- Jul 1 Chris Strachwitz, German-born American folk, roots, and world music record producer and label founder (Arhoolie Records), born in Gross Reichenau, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Bogaczów, Poland) (d. 2023) [1]
- Jul 1 Leslie Caron, French-American actress (Gigi, Father Goose), born in Boulogne-Biliancourt, Seine
- Jul 2 Frank Williams, English actor (Dad's Army - "Reverend Farthing"), born in Edgware, Middlesex, England (d. 2022)
- Jul 2 Robert Ito, Canadian-born actor (Quincy, ME - "Sam"), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jul 3 Andres Burnier [Catharina Irma Dessaur], Dutch criminologist and author (Jongensuur), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2002)
- Jul 3 Frits Helmuth, Danish actor My Son Peter; Per), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2004)
- Jul 3 Robert O. Ragland, American film score composer (The Thing With Two Heads), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
- Jul 4 Duncan Lamont, Scottish jazz and session trumpet and saxophone player, arranger, andsongwriter ("I Told You So"), born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 2019)
- Jul 4 Peter Richardson, British cricket batsman (34 Tests, 5 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 126; Worcestershire CCC, Kent CCC), born in Hereford, England (d. 2017)
- Jul 4 Rick Casares, American NFL fullback (Chicago Bears), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)
- Jul 4 Stephen Boyd [William Millar], Irish actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur), born in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (d. 1977)
- Jul 5 Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice, 1st permanent black judge on South African Supreme Court, born in Pretoria, South Africa (d. 2000)
- Jul 5 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, Irish American gangster (inspiration for Jimmy Conway character in Goodfellas), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Jul 6 Danny White, American singer and bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1996)
- Jul 6 Donal Donnelly, Irish actor (The Godfather: Part III, Dead), born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2010)
- Jul 6 Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist (Birds of September, A Cat’s Diary), born in Kfeir, Lebanon (d. 2018)
- Jul 6 Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jul 6 László Tábori, Hungarian middle/long distance runner (1,500m world record 1955), born in Košice, Slovakia (d. 2018)
- Jul 7 David Eddings, American sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2009)
- Jul 7 Stanley Brock, American actor (UHF, Hard to Kill, Ivan-He's the Mayor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
- Jul 8 Jerry Vale [Gennaro Vitaliano], American pop singer ("Arriverderci Roma"; "Have You Looked Into Your Heart"), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 2014)
- Jul 8 Louis Ballard [Honganózhe], Native American composer and educator (The Four Moons), born near Quapaw, Oklahoma (d. 2007) [1]
Roone Arledge (1931-2002)
Jul 8 American sports broadcasting executive (President ABC Sports - Monday Night Football; ABC News), born in New York City [1] [2]
- Jul 10 Alice Munro, Canadian author (Dance of the Happy Shades; Runaway) and 2013 Nobel laureate, born in Wingham, Ontario (d. 2024) [1]
- Jul 10 Del Insko, harness racer (toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader), born in Amboy, Minnesota
- Jul 10 Julian May, American sci-fi author (Golden Torc, Magnificat), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
- Jul 10 Nick Adams [Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock], American actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- Jul 11 Hans Klein, German politician (Vice President Bundestag 1990-96), born in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
- Jul 11 Herman de Vries, Dutch sculptor, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands
- Jul 11 Tab Hunter [Arthur Andrew Kelm], American actor (The Girl He Left Behind; Lust In The Dust) and singer ("Young Love"), born in New York City (d. 2018)
- Jul 11 Thurston Harris, American R&B and pop vocalist (The Sharps - "Little Bitty Pretty One"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1990)
- Jul 11 Tullio Regge, Italian physicist (Regge theory), born in Borgo d'Ale, Italy (d. 2014)
- Jul 12 André Laporte, Flemish composer, born in Oplinter, Tienen, Belgium
- Jul 12 J. Bob Traxler, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan 1974-93), born in Kawkawlin, Michigan (d. 2019)
- Jul 13 Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil's Advocate, Hanky Panky), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2007)
- Jul 14 Donald Eugene Webb, American murderer (record length on FBI Most Wanted List), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1999)
- Jul 14 Sir Robert Stephens, British actor (Uncle Kurt-Holocaust, Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), born in Bristol, England (d. 1995)
- Jul 15 Clive Cussler, American writer (Raise The Titanic, Sahara), born in Aurora, Illinois,
- Jul 15 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs and Defense, born in Cape Town (d. 2015)
- Jul 16 Lady Caroline Blackwood, British journalist and writer (The Last of the Duchess), born in London (d. 1996)
