- Jul 1 Michael "Cub" Koda, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In The Boys Room'), dies of kidney disease at 50M
- Jul 1 Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)
- Jul 1 Torbjörn Lundquist, Swedish classical and film score composer, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 79
- Jul 1 Walter Matthau, American actor and comedian (The Odd Couple, Bad News Bears), dies at 79
- Jul 2 Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
- Jul 3 Harold Nicholas, American dancer known as one of the world's greatest dancers (Nicholas Brothers), dies of heart failure at 79
- Jul 3 Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor, dies of a heart attack at 55
- Jul 4 Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
- Jul 6 Akira Miyazawa, Japanese jazz saxophonist, dies at 72
- Jul 6 Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor, dies at 93
- Jul 6 Rederic Coote, British Anglican Bishop (Colchester), dies at 85
- Jul 6 Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and classical composer, dies at 88
- Jul 7 Kenny Irwin, Jr., American auto racer (USAC National Midget Champion 1996; NASCAR 87 starts), dies in a crash during practice at 30
- Jul 7 Mary Armour, Scottish painter, dies at 80
- Jul 8 FM-2030 [Fereidoun M. Esfandiary], Iranian-American author and transhumanist (Are You a Transhuman?), dies at 69
- Jul 8 Nikola Hercigonja, Croatian composer, dies at 89
- Jul 9 Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
- Jul 10 Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
- Jul 10 Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (b. 1909)
- Jul 11 Pedro Mir, Dominican poet (b. 1913)
- Jul 11 Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 78
- Jul 12 Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, dies at 98
- Jul 12 Merrill Bradshaw, American composer, and music professor (Brigham Young, 1957-94), dies at 71
- Jul 14 Meredith MacRae, American actress (Petticoat Junction. 1966-70- "Billie Jo"; My Three Sons, 1964-66 - "Sally"), and talk show host, dies of brain cancer at 55
- Jul 14 René Ríos Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
- Jul 14 William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
- Jul 15 Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, Belarusian composer, dies at 78
- Jul 15 Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (b. 1925)
- Jul 15 Paul Young, English singer (Mike + The Mechanics), dies of a cardiac arrest at 53
- Jul 18 José Ángel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza), dies at 71
- Jul 20 Gregory Hill (also known as Malaclypse the Younger,) American writer (Principia Discordia), dies at 59
- Jul 20 Mabel Scott, American gospel and R&B vocalist (Boogie Woogie Santa Claus), dies at 85
Roberto Suárez Gómez (1932-2000)
Jul 20 Bolivian drug lord called the "King of Cocaine" whose story was the basis of the movie "Scarface", dies of a heart attack at 68
- Jul 21 Stanojlo Rajičić, Serbian composer, educator, and musicologist, dies at 79
- Jul 22 Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, dies at 74
- Jul 22 Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
- Jul 22 Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
- Jul 22 Raymond Urgel Lemieux, Canadian scientist (first chemical synthesis of sucrose), dies at 80
- Jul 24 Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (The Book of Alley), dies at 74
- Jul 24 Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72; 8 x World C'ship gold), dies at 59
- Jul 25 Ruben "Baby" López Furst, Argentine jazz pianist, dies at 63
- Jul 26 John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915)
- Jul 27 Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
- Jul 27 Val Dufour, American actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World), dies at 73
- Jul 28 Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
- Jul 28 Jerome Smith, American guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band - "Boogie Shoes"), dies in a construction accident at 47
- Jul 29 Edgar Beck, English civil engineer (led firm Mowlem that reconstructed Downing St, built new London Bridge and NatWest Tower), dies at 89
- Jul 29 Kobie Coetsee, South African Minister of Defense (1993-94) and Minister of Justice (1980-93), dies at 69
- Jul 30 Max Showalter (sometimes known as Casey Adams), American actor (Kansas; Niagara: Hello Dolly!; 10), pianist and composer, dies of cancer at 83
- Jul 30 Nan Leslie [Nan Coppage], American actress (Kings Row, The Californians), dies of pneumonia at 74
- Jul 31 Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst, Dutch astronomer (correctly predicted the existence of the 21 cm hyper-fine line of neutral atomic hydrogen in interstellar space), dies at 81
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