- Sep 4 Harold "Shot" Jackson, American country dobro player, and pedal steel guitarist (Roy Acuff), and guitar designer and builder (Sho-Bud), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1991)
- Sep 5 Peter Racine Fricker, British composer, born in London (d. 1990)
- Sep 7 Al Caiola, American guitarist (Bonzanza theme), born in Jersey City (d. 2016)
- Sep 19 Karen Khachaturian, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2011)
- Sep 20 Bill DeArango, American jazz guitarist (Charlie Ventura; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis; "Slam" Stewart), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2005)
- Sep 23 Alexander Arutiunian [Harut'unyan], Soviet Armenian classical pianist and composer (Trumpet Concerto), born in Yerevan, First Republic of Armenia (d. 2012)
- Sep 23 Jiri Jaroch, Czech composer, born in Smilkov (d. 1986)
- Sep 29 Tillman Franks, American country music bassist, songwriter and artist manager (Webb Pierce), born in Stamps, Arkansas (d. 2006)
- Sep 29 Václav Neummann, Czech conductor and musician, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
- Sep 30 Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American concert cellist and educator (Yale School of Music, 1958-2018), born in Natal, Brazil (d. 2018)
- Sep 30 Ghazar Saryan, Armenian composer (Symphonic Panels on motifs by Saryan; Day of Peace), and educator (Komitas State Conservatory, 1960-86), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1998)
- Sep 30 Torbjörn Lundquist, Swedish classical and film score composer, conductor, and musicologist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2000)
About September 1920
How Old? 103 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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