The following is a list of notable deaths in July 1989.
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
1
- July 1 – Matthias Billen , German footballer (b. 1910 )
- July 1 – William Ching , American actor (b. 1913 )
- July 1 – António Morais , Portuguese soccer manager and footballer (b. 1934 )
- July 1 – Stephen Naidoo , South African Catholic archbishop (b. 1937 )
2
- July 2 – Hilmar Baunsgaard , Danish politician (b. 1920 )
- July 2 – Andrei Andreevich Gromyko , Soviet politician and diplomat (b. 1909 )
- July 2 – Jean Painlevé , French film director (b. 1902 )
- July 2 – Franklin J. Schaffner , US film director (b. 1920 )
- July 2 – Wilfrid Sellars , American philosopher (b. 1912 )
- July 2 – Ben Wright , British actor and voice actor (b. 1915 )
3
- Jim Backus, 76, American actor
4
- Win Maung, 73, Burmese politician
- Vic Perrin, 73, American actor
- Nelson Sullivan, 40
- Leyla Mammadbeyova, 79, Soviet aviator
5
- Ugo Giachery, 93, Italian cleric
- Ernesto Halffter, 84, Spanish composer and conductor
- Michele Molese, 61, US tenor
6
- Jean Bouise, 60, French actor
- János Kádár, 77, Hungarian politician
- John Joseph Maguire, 85, US Catholic archbishop
7
- Wilhelm Joswig, 77, German military and aviator
- Virgilio Sabel, 69, Italian film director and screenwriter
- Félix Unden, 87, Luxembourgish water polo player
9
- July 9 – Domenico Bartoli , Italian journalist and essayist (b. 1912 )
- July 9 – Pietro Salvatore Colombo , Italian Catholic bishop (b. 1922 )
- July 9 – Abdellah Guennoun , Moroccan writer (b. 1908 )
- July 9 – Jozef Kuchár , Slovak footballer (b. 1919 )
- July 9 – Piero Pino , Italian chemist (b. 1921 )
10
- Mel Blanc, 81, US voice actor
- Jean-Michel Charlier, 65, Belgian cartoonist
11
- July 11 – Irv Comp , American football player (b. 1919 )
- July 11 – Laurence Olivier , British actor, director and art director (b. 1907 )
- July 11 – Albert Sommer , Swiss road bicycle racer (b. 1915 )
- July 11 – Magda Portal , Peruvian novelist and poet (b. 1900 )
12
- July 12 – Franziska zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst , German princess (b. 1897 )
- July 12 – Sidney Hook , American philosopher (b. 1902 )
- July 12 – Masao Miyamoto , Japanese Esperantist (b. 1913 )
- July 12 – Carlos Puebla , Cuban composer (b. 1917 )
- July 12 – Alberto Radi , Italian rower (b. 1919 )
- July 12 – Wolfgang of Hesse-Kassel , Prince (b. 1896 )
13
- John Bryant, 73, American actor
- Arnaldo Ochoa, 69, Cuban revolutionary, general, and politician
14
- José María García Lahiguera, 86, Spanish Catholic archbishop
15
- July 15 – Adolfo Bogoncelli , Italian entrepreneur and sports manager (b. 1915 )
- July 15 – Lino Cason , Italian footballer (b. 1914 )
- July 15 – Laurie Cunningham , English footballer (b. 1956 )
- July 15 – Tassilo Fürstenberg , German prince and journalist (b. 1903 )
- July 15 – Maria Kuncewiczowa , Polish writer (b. 1895 )
16
- July 16 – Aladino Di Martino , Italian composer (b. 1908 )
- July 16 – Nicolás Guillén , Cuban writer (b. 1902 )
- July 16 – Herbert von Karajan , Austrian conductor (b. 1908 )
- July 16 – Marco Lombardo Radice , Italian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1949 )
- July 16 – Antonio Ranocchia , Italian sculptor (b. 1915 )
17