- Jul 16 Norm Sherry, American baseball catcher (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets) and manager (California Angels), born in New York City (d. 2021)
- Jul 18 "Papa" Dee Allen, American percussionist (War - "Cisco Kid"; "The World Is A Ghetto"), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1988)
- Jul 20 Donald Moffitt, American sci-fi author (The Jupiter Theft; The Genesis Quest), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2014) [1]
Marina Popovich (1931-2017)
Jul 20 Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer and test pilot (102 world records), born in Leonenki, Smolensk Oblast, USSR, birth date uncertain
- Jul 20 Phil Coles, Australian sports administrator (International Olympic Committee 1982-2011; AOC 1973-2011), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2023)
- Jul 20 Tony Marsh, English auto racer (record 6 x British Hill Climb Championship), born in Stourbridge, England (d. 2009)
- Jul 21 (Conrad) "Sonny" Clark, American hard pop jazz and session pianist, composer, and group leader (Sonny's Crib), born in Herminie, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
- Jul 21 Gene Fullmer, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1957; NBA [WBA] World Middleweight title 1959-62), born in West Jordan, Utah (d. 2015)
- Jul 21 León Schidlowsky, Chilean-Israeli composer (Absalom; The Darkest Night; Before Breakfast), graphic artist, and painter, born in Santiago, Chile
- Jul 21 Plas Johnson, American be-bop jazz and session saxophonist (sax solo on "The Pink Panther Theme"), born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana
- Jul 22 Charles Huxtable, General commander (English ground armies)
- Jul 22 Perry Lopez, American actor (Chinatown, Death Wish 4), born in New York City (d. 2008)
- Jul 23 Arata Isozaki, Japanese architect (Pritzker Prize - 2019; Art Tower Mito, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Walt Disney headquarters), born in Oito, Japan (d. 2022) [1]
- Jul 23 Guy Fournier, French Canadian author and screenwriter, born in Waterloo, Quebec
- Jul 23 Jan Torell, Swedish director (New Land, Emigrants), born in Limhamm, Sweden
- Jul 23 Richard Searby, Australian lawyer and deputy-chairman (News Corp Ltd-Australia)
- Jul 23 Te Atairangikaahu, Māori Queen for 40 years (1966-2006), born in Waahi Marae, Huntly, New Zealand (d. 2006)
- Jul 23 Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born chess grandmaster, born in Leningrad (d. 2016)
- Jul 24 Alberto Orzan, Italian soccer defender (4 caps; Udinese, Fiorentina), born in San Lorenzo Isontino, Italy (d. 2022)
- Jul 24 Éric Tabarly, French Navy officer and yachtsman (Ostar 1964, 76; Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race 1964), born in Nantes, France (d. 1998)
- Jul 24 Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director (The Tree of Wooden Clogs), born in Bergamo, Italy (d. 2018)
- Jul 25 Kees [Cornelis Pieter] van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2008)
- Jul 25 Murray Day, New Zealand sports administrator (President International Squash Rackets Federation 1975-81), born in Hamilton, New Zealand (d. 2022)
- Jul 25 Paul Danblon, Belgian composer, opera director, opera administrator and scientific journalist, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2018)
- Jul 26 Patti Bown, American jazz pianist and composer (Gene Ammons, Quincy Jones), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2008)
- Jul 26 Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast (Olympic gold horizontal bar 1956, 60, team 1960, 64, vault 1960), born in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Jul 26 Telê Santana, Brazilian soccer winger (Fluminense FC 557 games) and manager (Brazil, Flamengo, Fluminense, Palmeiras, São Paulo), born in Itabirito, Brazil (d. 2006)
- Jul 27 Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (My Mother the Car, Coach), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 2018)
- Jul 27 Khieu Samphan, Cambodian communist politician, born in Rumduol, Svay Rieng, French Protectorate of Cambodia
- Jul 28 Darryl Hickman, American actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy), born in Hollywood, California
- Jul 28 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (1960's), born in Wingham, Australia (d. 1992)
- Jul 30 Frederick Swann, American church and concert pipe organist (Riverside Church, NYC, 1952-82; Robert Shuller's Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power), born in Lewisburg, West Virginia (d. 2022)
- Jul 30 Joan Vohs, American model and actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina), born in St Albans, New York (d. 2001)
- Jul 31 Bill Bidwill, American NFL team owner (St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals 1962-2019), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2019)
- Jul 31 Kenny Burrell, American jazz guitarist (Organ Grinder Swing), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 31 Nick Bollettieri, American tennis coach (Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles), born in Pelham, New York (d. 2022)
About July 1931
How Old? 92 or 93 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Cancer (Jun 21 - Jul 22), Leo (Jul 23 - Aug 22)
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90