Franz Boas (1858-1942)
Jul 9 German-American anthropologist and linguist (Mind of Primitive Man), born in Minden, Westphalia, Prussia
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)
Jul 15 British suffragette who formed the Women's Social & Political Union (1903), born in Moss Side, Manchester
- Jul 16 Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violin virtuoso (Caesar Franck's sonata), composer (Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, op. 27), educator (Brussels Conservatoire, 1881-98), and conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1918-22), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1931)
- Jul 20 Juan Vucetich, Croatian-born Argentine anthropologist who pioneered fingerprint identification, born in Hvar, Kingdom of Dalmatia (d. 1925)
- Jul 21 Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist, born in Sandhurst, Victoria (d. 1941)
- Jul 21 Lovis Corinth, German painter, part of the Berlin Secession Group, born in Tapiau, Prussia (d. 1925)
- Jul 21 Maria Christina of Austria, queen of Spain, born in Židlochovice Castle, Moravia (d. 1929)
- Jul 24 Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920), born in New York City (d. 1922)
- Jul 25 William C. McDonald, American lawyer and politician (1st Governor of New Mexico. 1912-17), born in Jordanville, New York (d. 1918)
- Jul 26 Tom Garrett, Australian cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, TS 51no, 34 wickets; NSW CA), born in Wollongong, Australia (d. 1943)
- Jul 31 Richard Dixon Oldham, British geologist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1936)