Famous People Born in 1905

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 462

• Jan 1 Charles Melvin Price, American politician (Rep-D-Illinois 1945-88), born in East St. Louis, Illinois (d. 1988)
• Jan 1 Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician, born in Lemberg, Western Ukraine (d. 1981)
• Jan 2 Lev Schnirelmann, Gomel, Russian Empire, mathematician (d. 1938)

• Jan 2 Michael Tippett, British conductor and composer (A Child of Our Time), born in London, England (d. 1998)
• Jan 3 Anna May Wong [Wong Liu-tsong], Chinese-American actress, 1st Asian-American movie star (Shanghai Express; Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), and 1st Asian-American on US currency (American Women series quarter, 2022), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1961)
• Jan 3 Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer and automobile designer (Fiat), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1996)

• Jan 4 Sterling Holloway, American actor (The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), born in Cedartown, Georgia (d. 1992)
• Jan 6 Eric Frank Russell, British sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides), born in Sandhurst, Berkshire (d. 1978)
• Jan 8 Carl Gustav Hempel, German writer and philosopher, born in Oranienburg, Germany (d. 1997)
• Jan 8 Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and surrealist poet, born in La Spezia, Italy (d. 1988)
• Jan 11 Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
• Jan 11 John Henry Jacques, English co-operative retailer and politician, born in Ashington, Northumberland (d. 1995)
• Jan 12 James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist, born in Atchison, Kansas (d. 1997)
• Jan 12 Marie Paxton, British stage and screen actress (Ouanga; Kind Lady), born in London, England (d. 1992)
• Jan 13 Kay Francis [Katherine E Gibbs], American actress (False Madonna), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1968)
• Jan 13 Percy Humphrey, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1995)
• Jan 14 Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan, born in Gunma, Japan (d. 1995)
• Jan 15 Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese film actor (Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1985)
• Jan 15 Roosevelt Holts, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Tylertown, Mississippi (d. 1994)
• Jan 15 Torin Thatcher, British actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), born in Bombay Presidency, British India (d. 1981)
• Jan 16 Ernesto Halffter, Spanish classical and film score composer (Rapsodia portuguesa; Don Quixote de la Mancha), and conductor, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1989)
• Jan 17 Franz Schmid, German climber (1st to ascend northside of Matterhorn 1931), born in Garmisch, Germany (d. 1992)
• Jan 17 Grant Withers, American actor (Rio Grande, Oklahoma, Annie), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 1959)
• Jan 17 Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (d. 1966)
• Jan 18 Chick Chandler [Fehmer Chandler], American actor (Seven Doors to Death, One Happy Family), born in Kingston, New York (d. 1988)
• Jan 18 Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mafioso and crime boss of the Bonanno crime family, born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy (d. 2002)
• Jan 19 Anne Hummert, American radio pioneer and producer of daytime radio serials during the 1930s and 1940s (Just Plain Bill, The Romance of Helen Trent), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1996)
• Jan 19 Oveta Culp Hobby, American government official (1st US Secretary of Health) and newspaper publisher (Houston Post), born in Killeen, Texas (d. 1995)
• Jan 21 "Ossie" O.S. Stevens Nock, English railway writer, born in Sutton, England (d. 1994)

• Jan 21 Karl "The Great" Wallenda, German acrobat (The Flying Wallendas) (d. 1978)
• Jan 23 David Newell, American actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves), born in Carthage, Missouri (d. 1980)
• Jan 23 Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Polish poet (Zielona Ges), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1953)
• Jan 24 Dorothy Patten, American actress, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1975)
• Jan 24 J. Howard Marshall [James Howard Marshall II), American businessman and husband of Anna Nicole Smith, born in Germantown, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
• Jan 25 Julia Smith, American composer (Prairie Kaleidoscope; Cynthia Parker), pianist (Orchestrette Classique), teacher, and musicologist (Aaron Copland: His Work and Contribution to American Music), born in Denton, Texas (d. 1989)
• Jan 26 Charles Lane, American actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2007)
• Jan 26 John Carmel Heenan, British clergyman, Catholic Cardinal (Archbishop of Westminster, 1963-75), born in Ilford, England (d. 1975)
• Jan 26 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian singer who inspired "The Sound of Music", born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1987)
• Jan 27 Howard McNear, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Anatomy of a Murder, Irma La Douce), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1969)
• Jan 27 Luther Diamond, American radio personality (d. 1994)
• Jan 28 Luther Simjian, Armenian-American Inventor (teleprompter and first self-posing portrait camera), born in Aintab, Ottoman Empire (d. 1997)
• Jan 29 Barnett Newmann, American abstract expressionist painter (Black Fire I), born in New York City (d. 1970)

