- May 3 Hugo Friedhofer, American composer, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1981)
- May 4 Cvjetko Rihtman, Bosnian composer, born in Rijeka, Croatia (d. 1989)
- May 16 Jan Kiepura, Polish vocalist and actor (Her Wonderful Lie; Give Us This Night), born in Sosnowiec, Poland (d. 1966)
- May 17 John Vincent, American composer, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1977)
- May 18 Meredith Willson, American composer for stage (The Music Man), and screen (The Great Dictator; Little Foxes), born in Mason City, Iowa (d. 1984)
- May 23 Mark Lothar, German composer (The Story of the Lazy Bear), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1985)
- May 25 Helvi Leiviskä, Finnish composer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1982)
- May 27 Celius Dougherty, American pianist and composer, born in Glenwood, Minnesota (d. 1986)
- May 31 Billy Mayerl, British pianist, music hall songwriter, theatre composer (Marigold), music publisher, and teacher (School of Syncopation), born in London (d. 1959)
- May 31 Henk Schaer [Hendricus Schaareman], Dutch actor (Majoor Barbara; Lijmen), born in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- May 31 Ralph Wood, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1957)
About May 1902
How Old? 121 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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