| 102571 | September 8 | Death | 1948 – Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho author (b. 1876) |
| 102572 | September 8 | Death | 1949 – Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864) |
| 102573 | September 8 | Death | 1954 – André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880) |
| 102574 | September 8 | Death | 1963 – Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1904) |
| 102575 | September 8 | Death | 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922) |
| 102576 | September 8 | Death | 1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) |
| 102577 | September 8 | Death | 1969 – Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (b. 1908) |
| 102578 | September 8 | Death | 1969 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868) |
| 102579 | September 8 | Death | 1970 – Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894) |
| 102580 | September 8 | Death | 1974 – Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor and actor (b. 1914) |
| 102581 | September 8 | Death | 1977 – Zero Mostel, American actor and singer (b. 1915) |
| 102582 | September 8 | Death | 1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) |
| 102583 | September 8 | Death | 1981 – Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897) |
| 102584 | September 8 | Death | 1981 – Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (b. 1901) |
| 102585 | September 8 | Death | 1981 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) |
| 102586 | September 8 | Death | 1983 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904) |
| 102587 | September 8 | Death | 1985 – John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) |
| 102588 | September 8 | Death | 1990 – Denys Watkins-Pitchford English author and illustrator (b. 1905) |
| 102589 | September 8 | Death | 1991 – Brad Davis, American actor (b. 1949) |
| 102590 | September 8 | Death | 1991 – Alex North, American composer and conductor (b. 1910) |
| 102591 | September 8 | Death | 1995 – Erich Kunz, Austrian actor and singer (b. 1909) |
| 102592 | September 8 | Death | 1997 – Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932) |
| 102593 | September 8 | Death | 1999 – Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916) |
| 102594 | September 8 | Death | 1999 – Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (b. 1928) |
| 102595 | September 8 | Death | 2001 – Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908) |
| 102596 | September 8 | Death | 2002 – Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (b. 1909) |
| 102597 | September 8 | Death | 2002 – Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968) |
| 102598 | September 8 | Death | 2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986) |
| 102599 | September 8 | Death | 2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 102600 | September 8 | Death | 2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913) |