- May 2 Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter ("Tutti Frutti"; "You Always Hurt the One You Love": "Tampico"), born in New York City (d. 2003)
- May 2 Jan Hanus, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 2004)
- May 2 Van Alexander [Alexander Van Vliet Feldman], American composer, arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), and orchestra leader (Dean Martin Show), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2015)
- May 3 Evencio Castellanos, Venezuelan pianist, and composer, born in Cúa, Miranda state, Venezuela (d. 1984)
- May 4 Pedro Saenz, Argentine and Spanish composer, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1995)
- May 5 Alice Faye [Leppert], American actress (Hello, Frisco, Hello; Fallen Angel; Stowaway), and singer ("You'll Never Know"), born in Hell's Kitchen, New York City (d. 1998)
- May 6 George Perle, American composer (12 Tone Tonality; Pulitzer Prize, 1986), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 2009)
- May 10 Bert van Dongen [Albert Cohen], Dutch singer, impressionist and actor (Het meisje met den blauwen hoed), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- May 17 Gus Viseur, Belgian-French jazz button accordionist, born in Lessines, Belgium (d. 1974)
- May 28 Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Austrian violinist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2002)
- May 29 Igor Buketoff, American conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra, 1964-65), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2001)
- May 29 Karl Münchinger, German conductor (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, 1945-87), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1990)
About May 1915
How Old? 108 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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