- Jul 2 Marvin Rainwater, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 2013)
Bill Haley (1925-1981)
Jul 6 American rock vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll ("Rock Around the Clock"), born in Highland Park, Michigan
- Jul 9 Alan Dale, American pop singer ("Cheery Pink and Apple Blossom White"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
- Jul 11 Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2015)
- Jul 11 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish opera tenor (Opera Two to Six), born in Stockholm (d. 2017)
- Jul 12 Yasushi Akutagawa, Japanese composer (Orpheus of Hiroshima, Ellora Symphony), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1989)
- Jul 14 Luis Antonio Escobar, Colombian composer and musicologist, born in Villapinzón, Cundinamarca, Colombia (d. 1993)
- Jul 16 Cal Tjader, American Latin jazz vibraphonist, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1982)
- Jul 19 Sue Thompson [Eva Sue McKee], American pop and country music singer ("Sad Movies (Make Me Cry")), born in Nevada, Missouri (d. 2021)
- Jul 21 Lovro Zupanovic, Croatian composer, born in Šibenik, Croatia (d. 2004)
- Jul 25 (William) "Benny" Benjamin, American session drummer (Motown's Funk Brothers), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1969) [1]
- Jul 28 Larry Pruden, New Zealand composer, born in New Plymouth, New Zealand (d. 1982)
- Jul 29 Mikis Theodorakis, Greek classical and film music composer (Zorba the Greek; Mauthausen Trilogy; Serpico), born on the island of Chios, Greece (d. 2021)
- Jul 30 Antoine Duhamel, French composer, born in Valmondois, Val-d'Oise, France (d. 2014)
About July 1925
How Old? 98 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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