- Sep 1 Franz Biebl, German composer (Ave Maria), choral director, and music professor, born in Pursruck, Bavaria, Germany (d. 2001)
- Sep 4 Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, born in Kláštor pod Znievom, Slovensko (d. 1984)
- Sep 5 Peter Mieg, Swiss composer, born in Lenzburg (d. 1990)
- Sep 7 Philip Herschkowitz, Romanian composer, born in Iași, Romania (d. 1989)
- Sep 10 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, Dutch composer (Hooglied -Song of Songs), conductor, and pedagogue, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1972)
- Sep 12 Ruvim Pergament, composer, born in Petrozavodsk, Russia (d. 1965)
- Sep 15 Kathryn Murray, American dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1999)
- Sep 16 Johanna Sophia Hermes, Dutch singer, born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1995)
- Sep 19 Dalibor Cyril Vačkář, Czech composer, born in Korčula, Croatia (d. 1984)
- Sep 19 Massimo Freccia, Italian-American conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1944-52: Baltimore Symphony, 1952-59), born in Valdibure, Pistoia, Italy (d. 2004)
- Sep 20 David Sheinfeld, American violinist and composer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2001)
- Sep 23 Willard McMurry, American blues record label executive (Trumpet Records), born in Lauderdale, Mississippi (d. 1996)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sep 25 Russian composer (The Gadfly; The Nose), born in St Petersburg, Russia
- Sep 25 Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1942)
- Sep 30 Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair [Eamonn O Gallagher], Irish composer, born in Dundalk, Ireland (d. 1982)
About September 1906
How Old? 117 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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