- Jul 5 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahler's eldest daughter, dies at 5
- Jul 6 August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theologian (b. 1826)
- Jul 7 James McGranahan, American composer, dies at 67
- Jul 14 William Henry Perkin, English chemist and inventor (b. 1838)
- Jul 15 Qiu Jin, Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer considered a national heroine in China, executed after a failed uprising at 32
- Jul 19 Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77
- Jul 27 Edward Pettus, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 86
- Jul 28 James Henry Lane, US Brigadier General during Civil War (Confederate) and professor, dies at 74