| 75001 | July 1 | Birth | 1925 – Farley Granger, American actor and singer (d. 2011) |
| 75002 | July 1 | Birth | 1926 – Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 75003 | July 1 | Birth | 1926 – Carl Hahn, German businessman |
| 75004 | July 1 | Birth | 1926 – Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (d. 2012) |
| 75005 | July 1 | Birth | 1927 – Alan J. Charig, English paleontologist and author (d. 1997) |
| 75006 | July 1 | Birth | 1928 – Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Hollywood Flames and Bob & Earl) (d. 1990) |
| 75007 | July 1 | Birth | 1929 – Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014) |
| 75008 | July 1 | Birth | 1930 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (d. 2005) |
| 75009 | July 1 | Birth | 1930 – Carol Chomsky, American linguist and academic (d. 2008) |
| 75010 | July 1 | Birth | 1931 – Leslie Caron, French-American actress and dancer |
| 75011 | July 1 | Birth | 1932 – Ze'ev Schiff, French-Israeli journalist and author (d. 2007) |
| 75012 | July 1 | Birth | 1933 – C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2010) |
| 75013 | July 1 | Birth | 1934 – Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2009) |
| 75014 | July 1 | Birth | 1934 – Jamie Farr, American actor and screenwriter |
| 75015 | July 1 | Birth | 1934 – Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter |
| 75016 | July 1 | Birth | 1934 – Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008) |
| 75017 | July 1 | Birth | 1935 – James Cotton, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player |
| 75018 | July 1 | Birth | 1935 – David Prowse, English bodybuilder and actor |
| 75019 | July 1 | Birth | 1936 – Syl Johnson, American singer, guitarist, and producer |
| 75020 | July 1 | Birth | 1938 – Craig Anderson, American baseball player and coach |
| 75021 | July 1 | Birth | 1938 – Hariprasad Chaurasia, Indian flute player and composer |
| 75022 | July 1 | Birth | 1939 – Karen Black, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 75023 | July 1 | Birth | 1939 – Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Delaney & Bonnie) (d. 2008) |
| 75024 | July 1 | Birth | 1940 – Craig Brown, Scottish footballer and manager |
| 75025 | July 1 | Birth | 1940 – Ela Gandhi, South African activist and politician |
| 75026 | July 1 | Birth | 1940 – Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author (d. 1987) |
| 75027 | July 1 | Birth | 1941 – Rod Gilbert, Canadian-American ice hockey player |
| 75028 | July 1 | Birth | 1941 – Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 75029 | July 1 | Birth | 1941 – Myron Scholes, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 75030 | July 1 | Birth | 1941 – Twyla Tharp, American dancer and choreographer |