- Jul 2 Chick Hafey, American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1926, 31 St. Louis Cardinals; NL batting champion 1931; MLB All Star 1933), dies at 70
- Jul 2 George McBride, American baseball shortstop (AL fielding leader 1912-15 Washington Senators) and manager (Washington Senators 1921), dies at 92
- Jul 2 Swede Savage, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500
- Jul 4 Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39
- Jul 8 Harry F. V. Edward, British 100m/200m runner (Olympic bronze 1920), dies at 75
- Jul 8 Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (4187 1st-class wickets, most ever), dies at 95
- Jul 10 Wallace "Bud" Smith, American boxer (World lightweight title 1955-56), dies of gunshot wounds at 49
- Jul 29 Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
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