- Jul 7 Gottfried Benn, German poet and essayist, dies at 70
- Jul 8 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
- 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, composer, dies at 54
- Jul 14 Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58
- Jul 16 Brian Norton, South African tennis player (Wimbledon runner-up 1921), dies at 56
- Jul 18 Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
- Jul 18 Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
- Jul 20 Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies
- Jul 20 James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1868)
- Jul 26 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46
- Jul 27 Mick Commaille, South African cricketer and soccer rep (12 Tests for South Africa 1910-28), dies at 73
- Jul 28 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher/graphologist, dies at 83
- Jul 29 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83