- Jul 1 Joshua Hassan, first Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies at 81
- Jul 1 Robert Mitchum, American actor (Out of the Past, Winds of War, North & South), dies of lung cancer and emphysema at 79
James Stewart
Jul 2 Jimmy Stewart, American actor (The Philadelphia Story; It's a Wonderful Life; Mr Smith Goes to Washington; Vertigo), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 89
- Jul 4 Charles Kuralt, American news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
- Jul 4 Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Mexican drug lord (Juárez Cartel), dies at 40
- Jul 5 Mrs. Miller, American singer (A Lover's Missouri), dies at 89
- Jul 6 Brun Smith, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests @ 47.40), dies at 75
- Jul 7 Jerry Doggett, American sportscaster (Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 80
- Jul 13 Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
- Jul 13 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
- Jul 15 Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70
Gianni Versace
Jul 15 Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (Versace), shot and murdered by Andrew Cunanan at 50
- Jul 16 Dora Maar, French photographer, painter and poet, lover of Picasso, dies at 89
- Jul 18 Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist and geologist (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69
- Jul 20 Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
- Jul 20 Clifford McWatt, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests, 10 dismissals; British Guiana), dies in a car crash at 75
- Jul 23 Chūhei Nambu, Japanese track and field athlete (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 93
- Jul 24 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide
- Jul 24 Saw Maung, general/president of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies
- Jul 24 William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
- Jul 24 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumour at 63
- Jul 24 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
- Jul 25 Dora Maar, Picasso model/companion, dies at 89
- Jul 25 Margaret Farrer, midwife, dies at 83
- Jul 27 K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier, dies at 99
- Jul 27 Isabel Dean, English actress (Five Days One Summer Virgin Island, Ransom), dies at 79
- Jul 28 Seni Pramoj, Prime Minister of Thailand (1945-46, 75, 76), dies
- Jul 28 Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (Armchair Theatre: Black Limelight, Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies at 77
- Jul 29 Chuck Wayne [Jagelka], America session and bebop jazz guitarist (Woody Herman's First Herd; George Shearing Quintet; Gil Evans; Tony Bennett), dies of emphysema at 74