- Sep 2 Michael Sahl, American contemporary classical composer (Civilization and its Discontents; Jungles), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
- Sep 3 Freddie King, American blues singer ("Hideaway"; "Have You Ever Loved A Woman"), born in Gilmer, Texas (d. 1976)
- Sep 3 Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, born in Toulouse, France (d. 1992)
- Sep 5 Carol Lawrence, American actress (West Side Story), born in Melrose Park, Illinois
- Sep 7 Little Milton [James Milton Campbell], American blues singer and guitarist ("We're Gonna Make It"; "Grits Ain't Groceries"), born in Inverness, Mississippi (d. 2005)
- Sep 8 Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer (Prolation, Taverner), born in Manchester, England (d. 2016)
- Sep 10 Larry Sitsky, Australian composer, born in Tianjin. China
- Sep 10 Vassil Kazandjiev, Bulgarian composer, born in Rousse
- Sep 11 Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist and composer, born in Little Burgundy, Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 12 Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Sep 16 George Chakiris, American actor (West Side Story), born in Norwood, Ohio
- Sep 16 Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners), born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 2008)
Brian Epstein (1934-1967)
Sep 19 English music entrepreneur and manager (Beatles), born in Liverpool, England
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
Sep 21 Canadian writer and singer-songwriter ("Hallelujah"; "Death of Ladies Man"; "Suzanne"), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 23 Joe Tarsia, American audio engineer and studio owner (Sigma Sound Studio), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) [1]
- Sep 26 Dick Heckstall-Smith, British jazz-blues saxophonist, born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England (d. 2004)
- Sep 30 Udo Jürgens [Bockelmann], Austrian-Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Eurovision Song Contest, 1966), born in Klagenfurt, Federal State of Austria (now Austria) (d. 2014)
About September 1934
How Old? 89 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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