- Jul 1 Volker Wangenheim, German conductor and composer (Sinfonia Notturna), born in Berlin (d. 2014)
- Jul 2 Line Renaud [Jacqueline Ente], French pop and cabaret singer, actress, and AIDS activist, born in Pont-de-Nieppe, France
- Jul 4 Cathy Berberian, American mezzo-soprano and composer (Stripsody), born in Attleboro, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
- Jul 8 Norma Donaldson, American stage and screen singer and actress (Across 110th Street; Poetic Justice; The Young And The Restless), born in Harlem, New York (d. 1994)
- Jul 9 Vince Edwards, American actor, director, and singer (Ben Casey, The Devil's Brigade, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
- Jul 11 Andrea Veneracion, Filipina singer, choral conductor (Philippine Madrigal Singers), composer, arranger, and educator, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 2013)
- Jul 11 Robert Washburn, American composer and teacher, born in Bouckville, New York (d. 2013)
- Jul 12 Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly"), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
- Jul 13 Al Rex [Piccirilli], American rock upright bass player (Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around The Clock"), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
- Jul 13 Donal Michalsky, American composer, born in Pasadena, California (d. 1975)
- Jul 13 Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz and session bassist (Shelly Manne; Teddy Edwards; Les McCann), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1999)
- Jul 14 Ole Schmidt, Danish composer and conductor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2010)
- Jul 15 Joseph Arthurlin "Joe" Harriott, Jamaican-British be-bop and free-form jazz alto saxophonist (Abstract), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1973)
- Jul 16 Bella Davidovich, Jewish Soviet-American pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel), born in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Jul 16 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1993)
- Jul 17 Joe Morello, American jazz drummer (Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo à la Turk"), born in Springfield, Massachussets (d. 2011)
- Jul 17 Vince Guaraldi, American jazz pianist and composer ("Cast Your Fate to the Wind"; Peanuts TV specials), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1976)
- Jul 20 Peter Ind, British jazz double bassist, born in Middlesex, England (d. 2021)
- Jul 22 (William) "Keter" Betts, American jazz double bassist (Dinah Washington; Charlie Byrd; Ella Fitzgerald), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2005)
- Jul 22 Georg Dreyfus, German-Australian classical and film score composer, born in Elberfeld, Germany
- Jul 23 Bill Lee, American session double-bassist, and film score composer (Do The Right Thing; She's Gotta Have It), born in Snow Hill, Alabama (d. 2023)
- Jul 23 Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor (Annapolis Symphony, 1970-82), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2020) [1]
- Jul 26 Hans Haselböck, Austrian organist and composer, born in Nesselstauden, Lower Austria (d. 2021)
- Jul 26 Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Four Essays; Psychodrama; Voices From Afar), co-founder of Warsaw Autumn festival, and educator, born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland (d. 1981)
- Jul 27 Sakari Mononen, Finnish composer, born in Korpiselkä, Finland (d. 1997)
- Jul 28 Adrian Ratiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)
- Jul 29 Bidzina Alexandrovich Kvernadze, Georgian composer, born in Sighnaghi, Georgia (d. 2010)
- Jul 29 Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, jazz and classical composer, and orchestra leader (State Estrada (Pops) Orchestra), born in Armavir, Armenia (d. 2014)
About July 1928
How Old? 95 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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