- Jul 4 Swami Vivekananda, Indian Hindu spiritual leader and a key figure in the introduction of Yoga to the Western world, dies while meditating at 39
- Jul 6 Leopoldo Miguez, Brazilian composer, dies at 51
- Jul 9 Mark Antokolsky, Russian sculptor (Peter the Great monument) dies at 58
- Jul 10 Albert, King of Saxony (1873-1902), dies at 74
- Jul 12 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74
- Jul 14 William Still, African-American abolitionist, businessman and conductor of the Underground Railroad, dies at 80
- Jul 18 John White, American organist and composer based in Germany, dies at 47
- Jul 22 Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal, dies at 79
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