- Jul 6 George Grosz, German cartoonist and painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65
- Jul 8 Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand killed in Viet Cong attack, becoming the second and third Americans killed in the Vietnam War
- Jul 11 C W L Parker, cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever), dies
- Jul 14 Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, dies at 79
- Jul 15 Ernest Bloch, Swiss-born American composer (MacBeth, Schelomo, Israel), dies on cancer at 78
- Jul 15 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies
- Jul 15 Vance Palmer, Australian author, dies at 73
Billie Holiday
Jul 17 Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies at Metropolitan Hospital in New York of cirrhosis of the liver at 44
Billie Holiday
- Jul 17 Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies at 72
- Jul 17 Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (b. 1875)
- Jul 20 Harry Fox [Arthur Carringford], American vaudeville dancer, comedian and actor (Talent Scout), dies at 77
- Jul 25 Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71
- Jul 26 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet and publisher (Amor), dies at 54