• Jan 31 Anna Blaman [Johanna P Vrugt], Dutch writer (Wife & Friend), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1960)
• Jan 31 Eva Hart, British Titanic passenger, one of last living survivors, born in Ilford, Essex, England (d. 1996)
• Jan 31 John O'Hara, American short story writer and novelist (Appointment in Samarra; Pal Joey; BUtterfield-8), born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania (d. 1970)
• Feb 1 Ernst Stueckelberg, Swiss mathematician and physicist, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1984)
• Feb 2 Ayn Rand [Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum], Russian-American author, screenwriter and philosopher who developed the philosophical system of "Objectivism" (Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead), born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
• Feb 2 Jean-Pierre Guerlain, French cosmetics pioneer (d. 1996)
• Feb 3 Arne Beurling, American mathematician (d. 1986)
• Feb 4 Eddie Foy Jr [Edwin Fitzgerald Jr], American actor (The Pajama Game, Fair Exchange), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1983)
• Feb 4 Hylda Baker, English comedy actress, born in Farnworth, Lancashire, England (d. 1986)
• Feb 6 Władysław Gomułka, Polish communist politician, born in Krosno, Poland (d. 1982)
• Feb 7 Paul Nizan, French journalist and writer (L'Humanité, La Conspiration), born in Tours, France (d. 1940)
• Feb 7 Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist famous for his work on neurotransmitters (Nobel 1970), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1983)
• Feb 8 Edgar Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer (Padu), born in Willemstad, Dutch Colony of Curaçao (d. 1998)
• Feb 8 Truman Bradley, American actor (Science Fiction Theater), born in Sheldon, Missouri (d. 1974)
• Feb 10 (William) "Chick" Webb, American jazz drummer and big band bandleader (introduced Ella Fitzgerald), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1939)
• Feb 10 John Dierkes, American actor (Shane, Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1975)
• Feb 10 José Muñoz Molleda, Spanish composer and politician, born in La Línea de la Concepción (d. 1988)
• Feb 10 Max Schubert, Australian pioneering winemaker (Penfolds), born in Moculta, Australia (d. 1994)
• Feb 10 Vilko Ukmar, Slovenian composer, born in Postojna, Slovenia (d. 1991)
• Feb 10 Walter Brown, American basketball and ice hokey executive (founded and owned Boston Celtics, bought Boston Bruins), born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts (d. 1964)
• Feb 11 Beb Vuyk, Dutch-Indonesian writer (Camp Diary), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1991)
• Feb 12 Harry Bellaver, American actor (Another World, Naked City), born in Hillsboro, Illinois (d. 1993)

• Feb 15 Nise da Silveira, Brazilian psychiatrist (made advances in occupational therapy), born in Maceió, Brazil (d. 1999)
• Feb 16 Oliver Franks, British civil servant, ambassador to the US and philosopher (Falklands War report), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1992)
• Feb 17 Andy Oberlander, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Dartmouth College; National C'ship 1954), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
• Feb 17 Orville "Hoppy" Jones, American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots - "If I Didn't Care"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1944)
• Feb 18 Queenie Leonard, British actress, born in London, England (d. 2002)
• Feb 20 Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (My Golden Road from Samarkand), born in Russian Empire (d. 1974)
• Feb 22 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1996)
• Feb 23 Leonidas Zoras, Greek conductor and composer, born in Sparta, Greece (d. 1987)
• Feb 24 Eric Boyland, English biochemist (Cancer research), born in Manchester (d. 2002)
• Feb 24 Guillaume Landré, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1968)
• Feb 26 William Russell [Russell William Wagner], American violinist, modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments), and musicologist (Oh, Mister Jelly), born in Canton, Missouri (d. 1992)
• Feb 27 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 1971)
• Feb 27 Franchot Tone, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent), born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 1968)
• Feb 28 Glyn Jones, Welsh, novelist, poet and literary historian, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (d. 1995)
• Mar 1 Doris Hare, Welsh actress, born in Bargoed, Glamorgan, Wales (d. 2000)
• Mar 1 Pol le Roy, Flemish writer (Stroom) and WWII collaborator, born in Hingene, Begium (d. 1983)
• Mar 2 Marc Blitzstein, American opera and theater composer, librettist (The Cradle Will Rock), and translator (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill works), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1964)
• Mar 5 Sophie Stewart, Scottish actress (As You Like It; Under the Red Robe), born in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland (d. 1977)
• Mar 6 Bob Wills, American western-swing singer, and bandleader, known as the 'King of Western Swing' (Texas Playboys -"Steel Guitar Rag"), born in Limestone County, Texas (d. 1975)
• Mar 6 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Victoria CA), born in Bendigo, Australia (d. 1971)
• Mar 9 Félix Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), born in Marchiennes, France (d. 1982)
• Mar 9 Grigori Kozintsev, Soviet theater and film director (Hamlet, King Lear), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1973) [OS]
• Mar 9 Peter C. Quennell, English biographer and critic (Byron in Italy), born in Bickley, Kent (d. 1993)
• Mar 9 Rex Warner, English poet and writer (Wild Goose Chase), born in Birmingham (d. 1986)
• Mar 10 Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, born in Saint-Gilles, Bedlgium (d. 1984)
• Mar 10 Richard Haydn, British actor (The Sound of Music, Alice in Wonderland), born in Camberwell, London, England (d. 1985)
• Mar 11 Gilroy Roberts, American sculptor (Chief Engraver of the US Mint, 1948-64), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
• Mar 14 Raymond Aron, French sociologist and political scientist (The Opium of the Intellectuals), born in Paris, France (d. 1983)
• Mar 15 Bertha "Chippie" Hill, American blues and vaudeville singer (King Oliver's Jazz Band), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1950)
• Mar 15 Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, German aristocrat who attempted to assassinate Hitler, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1944)
• Mar 16 Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1977)
• Mar 18 John Kirkpatrick, American pianist (Concord Sonata) and musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), born in New York City (d. 1991)
• Mar 18 Mollie Parnis, American fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection; Mamie Eisenhower), born in New York City (d. 1992)

