The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2011.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
July 2011
1
Jane Baker, 88, American community organizer and politician, first female Mayor of San Mateo, California. Leslie Brooks, 89, American actress. Edmund Snow Carpenter, 88, American anthropologist. Charlie Craig, 73, American songwriter ("She's Single Again", "The Generation Gap"), lung cancer. Willie Fernie, 82, Scottish footballer, Alzheimer's disease. Bud Grant, 79, American television executive, president of CBS (1980–1987). Anne LaBastille, 75, American author and ecologist. Bébé Manga, 60, Cameroonian singer, cardiac arrest. Bob McCann, 47, American basketball player (Minnesota Timberwolves, Washington Bullets), heart failure. Harold Nelson, 88, New Zealand Olympic runner. Paul Romand, 80, French Olympic skier. Jean-Louis Rosier, 86, French racecar driver.
2
Ibrahim Abu-Rabiʽ, 54–55, Palestinian professor. Khalid Aziz, 73, Pakistani cricket umpire. Reeve Maclaren Bailey, 100, American ichthyologist. Itamar Franco, 81, Brazilian politician, President (1992–1995), leukemia. Magnar G. Huseby, 82, Norwegian engineer and politician. Olivera Marković, 86, Serbian actress. Ross Martin, 68, Australian Olympic cross-country skier, cycling accident. Chaturanan Mishra, 86, Indian politician and trade union leader, after long illness. Sir Oliver Napier, 75, Northern Irish politician, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (1972–1984). Robert Sklar, 74, American film historian, cycling accident. Juno Stover-Irwin, 82, American diver, Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1952) medalist.
3
Abdurehim Haji Amin, 68, Chinese politician. Ali Bahar, 50, Bahraini singer, guitarist and organ player, kidney failure. Iain Blair, 69, British romance novelist, published under the name Emma Blair. Martin Crowe, 88, Australian Olympic athlete. Francis King, 88, British writer. Anna Massey, 73, British actress (Frenzy, Hotel du Lac), cancer. Fred Newman, 76, American psychotherapist. Sir Roy Redgrave, 85, British Army general. Len Sassaman, 31, American cryptographer, suicide. John C. Truesdale, 89, American public servant, National Labor Relations Board chairman (1998–2000), cancer.
4
Şerban Cantacuzino, 70, Romanian actor and nobleman, descendant of Wallachian Prince Şerban Cantacuzino. Wes Covington, 79, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer. John Davies Evans, 86, British archaeologist. Rusty Farley, 57, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2011). *Otto von Habsburg, 98, Austro-Hungarian royal and politician, MEP (1979–1999). Billy Hardee, 56, American football player (Denver Broncos, Ottawa Rough Riders), motorcycle accident. Zurab Kapianidze, 74, Georgian actor and politician, MP (1999–2003). Scott McLaren, 20, British Army soldier who was killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Pablo McNeil, 71, Jamaican Olympic athlete and coach, after long illness. Lawrence R. Newman, 86, American advocate for the deaf. Éva Sebők-Szalay, 62, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player. Jane Scott, 92, American rock music critic. William G. Thrash, 94, American Marine Corps lieutenant general. Neil Turner, 77, Australian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1996–1998); MLA for Warrego (1974–1986) and Nicklin (1990–1998). Gerhard Unger, 95, German opera singer.