- Jul 6 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, Russian composer, dies at 54
- Jul 11 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian (Olympia), dies at 81
- Jul 13 August Kekule von Stradonitz, German chemist who discovered structure of benzene ring, dies at 66
- Jul 16 Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74
- Jul 16 William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies
- Jul 19 Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)
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