- Jul 2 Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor ("Exit...But No Panic"; "Tales from the Vienna Woods"), born in Vienna, Austria
- Jul 3 Jan Smithers, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Bailey"), born in Hollywood, California
- Jul 3 Susan Penhaligon, British actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits), born in Manila, Philippines
Shelley Duvall (1949-2024)
Jul 7 American actress (Popeye; Nashville; The Shining), born in Fort Worth, Texas [1]
- Jul 8 Frank Delima, American comedian, born in Hawaii
- Jul 10 Mark Shera, American actor (SWAT; Barnaby Jones), born in Bayonne, New Jersey
- Jul 15 WiIlliam Faure, South African film producer (Shaka Zulu), born in South Africa (d. 1994)
- Jul 19 Ivar Kants, Australian actor (A Country Practice), born in Adelaide, Australia
Alan Menken (75 years old)
Jul 22 American 8-time Academy Award-winning composer (Disney's Aladdin; Disney's Beauty and the Beast), born in New Rochelle, New York
- Jul 24 Michael Richards, American comedian (Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 27 Jeremy Thomas, British film producer and actor (Family Life), born in London
- Jul 28 Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer (Braveheart), born in Jackson, Tennessee
- Jul 29 Leslie Easterbrook, American actress (The Devil's Rejects, Police Academy), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 29 Stephen Burleigh, American actor (Love & Betrayal, Afterburn), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
About July 1949
How Old? 75 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No