- Jul 7 Gottfried Benn, German poet and essayist, dies at 70
- Jul 8 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch politician, minister of Justice (1954 Nobel Peace Prize as High Commissioner for Refugees of the UN), dies at 56
- Jul 8 Giovanni Papini, Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
- Jul 10 Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- Jul 12 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80
- Jul 13 Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, dies at 54
- Jul 14 Jaroslav Řídký, Czech composer, dies at 58
- Jul 16 Brian Norton, South African tennis player (Wimbledon 1921 runner-up), dies at 56
- Jul 17 Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest and songwriter (Under the Snow), dies at 78
- Jul 18 Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
- Jul 20 James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician, dies at 87
- Jul 20 Ken Burn, Australian cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies at 93
- Jul 26 Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican organist, composer and pedagogue (Tata Vasco; Tres Cartas de México), dies of a heart attack at 46
- Jul 27 Mick Commaille, South African cricketer and soccer rep (12 Tests for South Africa 1910-28), dies at 73
- Jul 29 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (study of graves), dies at 83
- Jul 30 Maude Royden, English suffragist and preacher, dies at 79