• Mar 18 Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (d. 1985)

• Mar 20 Jean Galia, French rugby footballer (d. 1949)
• Mar 20 Vera Panova, Russian author and journalist (Sputniki), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1973)
• Mar 21 Phyllis McGinley, American children's author and poet (Pulitzer Prize 1961), born in Ontario, Oregon (d. 1978)
• Mar 22 Carlo Alberto Pizzini, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1981)
• Mar 22 Grigorij Kosinzev, Russian director of film and theater, born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1973)

• Mar 23 Lale Andersen [Elisabeth Bunnenberg], German singer and actress (Der Pott), born in Bremerhaven, Germany (d. 1972)
• Mar 23 Paul Grimault, French animator (is Le Roi et l'oiseau THe King and the Bird), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 1994)
• Mar 23 Ralph Perring, British businessman (Lord Mayor of London 1962-63) (d. 1998)
• Mar 24 Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (d. 2007)
• Mar 26 Pablo Garrido, Chilean composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Valparaíso, Chile (d. 1982)
• Mar 26 Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (Man's Search for Meaning) and founder of logotherapy, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1997)
• Mar 27 Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer, 1st female in Canada to get bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, born in Vancouver (d. 1980)
• Mar 27 John Fleming (Jack) Brock, South African nutritional scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1983)
• Mar 27 Leroy Carr, American blues piano player and singer-songwriter ("How Long, How Long Blues"), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1935)
• Mar 28 Marlin Perkins, American TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), born in Carthage, Missouri (d. 1986)
• Mar 28 Pandro S. Berman, American film producer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
• Mar 29 (Pil Lip) Philip Ahn, American actor (Kung Fu - as "Master Kan"; Thoroughly Modern Millie), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
• Mar 30 Albert Pierrepoint, last and longest serving British executioner (est. 433-608 executed), born in Clayton, West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1992)
• Mar 30 Mikio Oda, Japanese triple jumper (Olympic gold 1928, 1st individual Asian Olympic champion), born in Kaita, Japan (d. 1998)
• Mar 31 George Treweeke, Australian Rugby League second rower (7 Tests, South Sydney), born in Grahamstown, NSW (d. 1991)
• Mar 31 Gerald Pearson, American physicist and inventor of the solar cell, born in Salem, Oregon (d. 1987) [1]
• Apr 1 Clara Hale 'Mother Hale', American social activist (Hale House Center for disadvantaged children), born in Elizabeth Town, North Carolina (d. 1992)

