- May 4 Richard Graves, English writer, born in Mickleton, Gloucestershire (d. 1804)
- May 5 Daniel Dal Barba, Italian composer, born in Verona, Republic of Venice (now Italy) (d. 1801)
- May 22 François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesma, born in Saint-Marcel d'Ardèche, France (d. 1794)