- Jul 1 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies at 92
- Jul 3 Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
- Jul 3 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicket-keeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
- Jul 4 Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (discovered canals of Mars), dies at 75
- Jul 4 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
- Jul 4 Melville Fuller, American 8th Chief Justice of the United States, dies at 77
- Jul 10 Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
- Jul 12 Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd), dies at 32
- Jul 15 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
- Jul 21 Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, dies at 66
- Jul 24 Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
- Jul 26 Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist, dies at 71