- Jul 1 Farley Granger, American actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask), born in San Jose, California (d. 2011)
- Jul 6 Merv Griffin, American TV host (Merv Griffin Show), born in San Mateo, California (d. 2007)
- Jul 6 Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (Mother and Son), born in Maitland (d. 2002)
- Jul 7 Yvonne Mitchell, English actress and writer (Johnny Nobody, Genghis Khan), born in London, England (d. 1979)
- Jul 9 Guru Dutt [Vasanth Padukone], Indian Bollywood actor, regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time (Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool), born in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1964)
- Jul 11 Ruth Niehaus, German actress, born in Krefeld, Germany (d. 1994)
- Jul 13 Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, British conservationist in Mallorca and for the WWF (d. 1997)
- Jul 15 Phil Carey, American actor (One Life to Live), born in Hackensack, New York (d. 2009)
- Jul 15 [Donn Alan] DA Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (Don't Look Back), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2019)
- Jul 16 Phillip Pine, American actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2006)
- Jul 18 Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Spanish actor and publicist (Last Judgement), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1995)
- Jul 19 Sue Thompson [Eva Sue McKee], American pop and country music singer ("Sad Movies (Make Me Cry")), born in Nevada, Missouri (d. 2021)
- Jul 21 Al Checco, American actor (Extreme Close-up), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
- Jul 21 Johnny Peirson, Canadian ice hockey right wing (NHL All Star 1950, 51; Boston Bruins) and broadcaster (WBZ and WSBK), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2021)
- Jul 23 Gloria DeHaven, American musical actress (Step Lively), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
- Jul 25 Jerry Paris, American director (Happy Days) and actor (Dick Van Dyke Show - "Jerry"), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1986)
- Jul 29 Mikis Theodorakis, Greek classical and film music composer (Zorba the Greek; Mauthausen Trilogy; Serpico), born on the island of Chios, Greece (d. 2021)
- Jul 30 Jacques Sernas [Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas], Lithuanian actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy), born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 2015)
About July 1925
How Old? 99 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No