- Jul 3 Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricket medium pace bowler (43 Tests, 123 wickets; 114 ODIs, 140 wickets; Wellington), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand
- Jul 5 Gary Matthews, American baseball player (1973 NL rookie of year), born in San Fernando, California
- Jul 6 Sultan Rakhmanov, Russian super heavyweight (Olympic gold 1980), born in Turtkul, Karakalpak ASSR
- Jul 9 Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player (French 1976, Italian 1976), born in Rome, Italy
- Jul 11 Jim Higgs, Australian cricket spin bowler (22 Tests, 66 wickets, BB 7/143; Victoria), born in Kyabram, Australia
- Jul 14 Mario Osbén, Chilean soccer goalkeeper (36 caps; Unión Española, Colo Colo, Cobreloa), born in Chiguayante, Chile (d. 2021)
- Jul 15 Alan Hurst, Australian cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 43 wickets; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Jul 16 Dennis Priestley, English darts player (PDC World Champion 1994), born in Mexborough, England
- Jul 18 Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos), born in Greece
- Jul 21 Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
- Jul 23 Alan Turner, Australian cricket batsman (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 136; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jul 23 Egon Pajenk, Austrian soccer defender (3 caps; SK Rapid Wien 266 games), born in Fohnsdorf, Austria (d. 2022)
- Jul 26 Nelinho, Brazilian soccer right back (21 caps; Cruzeiro EC 410 games; Atlético Mineiro), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jul 26 Rich Vogler, American auto racer (most combined wins in USAC history [171]), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
- Jul 29 Maricica Puica, Romanian 2K runner (world record)
- Jul 29 Radu Voina, Romania, team handball (Olympic silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80)
About July 1950
How Old? 73 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
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