- May 17 Philip James, American composer, and conductor (New Jersey Symphony, 1922-29; Bamberger Little Symphony, 1929-36), and educator (NYU, 1934-56), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1975)
- May 20 Beniamino Gigli, Italian lyric tenor (La Gioconde - "Enzo"; Metropolitan Opera, 1920-32), born in Recanati, Marche, Italy (d. 1957)
- May 21 Albert van Raalte, Dutch conductor (AVRO - Dutch Radio Orchestra, 1928-40), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1952)
- May 29 Francis de Bourguignon, Belgian composer, born in Brussels (d. 1961)
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