July 2001
- 3 – Delia Derbyshire, 64, British musician, renal failure.
- 5 – Hannelore Kohl, 68, wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl, suicide.
- 11 – Herman Brood, 54, Dutch rock musician, suicide.
- 12 – John Wright, 72, British boxer.
- 13 - David Noyes Jackson, 78, American writer and artist.
- 16 – Terry Gordy, 40, pro wrestler; founding member of the Fabulous Freebirds, heart attack.
- 17 – Katharine Graham, 84, American publisher.
- 18 – Fabio Taglioni, 80, automotive engineer.
- 20 – Carlo Giuliani, 19, Italian anarchist, murder.
- 21 – Sivaji Ganesan, 74, famous Indian actor, respiratory problems.
- 21 – John Hughes, 93, British Anglican prelate.
- 21 – Hiroshi Tsuburaya, 37, famous Japanese actor, liver cancer.
- 22 - William Llewellyn, 93, British Anglican prelate.
- 27 – Leon Wilkeson, 49, American musician, bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- 27 – Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper, 90, first New Zealand auto racing driver.
- 28 – Futaro Yamada, 79, Japanese author.
- 29 – Wau Holland, 49, German hacker, founder of the CCC, heart attack.
- 29 – Edward Gierek, 88, Polish politician.
- 29 – Edward Roberts, 93, British prelate.
- 30 - Ervín Černý, 87, Czech doctor and scientist.
- 30 - Wilford Gibson, 76, British police officer.
- 31 – A. G. Dickens, 91, British historian.
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