Notable deaths on September 1

British-Australian boxer and actor (1950–2025)

American journalist (1943–2024)

American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)

American writer and journalist (1941–2022)

Chinese military officer (1919–2022)

American DJ and producer (1971–2020)

American jazz pianist and composer (1926–2018)

United States Army Air Forces soldier

American actor (1931–2015)

Armenian military commander (1926–2015)

American historian

First leader of Al-Shabaab (2008–2014)

American textile chemist (1920–2014)

American baseball player (1926-2014)

Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot

Spanish football player and manager

British aviator, inventor & engineer (1916–2013)

American linguist, educator, polyglot, and labor unionist

American boxer (1969–2013)

Italian artist (1927–2012)

American lyricist (1921–2012)

Musical artist

Haitian politician (1937–2012)

Swedish politician (1988–2012)