- Jul 2 Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German Nazi surgeon, dies at 75
- Jul 6 Josef Hüttel, Czech composer, dies at 57
- Jul 9 Egbert Van Alstyne, American popular music songwriter and ragtime pianist ("In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"; "For Your Boy and My Boy"), dies after a stroke at 73 [1]
- Jul 9 Harry Heilmann, American Baseball HOF outfielder (4 × AL batting champion, Detroit Tigers) and broadcaster (WXYZ), dies from lung cancer at 56
- Jul 9 Jorgen Bentzon, Danish composer, dies at 54
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Jul 13 Austrian-American composer (Verklärte Nacht - Transfigured Night; 2nd Quartet), and painter associated with the expressionist movement, dies at 76
- Jul 14 Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), dies at 89
- Jul 15 Mary White Ovington, American journalist, suffragist, and co-founder of the NAACP, dies at 86
- Jul 18 Herbert Jones, British thoroughbred jockey (British Triple Crown [Diamond Jubilee] 1900; 8 x British Classic Race wins), dies by suicide at 70
- Jul 19 Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), dies at 77
- Jul 20 Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
- Jul 20 Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death
- Jul 20 Wilhelm, the last Crown Prince of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, dies at 69
Philippe Pétain (1856-1951)
Jul 23 French marshal and Chief of the French State (1940-44), dies at 95
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