- May 6 Bart de Boer, Dutch punk rock guitarist (Ivy Green), born in the Netherlands
- May 6 John Flansburgh, American alt-rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (They Might Be Giants - "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"; "Birdhouse Of Your Soul"), born in Lincoln, Massachusetts
- May 6 Phyllis Treigle, American operatic soprano, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- May 7 Adam Bernstein, American music video and television director, born in Princeton, New Jersey
- May 8 Eric Brittingham, American rock bassist (Cinderella - "Heartbreak Station"; "Nobody's Fool"), born in Salisbury, Maryland
- May 9 Jim Reilly, Northern Irish drummer (Red Rockers), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Bono (63 years old)
May 10 Irish rock singer and lyricist (U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"; "Desire"; "Beautiful Day"; "One"), born in Dublin, Ireland
- May 19 Shujaat Khan, Indian sitar player, singer, and composer, born in Calcutta, India
- May 19 Yazz [Yasmin Evans], singer (Fine Time), born in London, England
- May 20 Susan Cowsill, American rock vocalist (The Cowsills - "We Can Fly"), born in Newport, Rhode Island
- May 24 Guy Fletcher, British musician and keyboardist (Dire Straits, 1984-95; The Notting Hillbillies), born in Maidstone, Kent, England
- May 24 Ken Schaphorst, American jazz composer, performer, big band bandleader and educator (New England Conservatory), born in Abington, Pennsylvania
- May 25 Wallace Roney, American post-bop jazz trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020) [1]
- May 30 Stephen Duffy, English rock singer, songwriter, and musician (The Lilac Time - "Paradise Circus"; solo - "Sugar High"; Duran Duran 1978-79), born in Alum Rock, England
About May 1960
How Old? 63 or 64 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: Yes
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