- Sep 2 Miloslav Ištvan, Czech composer, born in Olomouc, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1990)
- Sep 5 Lena McLin (née Johnson), American music teacher, composer (Oh Freedom), and Baptist pastor, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2023)
- Sep 6 Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor (USSR State Symphony, 1965-2000; Residentie Orchestra 1992-2000), pianist, and composer (Siberian Fantasy), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2002)
- Sep 15 Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader of the 1950-60s hard bop era ("The Black Messiah"), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
- Sep 18 Adam Walacinski, Polish composer, born in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland (d. 2015)
- Sep 23 Robert Helps, American pianist, prodigy, pedagogue, and composer, born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2001)
- Sep 28 "Tuli" Naphtali Kupferberg, American poet and singer (Fugs), born in New York City (d. 2010)
- Sep 28 Koko Taylor [Cora Walton], American blues singer known as the "Queen of the Blues", born in Millington, Tennessee (d. 2009)
About September 1928
How Old? 95 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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