- Jul 1 Achille Varzi, Italian auto racer (14 Grand Prix wins), dies in practise crash at 43
- Jul 3 Quintin McMillan, South African cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 36 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 44
- Jul 8 Dave Nourse, South African cricket all-rounder (45 Tests, 1 x 100, 41 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), dies at 69
- Jul 8 George Mehnert, American wrestler (Olympic gold flyweight 1904, bantamweight 1908), dies at 66
- Jul 26 Charles Mills, South African cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies
- Jul 27 Joe Tinker, American Baseball HOF shortstop (World Series 1907, 08 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs), dies of complications from diabetes at 68
- Jul 27 Woolf Barnato, British financier and racing driver, dies at 52
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