| 99721 | September 2 | Birth | 1865 – Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician (d. 1952) |
| 99722 | September 2 | Birth | 1866 – Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1943) |
| 99723 | September 2 | Birth | 1873 – Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1897) |
| 99724 | September 2 | Birth | 1877 – Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956) |
| 99725 | September 2 | Birth | 1878 – Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop (d. 1961) |
| 99726 | September 2 | Birth | 1878 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (d. 1920) |
| 99727 | September 2 | Birth | 1878 – Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946) |
| 99728 | September 2 | Birth | 1879 – An Jung-geun, Korean activist, assassin of Itō Hirobumi (d. 1910) |
| 99729 | September 2 | Birth | 1883 – Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (d. 1963) |
| 99730 | September 2 | Birth | 1884 – Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (d. 1970) |
| 99731 | September 2 | Birth | 1894 – Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1939) |
| 99732 | September 2 | Birth | 1901 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet (d. 1975) |
| 99733 | September 2 | Birth | 1901 – Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (d. 1977) |
| 99734 | September 2 | Birth | 1904 – August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (d. 1963) |
| 99735 | September 2 | Birth | 1907 – Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator (d. 1998) |
| 99736 | September 2 | Birth | 1910 – Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic (d. 1996) |
| 99737 | September 2 | Birth | 1911 – Romare Bearden, American painter and author (d. 1988) |
| 99738 | September 2 | Birth | 1911 – William F. Harrah, American businessman, founded the Caesars Entertainment Corporation (d. 1978) |
| 99739 | September 2 | Birth | 1912 – Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967) |
| 99740 | September 2 | Birth | 1913 – Israel Gelfand, Russian-American mathematician and biologist (d. 2009) |
| 99741 | September 2 | Birth | 1913 – Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1981) |
| 99742 | September 2 | Birth | 1914 – Tom Glazer, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) |
| 99743 | September 2 | Birth | 1915 – Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (d. 2007) |
| 99744 | September 2 | Birth | 1915 – Meinhardt Raabe, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 99745 | September 2 | Birth | 1916 – Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 99746 | September 2 | Birth | 1917 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995) |
| 99747 | September 2 | Birth | 1917 – Cleveland Amory, American author and critic (d. 1997) |
| 99748 | September 2 | Birth | 1918 – Allen Drury, American journalist and author (d. 1998) |
| 99749 | September 2 | Birth | 1919 – Marge Champion, American actress, dancer, and choreographer |
| 99750 | September 2 | Birth | 1919 – Lance Macklin, English race car driver and businessman (d. 2002) |