Editing 1940 (section)

===September===
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[[File:Brian De Palma Deauville 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brian De Palma]]]]
[[File:Linda Gray.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Linda Gray]]]]
[[File:Óscar Arias (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Óscar Arias]]]]
[[File:Frankie Avalon - publicity.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Frankie Avalon]]]]
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[[File:Michel Temer (foto oficial).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michel Temer]]]]
*[[September 1]]
**[[Yaşar Büyükanıt]], Turkish military officer (d. [[2019]])
**[[Annie Ernaux]], French author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|date=2022-10-06|title=French author Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/10/06/french-author-annie-ernaux-nobel-prize-literature-2022.html|access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Onmanorama}}</ref>
*[[September 3]]
**[[Eduardo Galeano]], Uruguayan writer (d. [[2015]])
**[[Joseph Warioba]], 5th Prime Minister of Tanzania
*[[September 5]] – [[Raquel Welch]], American actress (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite news |title = Raquel Welch, 1960s film star and sex symbol, dies at 82 |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/15/actress-raquel-welch-dead/ |newspaper = The Washington Post |first1 = Harrison |last1 = Smith |first2 = Michael S. |last2 = Rosenwald |first3 = Emily |last3 = Langer |date = February 15, 2023 |access-date = February 21, 2023 }}</ref>
*[[September 6]]
**[[Elwyn Berlekamp]], American mathematician (d. [[2019]])
**[[Jackie Trent]], English singer-songwriter, actress (d. [[2015]])
*[[September 7]]
**[[Dario Argento]], Italian filmmaker
**[[Abdurrahman Wahid]], 4th President of Indonesia (d. [[2009]])
*[[September 10]]
**[[Roy Ayers]], African-American musician, songwriter (d. [[2025]])
**[[David Mann (artist)|David Mann]], American artist (d. [[2004]])
**[[Kim En Jong]], Korean Dominican monk and painter
*[[September 11]]
**[[Brian De Palma]], American film director
**[[Ajit Singh (economist)|Ajit Singh]], Indian-born economist (d. [[2015]])
*[[September 12]]
**[[Joachim Frank]], German-born biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
**[[Linda Gray]], American model, actress (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
**[[Skip Hinnant]], American actor
**[[Mickey Lolich]], American baseball player
*[[September 13]] – [[Óscar Arias]], Costa Rican politician, twice [[President of Costa Rica]], [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate
*[[September 14]]
**[[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]], American basketball player, coach
**[[Barbara Greenwood]], Canadian educator and children's author 
*[[September 18]] – [[Frankie Avalon]], American singer and actor
*[[September 19]] – [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]], American songwriter, singer and actor
*[[September 20]] – [[Tarō Asō]], 59th [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
*[[September 22]] – [[Anna Karina]], Danish-French actress (d. [[2019]])
*[[September 23]]
**[[Mohammad-Reza Shajarian]], Iranian traditional singer (d. [[2020]])
**[[Michel Temer]], Brazilian politician, [[President of Brazil]] between 2016 and 2018.
*[[September 24]] – [[Michiko Suganuma]], [[Urushi]] [[Japanese lacquer]] artist
*[[September 27]] – [[Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], emir of Kuwait