| 77161 | July 6 | Death | 1973 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer (b. 1885) |
| 77162 | July 6 | Death | 1974 – Francis Blanche, French actor (b. 1921) |
| 77163 | July 6 | Death | 1975 – Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905) |
| 77164 | July 6 | Death | 1976 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1886) |
| 77165 | July 6 | Death | 1976 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887) |
| 77166 | July 6 | Death | 1977 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907) |
| 77167 | July 6 | Death | 1979 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940) |
| 77168 | July 6 | Death | 1980 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (b. 1903) |
| 77169 | July 6 | Death | 1982 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905) |
| 77170 | July 6 | Death | 1984 – Zati Sungur, Turkish magician (b. 1898) |
| 77171 | July 6 | Death | 1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908) |
| 77172 | July 6 | Death | 1989 – János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912) |
| 77173 | July 6 | Death | 1991 – Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954) |
| 77174 | July 6 | Death | 1992 – Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945) |
| 77175 | July 6 | Death | 1994 – Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932) |
| 77176 | July 6 | Death | 1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915) |
| 77177 | July 6 | Death | 1997 – Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) |
| 77178 | July 6 | Death | 1998 – Roy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1911) |
| 77179 | July 6 | Death | 1999 – Gary M. Heidnik, American murderer (b. 1943) |
| 77180 | July 6 | Death | 1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901) |
| 77181 | July 6 | Death | 1999 – Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977) |
| 77182 | July 6 | Death | 2000 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911) |
| 77183 | July 6 | Death | 2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932) |
| 77184 | July 6 | Death | 2002 – John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
| 77185 | July 6 | Death | 2003 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908) |
| 77186 | July 6 | Death | 2003 – Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930) |
| 77187 | July 6 | Death | 2004 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932) |
| 77188 | July 6 | Death | 2004 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946) |
| 77189 | July 6 | Death | 2005 – Bruno Augenstein, German-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1923) |
| 77190 | July 6 | Death | 2005 – L. Patrick Gray, American FBI director (b. 1916) |