- Jul 2 Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (North by Northwest), dies at 89
- Jul 3 Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director, dies at 90
- Jul 4 June Haver [Stovenour], American actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door), dies at 79
- Jul 9 Kevin Hagen, American actor (Little House on the Prairie), dies at 77
- Jul 10 Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
- Jul 10 Richard Eastham, American actor (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Falcon Crest), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89
- Jul 11 Gretchen Franklin, English actress (b. 1911)
- Jul 16 Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish baritone pop and schlager singer ("Bonjour les amies" / "Hello Friends"), lyricist, translator ("I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "Komm, gib mir deine Hand"'; She Loves You" / "Sie liebt dich"), and broadcaster, dies at 84
- Jul 17 Gavin Lambert, British-American screenwriter (Inside Daisy Clover), dies at 80
- Jul 17 Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 91
- Jul 19 Edward Bunker, American Crime novelist (No Beast So Fierce; Animal Factory), actor (Straight Time; Reservoir Dogs), screenwriter, and felon, dies at 71
- Jul 20 James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek), dies from Pulmonary fibrosis at 85
- Jul 20 Kayo Hatta, American film director (b. 1958)
- Jul 21 Lord Alfred Hayes, English pro wrestler, manager and commentator (WWF), dies from a stroke at 76
- Jul 26 Betty Astell, British actress (b. 1912)
- Jul 27 Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer and cartoonist (Tom Puss), dies at 93
- Jul 29 Pat McCormick, American comedy writer (Red Skeleton; Get Smart; The Tonight Show; Don Rickles Show), and actor (Smokey and the Bandit), dies at 78