| 77491 | July 7 | Death | 1927 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846) |
| 77492 | July 7 | Death | 1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and author, created Sherlock Holmes (b. 1859) |
| 77493 | July 7 | Death | 1932 – Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880) |
| 77494 | July 7 | Death | 1932 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844) |
| 77495 | July 7 | Death | 1939 – Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847) |
| 77496 | July 7 | Death | 1949 – Bunk Johnson, American trumpet player (b. 1879) |
| 77497 | July 7 | Death | 1950 – Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1923) |
| 77498 | July 7 | Death | 1955 – Ali Naci Karacan, Turkish journalist and publisher (b. 1896) |
| 77499 | July 7 | Death | 1956 – Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (b. 1886) |
| 77500 | July 7 | Death | 1960 – Francis Browne, Irish priest and photographer (b. 1880) |
| 77501 | July 7 | Death | 1964 – Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1904) |
| 77502 | July 7 | Death | 1965 – Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894) |
| 77503 | July 7 | Death | 1968 – Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928) |
| 77504 | July 7 | Death | 1971 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1925) |
| 77505 | July 7 | Death | 1971 – Ub Iwerks, American animator and director (b. 1901) |
| 77506 | July 7 | Death | 1972 – Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886) |
| 77507 | July 7 | Death | 1972 – Talal of Jordan (b. 1909) |
| 77508 | July 7 | Death | 1973 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895) |
| 77509 | July 7 | Death | 1973 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (b. 1922) |
| 77510 | July 7 | Death | 1975 – Ruffian, American race horse (b. 1972) |
| 77511 | July 7 | Death | 1976 – Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (b. 1910) |
| 77512 | July 7 | Death | 1978 – Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1933) |
| 77513 | July 7 | Death | 1980 – Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905) |
| 77514 | July 7 | Death | 1981 – Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (b. 1908) |
| 77515 | July 7 | Death | 1984 – Carl Boenish, American BASE jumper and cinematographer (b. 1941) |
| 77516 | July 7 | Death | 1984 – Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong actor (b. 1954) |
| 77517 | July 7 | Death | 1984 – Charlie Howard, American murder victim (b. 1961) |
| 77518 | July 7 | Death | 1984 – Ricky Kasso, American murderer (b. 1967) |
| 77519 | July 7 | Death | 1984 – George Oppen, American poet and author (b. 1908) |
| 77520 | July 7 | Death | 1987 – Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (b. 1902) |