- May 15 Francisco Pujol, Catalan singer, choirmaster (Orfeó Català), composer, and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1945)
- May 19 Adam Carse, English composer and instrument collector, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1958)
- May 20 Karel Komzák III, Austrian conductor and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1924) [1]
Bill Robinson (1878-1949)
May 25 American actor and tap dancer (Stormy Weather; The Little Colonel), born in Richmond, Virginia
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