- Jul 2 Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, Belarusian composer, born in Żyrardów, Poland (d. 2000)
- Jul 6 Francisco Moncion, American dancer, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic (d. 1995)
- Jul 7 Artie Malvin, American vocalist (Glenn Miller; Jimmy Dorsey), arranger and music director (Julie LaRosa; Pat Boone; Carol Burnett), born in New York City (d. 2006)
- Jul 14 Käbi Laretei, Estonian-Swedish concert pianist, born in Tartu, Estonia (d. 2014)
- Jul 14 Peter Tranchell, British composer, born in Cuddalore, British India (d. 1993)
- Jul 19 Al Haig, American bebop jazz pianist (Charlie Parker; Stan Getz; Chet Baker), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1982)
- Jul 20 Ernie Wilkins, American jazz saxophonist, arranger (Count Basie, Harry James), and bandleader, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1999)
- Jul 20 Karel Krautgartner, Czech jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, composer, conductor, and teacher, born in Mikulov, Moravia (d. 1982)
- Jul 23 Stefans Grové, South African composer (Nonyana, The Ceremonial Dancer; Cyclops; Glimpses), born in Bethlehem, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa (d. 2014)
- Jul 24 Leo Kraft, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2014)
- Jul 26 Andrzej Koszewski, Polish choral and orchestral composer, and musicologist, born in Poznań, Poland (d. 2015)
- Jul 27 Bob Thiele, American record producer (Impulse! Records), born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
- Jul 30 Zbigniew Wiszniewski, Polish composer, born in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland (d. 1999)
About July 1922
How Old? 101 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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