- Jul 2 Polly Holliday, American actress known for her catchphrase "Kiss my grits!" (Alice - "Flo", Flo -"Flo"), born in Jasper, Alabama
- Jul 3 David Shire, American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores (The Conversation; All the President's Men), born in Buffalo, New York
Tom Stoppard (87 years old)
Jul 3 Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony), born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia
- Jul 6 Ned Beatty, American stage and screen actor (Deliverance; Hear My Song; Network; Nashville), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2021)
- Jul 8 Barbara Loden, American actress (Ernie Kovac's Show), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 1980)
- Jul 9 Barry Howard, British comic actor (Hi-de-Hi!), born in Nottingham, England (d. 2016)
- Jul 10 George Young, American jazz and session saxophonist (White Elephant Orchestra; Saturday Night Live Band, 1991-96), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bill Cosby (87 years old)
Jul 12 American actor and comedian (Cosby Show, I Spy, Leonard Part 6), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 13 Cal Ramsey, American basketball broadcaster, small forward (NY Knicks), born in Selma, Alabama (d. 2019)
- Jul 17 Elmer Fudd [originally Egghead], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debut as Egghead in "Egghead Rides Again"
- Jul 19 Richard Jordan [Robert Anson Jordan Jr.], American actor (Dune, Gettysburg), born in New York City (1993)
- Jul 20 Ken Ogata [Akinobu Ogata], Japanese actor (Okinawan Boys, Taikōki), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2008)
- Jul 22 Hiro Matsuda [Yasuhiro Kojima], Japanese professional wrestler, born in Yokohama, Japan (d. 1999)
- Jul 23 Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (Dirty Harry, Lenny), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
- Jul 27 Don Galloway, American actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside), born in Augusta, Kentucky (d. 2009)
- Jul 28 Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
About July 1937
How Old? 87 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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