- Jul 2 Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player (Women's Soviet Chess Championship 1960, 62, 63), dies at 81
- Jul 2 Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach, dies at 84
- Jul 4 Gene Conley, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball forward (NBA C'ship 1959–1961; Boston Celtics), dies at 86
- Jul 6 Heinz Schneiter, Swiss soccer defender (44 caps; BSC Young Boys) and manager (FC Thun, BSC Young Boys), dies at 82
- Jul 12 (Charles) "Chuck" Blazer, American soccer administrator, dies from colorectal cancer at 72
- Jul 12 Tommy Carberry, Irish jockey (Grand National 1975, Cheltenham Gold Cup 1970, 71 [L'Escargot]) and trainer (Grand National 1999 [Bobbyjo]), dies from a stroke at 75
- Jul 15 Babe Parilli, American football player, dies at 87
- Jul 21 Peter Doohan, Australian professional tennis player, dies from motor neurone disease at 56
- Jul 23 Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ships 1954, French C'ships 1958), dies at 87
- Jul 29 Lee May "The Big Bopper", American Major League Baseball 1st baseman, dies from pneumonia at 74
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