September 2001
- 1 – Bobby Evans, 74, Scottish football player.
- 2 – Christiaan Barnard. 78, South African heart surgeon, first to perform a human-to-human heart transplant.
- 2 – Horace A. Jones, 94, American horse trainer.
- 2 - James Lopez Watson, 79, American jurist.
- 3 – Frank Billinge, 107, World War I pilot.
- 3 – Thuy Trang, 27, Vietnamese American actress, played a role as Trini Kwan from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
- 3 – Pauline Kael. 82, American movie critic.
- 5 – Justin Wilson, 87, Cajun chef and humorist.
- 6 – Megan Connolly, 27, Australian actress, heroin overdose.
- 7 – Spede Pasanen, 71, Finnish television star.
- 9 – Ahmed Shah Massoud, 48, Afghan Northern Alliance military commander.
- 10 – Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, 77, British racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II.
- 11 - Alice Stewart Trillin, 63, American author and film producer (heart failure).
- 11 – Nearly 3,000 people are killed in the September 11 attacks, including:
- David Angell, 55, American television producer.
- Mohamed Atta, 33, Egyptian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11.
- Garnet Bailey, 53, Canadian ice hockey player and scout.
- Fayez Banihammad, 24, Emirati, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175.
- Todd Beamer, 32, American airline passenger.
- Berry Berenson, 53, American actress and photographer.
- Carolyn Beug, 48, American filmmaker and video producer.
- Bill Biggart, 54, American photojournalist.
- Mark Bingham, 31, American airline passenger.
- Ronald Paul Bucca, 47, American fire marshal.
- Charles Burlingame, 51, American airline pilot.
- Tom Burnett, 38, American airline passenger.
- William E. Caswell, 54, American physicist.
- Kevin Cosgrove, 46, American business executive.
- Welles Crowther, 24, American investment banker.
- William M. Feehan, 72, American deputy fire commissioner.
- Wilson Flagg, 62, former Rear Admiral.
- Peter J. Ganci, Jr., 54, Chief of the Fire Department of New York.
- Ahmed al-Ghamdi, 22, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175.
- Hamza al-Ghamdi, 20, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175.
- Saeed al-Ghamdi, 21, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93.
- Jeremy Glick, 31, American airline passenger.
- Lauren Grandcolas, 38, American author.
- Nezam Hafiz, 32, American cricketer.
- Mohammad Salman Hamdani, 23, American research technician.
- Hani Hanjour, 29, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77.
- Nawaf al-Hazmi, 25, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77.
- Salem al-Hazmi, 20, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77.
- Ahmed al-Haznawi, 20, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93.
- LeRoy Homer, Jr., 36, American airline pilot.
- Ziad Jarrah, 26, Lebanese, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93.
- Charles Edward Jones, 48, American astronaut.
- Mychal Judge, 67, Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York.
- Neil David Levin, 46, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
- Daniel M. Lewin, 31, American airline passenger.
- Eamon McEneaney, 46, American lacrosse player.
- Timothy Maude, 63, Lieutenant General U.S. Army.
- Khalid al-Mihdhar, 26, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77.
- Majed Moqed, 24, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77.
- Ahmed al-Nami, 23, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93.
- John Ogonowski, 52, American pilot.
- Barbara Olson, 45, American television commentator.
- Abdulaziz al-Omari, 22, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11.
- John P. O'Neill, 49, American Counterterrorism expert.
- Betty Ong, 45, American flight attendant.
- Orio Palmer, 45, American firefighter.
- Dominick Pezzulo, 36, American police officer.
- Sneha Anne Philip, 31, American physician, presumed to have been a victim of the attacks.
- Rick Rescorla, 62, World Trade Center security chief for Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter.
- Marwan al-Shehhi, 23, Emirati, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175.
- Mohand al-Shehri, 22, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175.
- Wail al-Shehri, 28, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11.
- Waleed al-Shehri, 22, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11.
- Satam al-Suqami, 25, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11.
- Amy Sweeney, 34, American flight attendant.
- Abraham Zelmanowitz, 55, American computer programmer.
- 12 – Victor Wong, 74, American movie actor and artist.
- 13 – Johnny Craig, 75, American comic book artist.
- 14 – Barbara Ansell, 78, British rheumatologist.
- 15 – June Salter, 69, Australian actor.
- 18 – Ernie Coombs, 73, American born actor. Longtime host of Canadian children's show Mr. Dressup on CBC.
- 18 – Jane du Pont Lunger, 87, American heiress and philanthropist.
- 19 – Cosmo Nevill, 94, British army general.
- 19 – David Thomas, 89, Welsh cricketer.
- 20 – Hinky Harris, 66, Canadian ice hockey player.
- 20 – Marcos Pérez Jiménez, 87, former President of Venezuela.
- 20 – Eberhard Wenzel, 61, German public health researcher.
- 22 – Isaac Stern, 81, Ukrainian violinist, congestive heart failure.
- 28 – Martin O'Hagan, 51, Irish investigative journalist, murdered.
- 29 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, 78, former President of South Vietnam.
- 30 – Madhavrao Scindia, 56, Prominent Indian politician and minister,a royal family member, Maharaja of Gwalior.
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