- May 14 Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Russian microtonal composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1979)
- May 15 Michel Gusikoff, American violinist, concert master, and composer, born in New York City (d. 1978)
- May 16 Paul Amadeus Pisk, Austrian-American composer, musicologist, and educator, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1990)