| 105901 | September 16 | Birth | 1920 – Sheila Quinn, English nurse and educator |
| 105902 | September 16 | Birth | 1920 – Art Sansom, American cartoonist (d. 1991) |
| 105903 | September 16 | Birth | 1921 – Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter |
| 105904 | September 16 | Birth | 1921 – Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (d. 1998) |
| 105905 | September 16 | Birth | 1922 – Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter |
| 105906 | September 16 | Birth | 1922 – Marcel Mouloudji, French actor and singer (d. 1994) |
| 105907 | September 16 | Birth | 1922 – Janis Paige, American actress and singer |
| 105908 | September 16 | Birth | 1923 – Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2015) |
| 105909 | September 16 | Birth | 1924 – Lauren Bacall, American actress and singer (d. 2014) |
| 105910 | September 16 | Birth | 1925 – Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (d. 1999) |
| 105911 | September 16 | Birth | 1925 – Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2006) |
| 105912 | September 16 | Birth | 1925 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2015) |
| 105913 | September 16 | Birth | 1926 – Tommy Bond, American actor and singer (d. 2005) |
| 105914 | September 16 | Birth | 1926 – Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (d. 2011) |
| 105915 | September 16 | Birth | 1926 – John Knowles, American soldier and author (d. 2001) |
| 105916 | September 16 | Birth | 1926 – Rogers McKee, American baseball player (d. 2014) |
| 105917 | September 16 | Birth | 1926 – Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (d. 2015) |
| 105918 | September 16 | Birth | 1927 – Peter Falk, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2011) |
| 105919 | September 16 | Birth | 1927 – Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (d. 1992) |
| 105920 | September 16 | Birth | 1927 – Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| 105921 | September 16 | Birth | 1928 – Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (d. 2013) |
| 105922 | September 16 | Birth | 1928 – Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (d. 1986) |
| 105923 | September 16 | Birth | 1930 – Anne Francis, American actress (d. 2011) |
| 105924 | September 16 | Birth | 1931 – K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (d. 2003) |
| 105925 | September 16 | Birth | 1931 – Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2013) |
| 105926 | September 16 | Birth | 1932 – Micky Stewart, English cricketer and coach |
| 105927 | September 16 | Birth | 1933 – Steve Shirley, German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa |
| 105928 | September 16 | Birth | 1934 – Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach |
| 105929 | September 16 | Birth | 1934 – George Chakiris, American actor, singer, and dancer |
| 105930 | September 16 | Birth | 1934 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dubliners) (d. 2008) |