- Jul 10 Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
- Jul 13 Alfred Marshall, English economist (Principles of Economics), dies at 81
- Jul 21 Dudley Allen Sargent, American physician and educator (Harvard U gymnasium), dies at 74
- Jul 23 Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar, dies at 64
- Jul 27 Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 58