- May 2 Øivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian conductor and composer, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1983)
Bing Crosby
May 3 Bing Crosby [Harry Lillis Crosby], American actor and singer (White Christmas, Going My Way), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1977)
Bing Crosby
- May 12 Lennox R. F. Berkeley, British composer and pedagogue (Castaway), born in Boars Hill, England (d. 1989)
- May 20 Jerzy Fitelberg, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
- May 24 Hilding Hallnäs, Swedish composer (Kärlekens ringdans), born in Halmstad, Sweden (d. 1984)
About May 1903
How Old? 117 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No