2013 – Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (b. 1955) 2014 – Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (b. 1952) 2014 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (b. 1921) 2014 – Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (b. 1971) 2014 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910) 2014 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1918) 2014 – George Zuverink, American baseball player (b. 1924) 2015 – Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (b. 1952) 2015 – Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (b. 1942) 2015 – Tyler Sash, American football player (b. 1988) 2015 – Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (b. 1963) 2016 – Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (b. 1967) 2016 – Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1954) 2016 – Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938) 2017 – Pierre Bergé, French businessman (b. 1930) 2017 – Blake Heron, American actor (b. 1982) 2017 – Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (b. 1933) 2017 – Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (b. 1936) 2017 – Don Williams, American musician (b. 1939) 2018 – Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948) 2018 – Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973) 2022 – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (b. 1926) 2022 – Gwyneth Powell, English actress (b. 1946) Holidays and observances Christian Feast Day: Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church) Corbinian Disibod Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism) Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic) Our Lady of Charity Our Lady of Covadonga Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni Pope Sergius I September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Feast Day of Our Lady of Meritxell (national holiday in Andorra) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Macedonia from Yugoslavia in 1991. International Literacy Day (International) Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 9, follows a non-Gregorian calendar) National Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra) Victory Day (Pakistan) Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta) World Physical Therapy Day References External links Days of the year September