- May 6 Tobias Norlind, Swedish musicologist, born in Vellinge, Sweden (d. 1947)
- May 22 Eastwood Lane, American composer, born in Brewerton, New York (d. 1951)
- May 22 Jean Cras, French pianist, career naval office,r and composer (Polyphème; Harp Quintet), born in Brest, France (d. 1932)
- May 31 Mark Hambourg, Russian-British composer, born in Boguchar, Russia (d. 1960)
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