- Jul 1 Charles P. Snow, English novelist (Death Under Sail, Strangers and Brothers) and physical chemist, dies at 74
- Jul 3 James "Buster" Bennett, American blues saxophonist and blues shouter, dies at 66
- Jul 4 Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (b. 1895)
- Jul 5 Archibald James Potter, Irish composer, dies at 61
- Jul 6 Gail Patrick [Margaret Fitzpatrick], American actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy), dies of leukemia at 69
- Jul 7 Reginald Gardiner, British actor (The Flying Deuces; The Great Dictator), dies at 77
- Jul 9 Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist, dies at 66
- Jul 10 Komako Kimura, Japanese suffragette, actress and editor, dies at 92
- Jul 11 Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 80
- Jul 11 Peggy Knudson, actress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57
- Jul 12 John W Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92
- Jul 13 Seretse Khama, 1st President of Botswana (1966-80), dies of pancreatic cancer at 59
- Jul 14 Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), dies at 49
- Jul 15 Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84
- Jul 15 Henri Martelli, French composer, dies at 85
- Jul 16 Robert Brackman, American artist, dies at 81
- Jul 17 Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician (b. 1890)
- Jul 17 Donald "Red" Barry, American actor (Adventures of Red Ryder, Jesse James' Women), commits suicide at 68
- Jul 18 Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests, Sind), dies at 76
- Jul 19 Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, international relationship expert, and author (Politics Among Nations), dies at 76
- Jul 20 Gerard Croiset, Dutch parapsychologist, dies at 71
- Jul 22 Fred Kaps [Abram Bongers], Dutch magician (ISM World Champion 1950, 1955 & 1961), dies of cancer at 54
- Jul 23 Keith Godchaux, American pianist, and singer (Grateful Dead, 1971-79 - "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"), dies in a car accident at 32
- Jul 23 Mollie Steimer, American political prisoner and anarchist agitator, dies at 82
- Jul 23 Sarto Fournier, Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
Peter Sellers (1925-1980)
Jul 24 English actor and comedian (The Goon Show, Bobo, Pink Panther), dies at 54
- Jul 24 Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
- Jul 25 Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (b. 1938)
- Jul 26 Allen Hoskins, American child actor (Our Gang), dies of cancer at 59
- Jul 26 François Louis Ganshof, Belgian medieval historian, dies at 85
- Jul 26 Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet, dies at 52
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980)
Jul 27 last Shah of Iran (Persia) (1941-79), dies in Cairo of splenomegaly at 60
- Jul 28 Cecil Burleigh, American violinist, composer (Sonnets of Autumn; Boyhood Recollections), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1921-55), dies at 95
- Jul 29 Jan Tausinger, Romanian-Czech violist and composer, dies at 58
- Jul 30 Charles McGraw [Butters], American actor (Spartacus, The Birds, The Killers, Smith Family), dies after falling through a glass shower door at 66
- Jul 30 Norman Lloyd, American pianist, author and composer, dies at 70
- Jul 31 Bobby Van [Stein], American stage and screen musical singer and actor (The Affairs of Dobie Gillis; Small Town Girl), dies of brain cancer at 49
- Jul 31 Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer and musician, dies of a massive heart attack at 55
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