- Jul 2 William Henry Bragg, English physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics, 1915 - crystalline structure analysis by means of X-rays), born in Westward, Cumberland, England (d. 1942) [1]
- Jul 3 Friedrich Ernst Koch, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1927)
- Jul 11 Liza Lehmann, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1918)
- Jul 14 Florence Bascom, American geologist and 1st woman hired by the US Geological Survey, born in Williamstown, Massachusetts (d. 1945)
- Jul 14 Gustav Klimt, Austrian Symbolist painter (The Kiss), born in Baumgarten, Austria-Hungary (d. 1918)
- Jul 16 Ida B. Wells (-Barnett), American journalist, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, born in Holly Springs, Mississippi (d. 1931)
- Jul 18 Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich, Russian WWI general, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1933)
- Jul 18 Victor, Prince Napoléon (Napoléon V), French pretender to throne, born in Palais-Royal, Paris (d. 1926)
- Jul 31 Steve Fairbairn, British rower and coach (Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge University), born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia (d. 1938)
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40-49
50-59
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