- Jul 6 George Grosz, German cartoonist and painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65
- Jul 8 US Army Maj. Dale Buis & MSgt. Chester Ovnand killed in Viet Cong attack, becoming the first and second Americans killed in combat in the Vietnam War
- Jul 11 (Rossiere) "Shadow" Wilson, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk), dies of meningitis at 39
- Jul 11 Charlie Parker, English cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever; legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test), dies at 76
- Jul 14 Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, dies at 79
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Jul 15 Swiss-American composer (Schelomo; Israel; Avodath Hakodesh), and educator (UC Berkeley, 1941-52), dies of cancer at 78
- Jul 15 Peter Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies at 90
- Jul 15 Vance Palmer, Australian author, dies at 73
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
Jul 17 American jazz singer ("I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"; "Strange Fruit"), and songwriter ("God Bless The Child"; "Lady Sings the Blues"), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 44
- Jul 17 Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (b. 1875)
- Jul 17 Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies at 72
- Jul 20 Harry Fox [Arthur Carringford], American vaudeville dancer, comedian and actor (Talent Scout), dies at 77
- Jul 20 William D. Leahy, American admiral and chief of staff during WWII, dies at 84
- Jul 25 Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71
- Jul 26 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet and publisher (Amor), dies at 54
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