| 76801 | July 5 | Death | 1969 – Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930) |
| 76802 | July 5 | Death | 1969 – Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898) |
| 76803 | July 5 | Death | 1975 – Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892) |
| 76804 | July 5 | Death | 1983 – Harry James, American trumpet player and actor (b. 1916) |
| 76805 | July 5 | Death | 1984 – Chic Murray, Canadian politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga (b.1914) |
| 76806 | July 5 | Death | 1991 – Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic (b. 1920) |
| 76807 | July 5 | Death | 1995 – Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (b. 1919) |
| 76808 | July 5 | Death | 1997 – Mrs. Elva Miller, American singer (b. 1907) |
| 76809 | July 5 | Death | 1998 – Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916) |
| 76810 | July 5 | Death | 2001 – Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1936) |
| 76811 | July 5 | Death | 2002 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924) |
| 76812 | July 5 | Death | 2002 – Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1918) |
| 76813 | July 5 | Death | 2004 – Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923) |
| 76814 | July 5 | Death | 2004 – Rodger Ward, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1921) |
| 76815 | July 5 | Death | 2005 – Shirley Goodman, American singer (Shirley & Company) (b. 1936) |
| 76816 | July 5 | Death | 2005 – James Stockdale, American admiral (b. 1923) |
| 76817 | July 5 | Death | 2006 – Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoe racer (b. 1919) |
| 76818 | July 5 | Death | 2006 – Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1924) |
| 76819 | July 5 | Death | 2006 – Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942) |
| 76820 | July 5 | Death | 2006 – Amzie Strickland, American actress (b. 1919) |
| 76821 | July 5 | Death | 2007 – Régine Crespin, French soprano (b. 1927) |
| 76822 | July 5 | Death | 2007 – Kerwin Mathews, American actor (b. 1926) |
| 76823 | July 5 | Death | 2007 – George Melly, English singer-songwriter and critic (b. 1926) |
| 76824 | July 5 | Death | 2008 – Hasan Doğan, Turkish businessman (b. 1956) |
| 76825 | July 5 | Death | 2010 – Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (b. 1965) |
| 76826 | July 5 | Death | 2011 – Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter, sculptor, and photographer (b. 1928) |
| 76827 | July 5 | Death | 2012 – Rob Goris, Belgian cyclist (b. 1982) |
| 76828 | July 5 | Death | 2012 – Gerrit Komrij, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1944) |
| 76829 | July 5 | Death | 2012 – Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge, English businessman and politician (b. 1933) |
| 76830 | July 5 | Death | 2012 – Ruud van Hemert, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938) |