- Jul 3 Piotr Maszyński, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1934)
- Jul 7 Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
- Jul 9 Johann Zilcher, German composer (d. 1943)
- Jul 14 Richard Samuel Hughes, Welsh composer and pianist, born in Aberystwyth, Wales (d. 1893)
- Jul 16 C. F. Abdy Williams, British organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Dawlish, England (d. 1923)
- Jul 19 Emil Paur, Austrian conductor (Boston Symphony; New York Philharmonic; Pittsburgh Symphony; Berlin State Opera), born in Czernowitz, Austria (d. 1932)
- Jul 25 Edward Solomon, English composer, born in Lambeth, London (d. 1895)
- Jul 26 Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher, born in Oldenswort, Germany (d. 1936)
- Jul 30 James E. Kelly, American sculptor "Sculptor of American History", born in NYC, New York (d. 1933)