German-French actor (died 1988)
• 1922 – Frances Bergen, American model and actress (died 2006)
• 1922 – Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (died 2010)
• 1923 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001)
• 1924 – Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (died 2007)
• 1924 – Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)
• 1924 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994)
• 1924 – Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999)
• 1926 – Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016)
• 1926 – Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
• 1926 – Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017)
• 1927 – Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
• 1927 – Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986)
• 1927 – Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998)
• 1927 – Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015)
• 1927 – Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014)
• 1928 – Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)
• 1928 – Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001)
• 1928 – Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004)
• 1929 – Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005)
• 1930 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992)
• 1930 – Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988)
• 1930 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2014)
• 1932 – Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1932 – John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023)
• 1933 – Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020)
• 1933 – Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009)
• 1934 – Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994)
• 1934 – Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)
• 1934 – Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
• 1935 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (died 2008)
• 1936 – Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011)
• 1936 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996)
• 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
• 1936 – Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024)
• 1937 – Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
• 1938 – Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
• 1938 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (died 2011)
• 1939 – DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021)
• 1940 – Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019)
• 1940 – Padmakar Shivalkar, Indian cricketer (died 2025)^[29]
• 1941 – Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (died 2015)
• 1941 – Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic
• 1941 – Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist
• 1941 – Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)
• 1941 – Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)
• 1942 – Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
• 1942 – Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
• 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991)
• 1943 – Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1944 – Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021)^[30]
• 1944 – Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
• 1945 – Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
• 1946 – Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer
• 1946 – Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022)
• 1946 – Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019)
• 1946 – Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)^[31]
• 1947 – Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (died 2026)^[32]
• 1948 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000)
• 1949 – Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
• 1949 – Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018)
• 1949 – Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003)
• 1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994)
• 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976)
• 1950 – Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
• 1950 – Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
• 1950 – John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (died 1989)
• 1951 – Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer
• 1951 – Joe McDonnell, Provisional Irish Republican Army, died on hunger strike (died 1981)^[33]
• 1953 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998)
• 1953 – Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
• 1954 – Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005)
• 1954 – David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (died 1992)
• 1955– Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist
• 1955 – William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer
• 1955 – Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician
• 1955 – Pope Leo XIV^[34]
• 1956 – Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1956 – Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
• 1956 – Nathalie Roussel, French actress
• 1956 – Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018)
• 1956 – Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 – Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1958 – Paul Clark, English footballer and manager
• 1958 – Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager
• 1958 – Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1958 – Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (died 2024)^[35]
• 1960 – Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
• 1960 – Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
• 1961 – Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
• 1961 – Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
• 1962 – Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman
• 1962 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021)
• 1962 – Nick Botterill, British business man^[36]
• 1962 – Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer
• 1963 – Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
• 1965 – Emily Bell, English journalist and academic
• 1965 – Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director
• 1966 – Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011)^[37]
• 1966 – Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician
• 1967 – Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Grant Shapps, English politician
• 1969 – Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach
• 1969 – Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician
• 1970 – Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
• 1970 – Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler
• 1970 – Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist
• 1970 – Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970 – Mark Webber, English guitarist
• 1971 – Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1971 – Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)
• 1971 – Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Notah Begay III, American golfer
• 1972 – David Bell, American baseball player and coach
• 1973 – Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Terrell Fletcher, American football player
• 1973 – Linvoy Primus, English footballer
• 1973 – Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1974 – Chad Bradford, American baseball player
• 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
• 1974 – Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist
• 1974 – Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1974 – Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter
• 1976 – Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
• 1976 – Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist^[38]
• 1977 – Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect
• 1977 – Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (died 2014)
• 1977 – Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015)
• 1978 – Ben Cohen, English rugby union player
• 1978 – Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida^[39]
• 1978 – Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress
• 1978 – Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer
• 1979 – Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 – Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer
• 1981 – Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1981 – Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
• 1981 – Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer
• 1982 – SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983 – Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer
• 1983 – Josh Outman, American baseball player
• 1983 – Frostee Rucker, American football player
• 1983 – Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter, musician, and businesswoman (died 2011)
• 1984 – Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor
• 1985 – Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter^[40]
• 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter
• 1985 – Trevis Smith, American football player
• 1985 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
• 1985 – Delmon Young, American baseball player
• 1986 – David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player^[41]
• 1986 – Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1986 – Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
• 1986 – Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress
• 1986 – Reggie Williams, American basketball player^[42]
• 1987 – Michael Crabtree, American football player
• 1987 – Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer
• 1988 – Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
• 1988 – Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
• 1989 – Jimmy Butler, American basketball player^[43]
• 1989 – Tony Finau, American golfer
• 1989 – Jesse James, American actor
• 1989 – Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model
• 1989 – Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player^[44]
• 1989 – Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player^[45]
• 1989 – Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler^[46]
• 1990 – Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer
• 1990 – Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer
• 1990 – Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
• 1991 – Dee Milliner, American football player
• 1991 – Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model
• 1991 – Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member
• 1992 – Connor Fields, American cyclist
• 1992 – Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier^[47]
• 1992 – Zico, South Korean rapper
• 1993 – Brandon Brown, American race car driver
• 1994 – Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
• 1994 – Gary Harris, American basketball player^[48]
• 1994 – Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer
• 1994 – Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1995 – Jevon Carter, American basketball player^[49]
• 1995 – Deshaun Watson, American football player
• 1996 – Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
• 1996 – Myles Wright, English professional footballer
• 1997 – Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter^[50]
• 1997 – Dominic Solanke, English footballer^[51]
• 2000 – Han, South Korean rapper^[52]

