- Jul 3 Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, Russian-Ukrainian composer, born in Dvorichnyi Kut, Ukraine (d. 1976)
- Jul 4 Eric Marx, South African cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 3 wickets; 240 on FC debut for Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1974)
- Jul 4 Irving Caesar, American lyricist and theater composer ("Tea for Two"; "Just A Gigilo"; "Sometimes I'm Happy"; "Animal Crackers In My Soup"), born in New York City (d. 1996) [1]
- Jul 4 Massimo Campigli, Italian painter and illustrator, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1971)
- Jul 5 Gordon Jacob, English composer, born in London (d. 1984)
- Jul 8 Anton van de Velde, Belgian writer and director (God & the Worms), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1983)
- Jul 10 Carl Orff, German composer (Carmina Burana; Der Mond; Mozart Prize - 1969), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1982)
- Jul 10 Maarten Pleun Vrij, Dutch lawyer, criminology professor (University of Groningen, 1928-47), and jurist (Supreme Court Justice, 1947-55), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1955)
- Jul 10 Nahum Goldmann, Israeli-Zionist leader (Zionist World Organization), born in Wisznewo, Lithuania (d. 1982)
- Jul 11 Dorothy Wilde [Dolly Wilde], English socialite, niece of Oscar Wilde, born in London (d. 1941)
- Jul 12 Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), born in Hamar, Norway (d. 1962)
- Jul 12 Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (Rodgers & Hammerstein - "Oklahoma!"; "South Pacific"; "The King And I"; " The Sound Of Music"), born in New York City (d. 1960)
- Jul 12 R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), born in Milton, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
- Jul 13 Sidney Blackmer, American actor (played Ted Roosevelt in 7 movies, Rosemary's Baby), born in Salisbury, North Carolina (d. 1973)
- Jul 14 Frank Raymond [F.R.] Leavis, British literary critic (Culture & Environment), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1978)
George "Machine Gun" Kelly (1895-1954)
Jul 18 American gangster during the Prohibition era, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Jul 18 Marie Ney, British actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft), born in London, England (d. 1981)
- Jul 19 Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, born in Yixing, China (d. 1953)
- Jul 20 László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
- Jul 21 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket batsman (17 Tests [12 as captain], 3 x 50; Natal, Transvaal), born in Eshowe, South Africa (d. 1939)
- Jul 21 Ken Maynard, American stuntman and actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), born in Vevay, Indiana (d. 1973)
- Jul 22 Hans Rosbaud, Austrian conductor (South West German Radio Orchestra, 1948-62), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1962)
- Jul 22 James Arthur Calata, African National Congress (ANC) leader and Anglican clergyman, born in Debe Nek, King Williamstown, South Africa (d. 1983)
- Jul 23 Aileen Pringle, American actress (Murder at Midnight), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1989)
- Jul 23 Florence Vidor, American actress (Jack Knife Man), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1977)
- Jul 24 Robert Graves, English writer and poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26], born in London, England (d. 1985)
- Jul 25 Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (Paris Waltz; Voyage to America), born in Ermont, France (d. 1977)
- Jul 26 Gracie Allen, American comedian and actress (Burns & Allen), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1964)
- Jul 26 Jane Bunford, Britain's tallest-ever person measuring 2.41 metres (7 ft 11 in) at the time of her death, born in Bartley Green, Northfield, Birmingham (d. 1922)
- Jul 26 Jerry Verno, British actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone, Sweeney Todd), born in London, England (d. 1975)
- Jul 30 Wanda Hawley, American silent screen actress (The Affairs of Anatol), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
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