- Jul 4 Dante Fiorillo, American composer, born in New York City (d. 1970)
- Jul 7 Marcel Rubin, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995)
- Jul 19 Boyd Neel, English conductor (Story of an Orchestra), born in Blackheath, London (d. 1981)
- Jul 19 Louis Kentner, Hungarian-British pianist and composer, born in Karviná, Austrian Silesia (d. 1987)
- Jul 23 Erich Itor Kahn, German composer of Jewish descent, born in Rimbach, Odenwald, German Empire (d. 1956)
About July 1905
How Old? 118 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No