- Jul 3 Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (created Uncle Remus stories), dies at 59
- Jul 5 Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (The Family at Gilje: A Domestic Story of the Forties), dies at 74
- Jul 10 Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar, poet and writer, dies at 78
- Jul 10 Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer and organist, dies at 69
- Jul 14 William Mason, American composer, dies at 79
- Jul 18 Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (Mexican national anthem), dies at 83
- Jul 20 Federico Chueca, Spanish composer, dies at 62
- Jul 20 Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and writer (first President International Olympic Committee 1894-1896), dies at 73
- Jul 22 William Randal Cremer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
- Jul 24 Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet, dies at 41 (b. the same day 1867)