- Jul 1 Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
- Jul 1 Lex van Delden [Alexander Zwaap], Dutch composer and writer (Canto della Guerra), dies at 68
- Jul 1 Robert Riefling, Norwegian concert pianist and pedagogue (Royal Danish Academy, 1967-88; Norwegian Academy of Music from ,1973-88), dies at 76
- Jul 2 Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, American blues, jazz, and R&B alto saxophonist, dies of a heart attack at 70
- Jul 3 Gabriel Dell, American actor (The Bowery Boys, Steve Allen Show), dies of leukemia at 68
- Jul 4 Adrian Adonis [Keith A. Franke Jr.], American professional wrestler, killed in auto accident at 34
- Jul 7 Jimmy Edwards, British comedy writer and actor (Take It From Here, Whack-O!), dies from pneumonia at 68
- Jul 8 Ray Barbuti, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 400m relay 1928), dies at 83
- Jul 9 Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
- Jul 9 Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke
- Jul 10 Errol John, Trinidadian actor and playwright (A Man from the Sun, The Nun's Story, Assault on a Queen), dies at 63
- Jul 11 Milton Krims, American screenwriter (Prince of Foxes), dies at 84
- Jul 11 Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British sociologist and criminologist, dies at 91
- Jul 12 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer (South Pacific), dies at 79 of palsy
- Jul 12 Raymond W Goldsmith, US economist, dies at 83
- Jul 13 Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
- Jul 13 Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
- Jul 15 Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82
- Jul 17 Bruiser Brody [Frank Goodish], professional wrestler, stabbed to death at 42
- Jul 18 Nico [Christa Päffgen], German model, and pop singer (Velvet Underground - "Sunday Morning"; "I'll Be Your Mirror"), dies from a bicycle accident at 43
- Jul 18 Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor, dies of a stroke at 64
- Jul 22 Duane Jones, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51
- Jul 22 Luigi Lucioni, Italian-American landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87
- Jul 23 Jahangir Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests India; Pakistan selector), dies at 78
- Jul 24 Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1936, 48), dies at 81
- Jul 25 Judith Barsi, American child actress (The Land Before Time), shot dead with mother by her father at 11
- Jul 25 David Tobey, American Basketball Hall of Fame referee (1918-45; first game with a 3-man officiating crew), dies at 90
- Jul 26 Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani modernist scholar, dies at 68
- Jul 27 Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
- Jul 27 Brigitte Horney, German actress (Das Erbe der Guldenburgs), dies at 77
- Jul 29 Ellin Berlin (née MacKay), American writer (Lace Curtain), and second wife of songwriter Irving Berlin, dies at 86
- Jul 29 Pete Drake, American pedal steel guitarist and producer, dies at 55
- Jul 31 Trinidad Silva, American character actor (Hill St Blues -"Jesus Martinez"), killed in a car accident with a drunk driver at 38
- Jul 31 André Navarra, French concert cellist (Jolivet's Cello Concerto), and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1947-88), dies at 76