- Jul 3 Paul Young, Scottish actor (Another Time Another Place), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jul 4 Ray Meagher, Australian actor (Home and Away), born in Roma, Queensland, Australia
- Jul 8 Jeffrey Tambor, American character actor (Larry Sanders - "Hank"; Arrested Decelopment), born in San Francisco, California
- Jul 8 Jonelle Allen, American stage and screen actress (The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Palmerstown, USA - "Bessie"; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman - "Grace"), and singer, born in New York City
- Jul 11 Bill Boggs, American TV host (Midday), and producer (Morton Downey Jr Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 12 Denise Nicholas, American actress (Room 222, Baby I'm Back), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 15 Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (Airwolf; Hooper; Buster & Billie; Tribes), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2019)
- Jul 16 Betty Davis (née Mabry); American model, soul and funk singer-songwriter ("They Say I'm Different"; "Nasty Gal"), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2022)
- Jul 17 Catherine Schell [Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott], Hungarian-born British actress (two Pink Panther films), born in Budapest, Hungary
- Jul 19 Tim McIntire, American actor (Brubaker; Stand By Your Man), singer-songwriter, and musician (Funzone), born in Yaak, Montana (d. 1986)
- Jul 22 Guich Koock, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country), born in Austin, Texas
- Jul 25 Mijanou van Baarzel, Dutch actress (Klaverweide - "Alicia"), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Jul 26 Kiel Martin, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Det. LaRue"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
- Jul 30 Frances de la Tour, British actress (Bejeweled; Wombling Free), born in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England
- Jul 31 Geraldine Chaplin, American-born actress (Doctor Zhivago, 3 Musketeers) daughter of Charlie Chaplin, born in Santa Monica, California
- Jul 31 Sherry Lansing, American actress (China Syndrome, Black Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois
About July 1944
How Old? 80 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes