- Jul 1 Bruce Mitchell, South African cricket opening batsman (42 Tests), dies at 86
- Jul 1 Ronald Farrow, radio producer and priest, dies at 49
- Jul 1 Wolfman Jack [Robert Weston Smith], American disc jockey (The Midnight Special), dies from a heart attack at 57
- Jul 2 George Seldes, American investigative journalist, dies at 104
- Jul 2 Gervase Jackson-Stops, British architectural adviser to the National Trust, dies at 48
- Jul 2 Krissy Taylor, American model (17 Mag), dies of respiratory problems at 17
- Jul 3 Bert Hardy, English photographer (Picture Post), dies at 82
- Jul 3 Brad Lee Sexton, American blues-rock bassist (Little Charlie & the Nightcats. 1990-93), dies at 47
- Jul 3 Gil Wolman, French artist, dies at 65
- Jul 3 Pancho González, American tennis player (US National C'ships singles 1948-49; Wimbledon & French Open Doubles, 1949; 13 x Pro Grand Slam titles), dies of stomach cancer at 67
- Jul 4 Bob Ross, American artist and television host, dies at 52
- Jul 4 Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born American actress (Green Acres'"Lisa";, Gigi), comedian, singer and socialite, dies at 76
- Jul 4 Jacques Berque, French Islamic scholar, dies at 85
- Jul 6 Aziz Nesin, Turkish writer, dies at 79
- Jul 6 Helene Johnson, American Harlem Renaissance poet, dies at 87
- Jul 6 Ivor Keys, British organist, musicologist, and academic (University of Nottingham; University of Birmingham), dies at 76
- Jul 7 Gábor Ormai, Hungarian violist (Takács Quartet, 1975-95), and pedagogue, dies of cancer at 40
- Jul 7 Geoffrey Freeman Allen, English railway writer, dies at 73
- Jul 8 Elizabeth Adams, American Beverly Hills madame and mentor to Heidi Fleiss, dies at 65
- Jul 8 Günter Bialas, German composer and music educator, dies at 87
- Jul 9 Fenton Morley, British parish priest who chaired the Church of England Morley Commission, dies at 83
- Jul 9 Jacques Molicard, translator and navigator, dies at 62
- Jul 9 James Cameron Tudor, Barbadian politician and diplomat (founded Democratic Labour Party), dies at 66
- Jul 9 John Eric Tieman, production Manager (The Guardian), dies at 67
- Jul 9 Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47
- Jul 10 Hugh Dundas, British WWII fighter pilot and businessman, dies at 74
- Jul 11 John Cruickshank, Northern Irish-born scholar of French literature, dies at 70
- Jul 12 Alan David Marks, American concert pianist, dies of cancer at 49
- Jul 12 Earl Coleman, American jazz singer, dies of cardiac arrest at 69
- Jul 12 Ernie Furtado, American jazz double-bassist, dies at 72
- Jul 12 Michael Clegg, English naturalist and TV presenter (Clegg's People), dies at 62
- Jul 13 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group), dies at 75
- Jul 14 Michael Naylor, English insurance broker (Endsleigh Insurance), dies at 59
- Jul 15 Paula Myers-Pope, American platform diver, (2 silver, 1 bronze Olympics 1952-60), dies at 60
- Jul 15 Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66
- Jul 16 Charles Bruck, Hungarian-French-American conductor (Dutch Opera, 1950-54; Strasbourg Philharmonic, 1955–65), and Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF, 1965–70), dies of cancer at 83
- Jul 16 Eleanore "May" Sarton, Belgian-American writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83
Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995)
Jul 16 Argentine auto racer (World F1 champion 1951, 1954-57), dies of kidney failure at 84
- Jul 16 Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65
- Jul 16 Patsy Ruth Miller, American actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91
- Jul 16 Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83
- Jul 16 Stephen Spender, English poet and critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness), dies at 86
- Jul 16 Travis Kemp, British ballet dancer and teacher, dies at 91
- Jul 17 Carlos Sánchez Málaga, Peruvian composer, dies at 91
- Jul 17 Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
- Jul 17 Joe Hutton, Northumbrian piper and shepherd, dies at 71
- Jul 17 Rainer Kunad, German composer, dies at 58
- Jul 18 Fabio Casartelli, Italian road cyclist (Olympic gold Individual road race 1992), dies in a race crash during the Tour de France at 24
- Jul 19 Dorothy McHugh, American actress (I Fallen & I Can't Get Up), dies at 87
- Jul 19 James Smiddy, American basketball coach (national high school record 1,216 wins; Charleston HS, Bradley Central HS), dies at 71
- Jul 19 Michael Andrews, British painter, dies at 66
- Jul 19 Sydney Lipton, British dance band bandleader, dies at 89
- Jul 20 Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher and economist (Marxist), dies at 72
- Jul 20 Helmut Gernsheim, German photographer, collector and historian, dies at 82
- Jul 20 Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, Czech-Russian lyric soprano, dies at 85
- Jul 21 Edwin "Russell" House, American saxophonist, dies at 65
- Jul 21 Elleston Trevor, English author (The Flight of the Phoenix), dies at 75
- Jul 22 Dave Clark, American blues music promoter, and songwriter ("Why I Sing The Blues"), dies at 86
- Jul 22 Harold Larwood, England cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, Bodyline Series v Australia 1932-33), dies at 90
- Jul 22 Percy Humphrey, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana, dies at 90
- Jul 22 Roley Jenkins, English cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 32 wickets), dies at 76
- Jul 23 Bob Rundick, American poet and DJ, dies at 52
- Jul 23 Floyd McDaniel, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80
- Jul 24 Don Carpenter, American novelist (Hard Rain Falling), dies at 64
- Jul 24 Jerry Lordan, English singer and composer (Wonderful Land), dies at 61
- Jul 24 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, Ukrainian-Polish filmmaker and film educator (Polish Film School), dies at 94
- Jul 25 Charlie Rich, American country singer ("Behind Closed Doors"; "The Most Beautiful Girl"), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 62
- Jul 25 Janice Elliott, English novelist, dies at 63
- Jul 25 Osvaldo Pugliese, Argentine musician and composer, dies at 89
- Jul 26 Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies
- Jul 26 George W. Romney, American politician (Gov-R-Michigan, US Secretary of HUD 1969-73), dies of a heart attack, dies at 88
- Jul 26 Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Spanish actor and publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70
- Jul 26 Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian classical, jazz and Latin guitarist and composer (developed bossa nova), dies of leukemia at 77
- Jul 26 Raymond Mailloux, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
- Jul 27 Charles Hugh Shirley, English publisher, dies at 56
- Jul 27 Doris Mae Akers, American gospel singer-songwriter (Sky Pilot Choir - "Sweet, Sweet Spirit"), dies at 72
- Jul 27 Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American classical and film music composer (Spellbound; A Double Life; Ben-Hur), dies at 88
Rick Ferrell (1905-1995)
Jul 27 American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (8 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators), dies of arrhythmia at 89
- Jul 30 Biggie Tembo [Rodwell Marasha], Zimbabwean musician (Bhundu Boys), takes his own life at 36
- Jul 30 Charles Dunn, British Japanese scholar, dies at 80
- Jul 30 Harry Shorto, British philologist and linguist (A Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions), dies at 75
- Jul 31 Genevieve Tobin Keighley, American actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83
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