- Jul 2 James Robertson Justice, British actor (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Moby-Dick), dies from effects of a stroke at 68
- Jul 4 Georgette Heyer, English novelist (Friday's Child), dies at 71
- Jul 5 Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano, dies at 82
- Jul 6 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies
- Jul 6 Ruffian, American racehorse (b. 1972)
- Jul 7 Barbara Brown, American actress dies at 73
- Jul 7 Jacob Bjerknes, Norwegian-American meteorologist (USAF in London), dies at 77
- Jul 7 Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972)
- Jul 7 Vito Frazzi, Italian composer, dies at 86
- Jul 10 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77
- Jul 11 Kurt Pinthus, German-American writer, dies at 89
- Jul 12 Carl Snavely, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Bucknell, North Carolina, Cornell 180–96–16), dies at 80
- Jul 13 Owen Wynne, South African cricketer (6 Tests for South Africa 1948-50), lost at sea at 56
- Jul 14 Madan Mohan, India Hindi Film Melodious Music director, dies at 51
- Jul 14 [Arthur] Zutty Singleton, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong's Hot Five), dies at 77
- Jul 15 Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies
- Jul 17 Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor, dies at 82
- Jul 17 Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)
- Jul 18 Federico Ghisi, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 74
- Jul 19 (William) "Lefty" Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter ("If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)"; "Saginaw, Michigan"), dies at 47
- Jul 21 Billy West [Roy B Weissburg], Russian actor, Charlie Chaplin impersonator and silent film director (Further Perils of Laurel & Hardy), dies at 82
- Jul 21 Fie Carelsen [Sophia de Jong], Dutch stage and screen actress (Malle gevallen), dies at 85
- Jul 21 George Petty, American pin-up artist, dies at 81
- Jul 23 Emlen Tunnell, American Pro Football HOF safety (NFL C'ship 1956 NY Giants, 1961 GB Packers; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 9 × Pro Bowl), dies from a heart attack at 51
- Jul 25 Eugen Fink, German philosopher, dies at 69
- Jul 26 Leigh Whipper, American actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
- Jul 29 James Blish [pseudonym William Atheling, Jr], American-British sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54
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