- July 17 – Dudley Brooks , American musician (b. 1913 )
- July 17 – Paul Lemerle , French historian (b. 1903 )
- July 17 – Emīls Urbāns , Latvian footballer (b. 1904 )
18
- Rebecca Schaeffer, 22, American actress
19
- July 19 – Nigel Dennis , British writer (b. 1912 )
- July 19 – Osmund Menghin , Austrian historian (b. 1920 )
- July 19 – Vivian Reed , American actress (b. 1894 )
- July 19 – Kazimierz Sabbat , Polish politician (b. 1913 )
- July 19 – Carl-Heinz Schroth , Austrian actor and director (b. 1902 )
- July 19 – Erwin Sietas , German swimmer (b. 1910 )
- July 19 – Benjamin Tammuz , Israeli writer (b. 1919 )
20
- July 20 – José Augusto Brandão , Brazilian footballer (b. 1910 )
- July 20 – Lauro Corona , Brazilian actor and model (b. 1957 )
- July 20 – Antonio Cremisini , Italian politician (b. 1905 )
- July 20 – John Sleeuwenhoek , English footballer (b. 1944 )
- July 20 – Giannis Tsarouchīs , Greek painter, costume and stage designer (b. 1910 )
22
- Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf, 90, US agronomist and botanist
- Martti Talvela, 64, Finnish bass
23
- July 23 – Charlotte of Habsburg-Lorraine , Duchess (b. 1921 )
- July 23 – Donald Barthelme , American writer and journalist (b. 1931 )
- July 23 – Luigi Forlenza , Italian general (b. 1907 )
- July 23 – Michael Sundin , British television host, actor and dancer (b. 1961 )
- July 23 – Yevgeny Umnov , Russian chess composer (b. 1913 )
24
- July 24 – Marco Acerbi , Italian hurdler (b. 1949 )
- July 24 – Walter Dick , Scottish footballer (b. 1905 )
- July 24 – Cecilia Hansen , Russian violinist (b. 1897 )
- July 24 – Ernest Morrison , American actor (b. 1912 )
- July 24 – Mark Morrisroe , American photographer and performance artist (b. 1959 )
- July 24 – Bob Mullens , US basketball player (b. 1922 )
- July 24 – Helmut Schubert , German footballer (b. 1916 )
25
- July 25 – Camillo Jerusalem , Austrian footballer, soccer manager and sports executive (b. 1914 )
- July 25 – Steve Rubell , US entrepreneur (b. 1943 )
26
- July 26 – Luigi Morstabilini , Italian Catholic bishop (b. 1907 )
- July 26 – Michele Musolino , Italian politician (b. 1935 )
- July 26 – Vicente Zito , Argentine footballer (b. 1912 )
27
- July 27 – Antonio Maria Colini , Italian archaeologist (b. 1900 )
- July 27 – Paola Masino , Italian writer, translator and librettist (b. 1908 )
- July 27 – Luigi Punzolo , Italian Catholic archbishop (b. 1905 )
- July 27 – Pietro Sartoris , Italian cartoonist (b. 1926 )
28
- July 28 – Demétrio Domingos Carrilho , Portuguese footballer (b. 1922 )
- July 28 – Jeff Richards , American baseball player and actor (b. 1924 )
29
- July 29 – Nancy Andrews , American actress (b. 1920 )
- July 29 – Giovanni Archeoli , Italian stage actor, poet and partisan (b. 1909 )
- July 29 – Osvaldo Brandão , Brazilian soccer manager (b. 1916 )
- July 29 – Antonio Mosca , Italian policeman (b. 1948 )
30
- July 30 – Saulle Franzini , Italian footballer (b. 1902 )
- July 30 – Amadeo Labarta , Spanish footballer (b. 1905 )
- July 30 – Octave Mannoni , French ethnologist, psychoanalyst and teacher (b. 1899 )
31
- July 31 – Leon Ferguson , Australian water polo player (b. 1923 )
- July 31 – Piero Guelfi , Italian baritone (b. 1914 )
- July 31 – Zhou Yang , Chinese writer (b. 1908 )