- Jul 1 Hans Werner Henze, German composer, born in Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany (d. 2012)
- Jul 2 Billy Usselton, American big band jazz saxophonist (Les Brown and His Band of Renown), born in New Castle, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
- Jul 2 Lee Allen, American tenor sax player (Walkin' With Mr Lee), born in Pittsburg, Kansas (d. 1994)
- Jul 3 Johnny Coles, American jazz trumpeter (Little Johnny C), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1997)
- Jul 5 Kenneth Gaburo, American composer, born in Somerville, New Jersey (d. 1993)
- Jul 10 Carleton Carpenter, American magician, stage and screen actor (Two Weeks With Love; Up Periscope), songwriter, and mystery novelist (Cat Got Your Tongue?), born in Bennington, Vermont (d. 2022)
- Jul 11 Rodolfo Arizaga, Argentinian composer and musicologist, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1985)
- Jul 13 Meyer Kupferman, American composer (Infinities), clarinetist, and educator (Sarah Lawrence College, 1951-94), born in New York City (d. 2003) [1]
Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017)
Jul 14 American actor (Lucky: Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II), musician, and singer, born in West Irvine, Kentucky
- Jul 14 Jan Krenz, Polish conductor and composer, born in Włocławku, Poland (d. 2020)
- Jul 15 John Lambert, English composer, born in Maidenhead, England (d. 1995)
- Jul 19 Helen Gallagher, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer, dancer and actress (No, No, Nanette; Ryan's Hope), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 21 Queenie Watts [Mary Spenton], British singer and actress (Up the Junction, Holiday on the Buses), born in London, England (d. 1980)
- Jul 25 Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian classical music and film score composer, born in Galați, Romania (d. 2014)
- Jul 27 Claire Hogan, American jazz and big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, 1948-50), born in Elyria, Ohio (d. 2000) [1]
- Jul 28 Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian jazz bassist, and music promoter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
About July 1926
How Old? 97 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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