George Murphy (1902-1992)
Jul 4 American politician (US Senator, California), actor and dancer (MGM Parade), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Jul 7 James McCartney, father of Beatle Paul McCartney, born in Everton, Liverpool, England (d. 1976)
- Jul 18 (Theodore Childress) "Chill" Wills, American pop baritone singer (Avalon Boys), and actor (The Alamo; Rounders), born in Seagoville, Texas (d. 1978)
- Jul 18 Karel Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor, born in Utrecht (d. 1984)
- Jul 19 (William) "Buster" Bailey, American jazz clarinetist (WC Handy; King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band; Fletcher Henderson; Noble Sissle; John Kirby), and bandleader, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1967)
- Jul 20 Jimmy Kennedy, Irish singer-songwriter ("Teddy Bears' Picnic"; "My Prayer"), born in Omagh, Ireland (d. 1984)
- Jul 22 Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1960)
- Jul 23 Walter Burle Marx, Brazilian pianist and composer, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1990)
- Jul 24 Hans Chemin-Petit, German composer, born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1981)
- Jul 26 Gus Aiken, American jazz and blues trumpeter (Jenkins Orphanage Band), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1973)
About July 1902
How Old? 121 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No