Birthdays in Music
- Jul 1 Earle Warren, American alto sax player, born in Springfield, Ohio (d. 1994)
- Jul 2 Frederick Fennell, American conductor (Time & Winds), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2004)
- Jul 7 Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer (Old-Dutch Suite)
- Jul 7 Serafim Sergeyevich Tulikov, composer
- Jul 8 Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1993)
- Jul 11 Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer (Pessi and Illusia, Rauhaa, vain rauhaa), born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 1984)
- Jul 18 Herbert Collum, German composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1982)
- Jul 19 Josef Páleníček, Czech composer, born in Travnik, Bosnia, Yugoslavia (d. 1991)
- Jul 22 Cecil Effinger, American composer, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1990)
- Jul 24 Riccardo Malipiero, Italian composer, born in Milan (d. 2003)
- Jul 26 Ralph Blane [Hunsecker], American songwriter (Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, The Trolley Song), born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (d. 1995)
- Jul 26 Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter and composer (After Hours), born in Brimingham, Alabama (d. 1993)
- Jul 28 Carmen Dragon, American composer (d. 1984)
Deaths in Music
- Jul 20 Leo van Gheluwe, Belgian composer, dies at 76