Birthdays in Music
- Jul 2 Billy Usselton, saxophonist
- Jul 2 Lee Allen, American tenor sax (Walkin' With Mr Lee), born in Pittsburg, Kansas
- Jul 3 Johnny Coles, trumpeter
- Jul 5 Kenneth Gaburo, composer
- Jul 11 Rodolfo Arizaga, composer
- Jul 13 Meyer Kupferman, American composer (In Fimi Tres), born in NYC, New York
- Jul 14 Jan Krenz, Polish conductor and composer, born in Włocławku, Poland
- Jul 15 John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer
- Jul 25 Teodor Grigoriu, composer
- Jul 28 Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003)
Deaths in Music
- Jul 12 Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40