- May 1 Ambrose Akinmusire, American avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer (The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint), born in Oakland, California
- May 1 Justė Janulytė, Lithuanian contemporary classical composer (Observation Of Clouds; The Color of Water), born in Vilnius, Lithuania
- May 2 Lorie [Laure Pester], French singer, born in Le Plessis-Bouchard, Île-de-France
Cory Monteith (1982-2013)
May 11 Canadian actor and singer (Glee; Monte Carlo), born in Calgary, Alberta
- May 13 Drew Holcomb, American singer-songwriter, and bandleader (Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors), born in Memphis, Tennesee
- May 15 Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer-songwriter, and actress (The Pussycat Dolls), born in Miami, Florida
- May 21 Tay Zonday [Adam Bahner], American singer-songwriter ("Chocolate Rain"), and YouTube personality, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- May 23 Malene Mortensen, Danish jazz and pop singer and songwriter, born in Denmark
- May 23 Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter, born in Del Mar, California
- May 25 Rasheeda [Buckner-Frost], American hiphop singer, born in Decatur, Illinois
- May 29 Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2014)
About May 1982
How Old? 41 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: No
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