- Jul 1 Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer (3-weight world champion), dies of self inflicted gun wound at 57
- Jul 1 Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich], American actor (Streets of San Francisco; A Streetcar Named Desire; American Express commercials), dies of natural causes at 97
- Jul 1 Marwa El-Sherbini, Egyptian housewife (b. 1977 or 1976)
- Jul 1 Mollie Sugden, English actress (Are You Being Served?), dies at 86
- Jul 1 Onni Palaste, Finnish writer, dies at 91
- Jul 2 Herbert Klein, American journalist and press secretary for Richard Nixon, dies at 91
- Jul 3 John A. Keel, American Fortean, television scriptwriter, author of The Mothman Prophecies (b. 1930)
- Jul 4 Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931)
- Jul 4 Brenda Joyce [Betty Graffina Leabo], American actress (Tarzan, The Rains Came), dies of complications from pneumonia at 92
- Jul 4 Drake Levin, American rock musician (b. 1946)
- Jul 4 Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese politician (b.1938)
- Jul 4 Jim Chapin, American jazz drummer, and author, dies at 89
- Jul 4 Khan Mohammad, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 54 wickets; Pakistan's first ball and wicket in Test cricket), dies of prostate cancer at 81
- Jul 4 Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer and actor, dies at 74
- Jul 4 Steve McNair, American NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Titans), dies of gunshot woulds at 36
- Jul 5 Jack Ellory, British orchestral and session alto and bass flute player (Philharmonia Orchestra; The Beatles - "The Fool on the Hill"), dies at 89
- Jul 5 Lou Creekmur, American football player (Detroit Lions) and hall of famer, dies at 82
- Jul 6 Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)
- Jul 6 Leo Mol, Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor (b. 1915)
Robert McNamara (1916-2009)
Jul 6 American United States Secretary of Defense (1961-8), who played a major role in US escalation in Vietnam, dies at 93
- Jul 6 Vasily Aksyonov, Soviet-Russian novelist (The Burn), dies at 76
- Jul 9 Henry Cadbury Brown, English architect (Royal College of Art), dies at 96
- Jul 11 Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian professional boxer (b. 1972)
- Jul 11 Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b.1911)
- Jul 11 Valentinas Bagdonas, Lithuanian composer (Symphony of Peace), dies at 79
- Jul 12 Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster, dies at 70
- Jul 12 Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer and poet, dies at 80
- Jul 14 Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian sci-fi novelist (Sunburst), dies at 83
- Jul 14 Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)
- Jul 17 Gordon Waller, Scottish pop singer (Peter & Gordon - "A World Without Love"), dies at 64
- Jul 17 Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher and writer (Conversations with the Devil), dies at 81
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)
Jul 17 American broadcast journalist and news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81), dies of cerebrovascular disease at 92
- Jul 18 Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran, dies at 113
- Jul 19 Frank McCourt, Irish-American Pulitzer Prize winning author (Angela's Ashes), and teacher, dies of cancer at 78
- Jul 20 Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist (introduced Anthropology of Space), dies at 95
- Jul 20 Ria Brieffies, Dutch pop singer (Dolly Dots - "Windsurfing"), dies of lung cancer at 52
- Jul 22 Peter Krieg [Wilhelm Gladitz], German documentary filmmaker, and writer (September Wheat), dies at 60
- Jul 22 Richard M. Givan, American jurist (Indiana Supreme Court, 1969-94), dies at 88
- Jul 23 Danny McBride, American musician (Sha Na Na, 1975-80), dies at 63
- Jul 24 E. Lynn Harris, American Author (b. 1955)
- Jul 24 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet and playwright, dies at 78
- Jul 25 Alexis Cohen, American Idol contestant (unsuccessful), viral phenomenon (b. 1984)
- Jul 25 Harry Patch, the last surviving soldier to have served in the trenches in World War I, dies at 111 (b. 1898)
- Jul 25 Stanley Middleton, British novelist (Holiday, Three Wise Men), dies at 89
- Jul 25 Vernon Forrest, Professional boxer, 2-division world champion (b. 1971)
- Jul 25 Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)
- Jul 26 Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (b. 1911)
- Jul 26 Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus), dies at 90
- Jul 27 George Russell, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger (The Jazz Workshop; Jazz in the Space Age), and music theorist (Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 86
- Jul 28 Jim Johnson, American NFL Assistant Coach, Eagles Defensive Coordinator from 1999-2009 (b.1941)
- Jul 28 Peter Richard Tahourdin, English-Australian composer, dies at 80
- Jul 28 Reverend Ike [Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II], American televangelist (Joy of Living), dies at 74
- Jul 29 Gayatri Devi, 3rd Maharani consort of Jaipur, India (1940-49), dies of lung failure and gastric problems at 90
- Jul 30 Peter Zadek, German theatre director (b. 1926)
- Jul 31 Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Jul 31 Sir Bobby Robson, English soccer forward, coach (20 caps; England manager 1982-90), dies of lung cancer at 76
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