- Jul 1 William Grant Stairs, Canadian-British explorer and adventurer who had a leading role in two of the most controversial expeditions in the history of the colonisation of Africa, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1892)
- Jul 12 Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin), born in Nice, France (d. 1933)
- Jul 12 Herschel Mayall, American stage and silent screen actor (A Tale of Two Cities), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky (d. 1941)
- Jul 12 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (optics), born in Brunswick, Germany (d. 1906)
- Jul 13 Emma Mary Woolley, American educator and women's rights activist (President of Mount Holyoke College), born in South Norfolk, Connecticut (d. 1947)
- Jul 19 Dwijendralal Ray, Bengali poet, playwright and lyricist (Dwijendrageeti), born in Krishnanagar, British India (d. 1913)
- Jul 19 Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), born in Linz, Austria (d. 1934)
- Jul 21 C Aubrey Smith [Charles], British actor (The Prisoner of Zenda), born in London, England (d. 1948)
- Jul 22 Alec Hearne, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1894; Kent), born in Ealing, England (d. 1952)
- Jul 24 Tommy McCarthy, American Baseball HOF outfielder (Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Quakers, St. Louis Browns), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1922)
- Jul 26 Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer, born in Valmiera, Russian Empire (d. 1948)
- Jul 26 Paul Walden, Latvian chemist (Walden inversion, room-temperature ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate), born in Rozulas, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (d. 1957)
- Jul 28 Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian military officer, General of the Russian Cavarly WWI, born in Nakhchivan City, Russian Empire (d. 1919)
Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Jul 30 American industrialist and auto maker (Ford Model T), born in Dearborn Township, Michigan
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