• AD 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (born 13 BC)
• 258 – Cyprian, African bishop and saint (born 200)
• 407 – John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347)
• 585 – Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (born 538)
• 619 – Yang You, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 605)
• 775 – Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (born 718)
• 786 – Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (born 764)
• 788 – Li Mian, Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (born 717)^[53]
• 820 – Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• 891 – Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
• 919 – Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
• 927 – Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot
• 949 – Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (born 880)
• 1146 – Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (born 1087)
• 1164 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (born 1119)
• 1214 – Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (born 1149)
• 1321 – Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (born 1265)^[54]
• 1401 – Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355)
• 1404 – Albert IV, duke of Austria (born 1377)
• 1412 – Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (born 1356)
• 1435 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (born 1389)
• 1487 – Mara Branković, Serbian princess (born 1416)
• 1523 – Pope Adrian VI (born 1459)^[55]
• 1538 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (born 1483)

• 1605 – Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (born 1550)
• 1613 – Thomas Overbury, English poet
• 1638 – John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (born 1607)
• 1646 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (born 1591)
• 1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (born 1625)
• 1715 – Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (born 1638)
• 1743 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)
• 1749 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1675)
• 1759 – Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712)
• 1807 – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1724)
• 1821 – Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (born 1797)
• 1836 – Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756)
• 1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (born 1789)
• 1852 – Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (born 1812)
• 1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)
• 1862 – Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (born 1793)
• 1862 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (born 1834)
• 1868 – Swami Virajanand Dandeesha, also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura, celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati, a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature (born 1778)^[56]
• 1879 – Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (born 1808)
• 1891 – Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (born 1817)
• 1898 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857)

• 1901 – William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843)
• 1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (born 1852)
• 1910 – Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827)^[57]
• 1916 – José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)
• 1927 – Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877)
• 1931 – Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (born 1856)
• 1936 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (born 1878)
• 1936 – Lina Ódena, Spanish communist and miliciana (born 1911)^[58][59]
• 1936 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (born 1899)
• 1937 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (born 1850)
• 1942 – E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855)
• 1943 – Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)^[60]
• 1951 – Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (born 1890)
• 1952 – John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)
• 1959 – Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
• 1960 – M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908)
• 1961 – Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885)
• 1962 – Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (born 1879)
• 1965 – J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (born 1891)
• 1966 – Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (born 1899)^[61]
• 1966 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881)
• 1966 – Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895)
• 1975 – Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (born 1902)
• 1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917)
• 1981 – Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)
• 1982 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (born 1933)
• 1982 – John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933)
• 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947)
• 1982 – Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929)^[62]
• 1984 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (born 1906)
• 1986 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921)
• 1989 – Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)
• 1991 – Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (born 1930)
• 1991 – Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910)
• 1992 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (born 1906)
• 1992 – Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)
• 1993 – Clayton Young, American long-distance runner ^[63]
• 1994 – Marika Krevata, Greek actress (born 1910)
• 1995 – Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (born 1912)
• 1996 – Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937)
• 1998 – Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th president of China (born 1907)
• 1999 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
• 1999 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947)
• 2000 – Beah Richards, American actress (born 1920)
• 2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (born 1906)
• 2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (born 1931)
• 2002 – LaWanda Page, American actress (born 1920)
• 2003 – Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (born 1947)
• 2003 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (born 1915)
• 2003 – John Serry Sr., American accordion player and composer (born 1915)
• 2005 – William Berenberg, American physician and academic (born 1915)
• 2005 – Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (born 1932)
• 2005 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (born 1914)
• 2006 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)
• 2006 – Esme Melville, Australian actress (born 1918)
• 2007 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933)
• 2007 – Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927)
• 2008 – Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1923)
• 2009 – Keith Floyd, English chef and author (born 1943)
• 2009 – Henry Gibson, American actor (born 1935)
• 2009 – Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (born 1943)
• 2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1952)
• 2011 – Malcolm Wallop, American politician (born 1933)
• 2012 – Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (born 1924)
• 2012 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963)
• 2012 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949)
• 2012 – Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913)
• 2013 – Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1989)
• 2013 – Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (born 1931)
• 2013 – Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941)^[64]
• 2014 – Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942)
• 2014 – Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961)
• 2014 – E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933)
• 2015 – Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986)
• 2015 – Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947)
• 2015 – Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977)
• 2015 – Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949)
• 2018 – Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935)^[65]
• 2018 – Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945)^[66]
• 2021 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959)^[67]
• 2024 – Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942)^[68]
• 2024 – Otis Davis, American sprinter (born 1932)^[69]
• 2025 – Jim Edgar, American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois^[70]
• 2025 – Ricky Hatton, British professional boxer (born 1978)^[71]

• Christian feast day:
  • Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Albert of Vercelli^[72]
  • Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel)
  • Crescentius of Rome
  • Feast of the Cross (Christianity)^[72]
    • Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox)
  • Lord of Miracles of Buga
  • Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse (one of the Martyr Saints of China)^[72]
  • Maternus of Cologne^[72]
  • Notburga^[72]
  • September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Engineer's Day (Romania)
• Hindi Day (Hindi-speaking states of India)
• Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
• San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)