- Jul 2 Robert Levine Sanders, American composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1974)
- Jul 6 Elisabeth Lutyens, English composer, born in London (d. 1983)
- Jul 7 Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (The Third Man), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1985)
- Jul 9 Joe Darensbourg, Cajun-American dixieland-style jazz clarinetist (Jelly Roll Morton; Louis Armstrong), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (d. 1985)
- Jul 13 Harry Sosnik, American orchestra leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
- Jul 14 Arthur Hutchings, English composer and musicologist, born in Sunbury-on-Thames, England (d. 1989)
- Jul 18 Belle Stewart, Scottish traditional singer, born in Caputh, Blairgowrie, Scotland (d. 1997)
- Jul 19 Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Noregsonger), born in Gransherad, Telemark, Norway (d. 1979)
- Jul 21 Daniel Ayala Perez, Mexican composer and violinist, born in Abalá, Yucatán (d. 1975)
- Jul 26 Armando José Fernandes, Portuguese neoclassical composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1983)
- Jul 28 Gottlob Frick, German opera singer, born in Ölbronn-Dürrn (d. 1994)
- Jul 30 Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor, born in Pezinok, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 2000)
- Jul 30 Serafin Pro, Cuban composer, born in La Habana (d. 1977)
About July 1906
How Old? 117 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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