• Apr 1 Winfried Zillig, German opera composer, and conductor (Fantasia Irica), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1963)
• Apr 2 Edmond Jouhaud, French general, born in Aïn Boucefar, French Algeria (d. 1995)
• Apr 2 Kurt Alfred Adler, Austrian therapist and writer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1997)
• Apr 2 Serge Lifar, Russian-French dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1986)
• Apr 3 Lili Kraus, Czech-Hungarian-British concert pianist and educator, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)
• Apr 3 Robert Frederick Sink, United States Army Officer (WWII, Korean War & Vietnam War), born in Lexington, North Carolina (d. 1965)
• Apr 4 Eugene Bozza, French composer, born in Nice, France (d. 1991)
• Apr 4 Tony Manero, American golfer (US Open 1936), born in New York City (d. 1989)
• Apr 5 Bill Raisch, American one armed actor (The Fugitive, Spartacus, Sweet Smell of Success), born in North Bergen, New Jersey (d. 1984)
• Apr 5 Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1996)
• Apr 8 George Baxter, French actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
• Apr 8 Hans Scherfig, Danish artist and communist writer (Idealists, Stolen Spring), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1979)
• Apr 8 Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist and writer (Side by Side), born in Easebourne, England (d. 1992)
• Apr 8 Ilka Chase, American actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), born in New York City (d. 1978)
• Apr 8 Pierre Wigny, Belgian politician (Minister of Foreign affairs 1958-61), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1986) [or 4/18]
• Apr 9 J. William Fulbright, American senator from Arkansas, known for opposition to the Vietnam War), born in Sumner, Missouri (d. 1995)
• Apr 10 Jan H. van Roijen, Dutch ambassador to the U.S. and Netherlands Foreign Minister, born in Constantinople (d. 1991)
• Apr 11 József Attila, Hungarian poet, born in Ferencváros, Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
• Apr 14 Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator, born in Hamburg, Arkansas (d. 1999)
• Apr 14 Slinger Nitschke, Australian cricket batsman (S Aus & Test), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1982)
• Apr 16 Frits Philips, Dutch engineer and CEO (Philips), born in Eindhoven, Netherlands (d. 2005)
• Apr 16 John Lee-Barber, British Royal Navy officer (d. 1995)
• Apr 17 Arthur Lake [Arthur William Silverlake], American actor (Blondie, Topper), born in Corbin, Kentucky (d. 1987)
• Apr 17 Herb Joesting, College Football Hall of Fame halfback/fullback (Uni of Minnesota; Chicago Bears), born in Little Falls, Minnesota (d. 1963)

• Apr 19 John Thach, American WWII Naval aviator (developed the Thach Weave) and USN admiral, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (d. 1981)
• Apr 19 Tommy Benford, American jazz drummer, born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1994)
• Apr 21 Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, American politician and Governor of California (D: 1959-67), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1996)
• Apr 22 Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat, born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1991)
• Apr 24 Robert Penn Warren, American poet and novelist (All the King's Men, Pulitzer 1946), born in Guthrie, Kentucky (d. 1989)
• Apr 25 George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player, born in Wairoa, New Zealand (d. 1986)
• Apr 25 Walter Hassan, British automotive engineer, born in London (d. 1996)
• Apr 26 Charles K. Feldman, American producer (Casino Royale), born in New York City (d. 1968)
• Apr 26 Denis O'Dea, Irish actor (Niagara, Esther & the King, Treasure Island), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1978)
• Apr 26 Jean Vigo, French actor and director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante), born in Paris, France (d. 1934)
• Apr 27 Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer known for his radical leftist leanings, born in Stryi, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1996)
• Apr 27 Philip Radcliffe, English composer, born in Godalming, Surrey, England (d. 1986)

• May 1 Chris 'Red' Cagle, College Football Hall of Fame halfback (All American 1927, 28, 29; Army; NFL: New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers), born in DeRidder, Louisiana (d. 1942)
• May 1 Leila Hyams, American actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap), born in New York City (d. 1977)
• May 1 Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet politician (Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union 1980-85), born in Kharkiv, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
• May 1 Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (Senator for Wellington, Quebec), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec (d. 1982)
• May 3 Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael, duke of Bavaria, born in Munich, German Empire (d. 1996)
• May 4 Al Dexter [Poindexter], American honky-tonk country musician, and singer-songwriter ("Pistol Packin' Mama"), born in Jacksonville, Texas (d. 1984)
• May 4 Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British classical and jazz composer (Scherzando), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1960)
• May 5 Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National & Black Front, born in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands (d. 1965)
• May 5 Robert Houben, Belgian politician (Minister of Public health 1958), born in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (d. 1992)
• May 6 Bernard "Toots" Shor, New York restaurateur (Toots Shor's Restaurant), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
• May 8 (Ernest) "Red" Nichols, American jazz cornetist, composer and jazz bandleader (His Five Pennies - "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider"; "Bugler's Lament"), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 1965) [1]
• May 8 Inglis Gundry, British composer, musicologist and novelist, born in Wimbledon, London (d. 2000)
• May 9 Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player (Wimbledon 1926-28 runner-up), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1998)
• May 10 Angus Paton, English civil engineer (wrote economic and infrastructure reports for Canada and Syria, hydroelectric dams), born in Jersey (d. 1999)
• May 10 Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter, born in Ano Syros, Greece (d. 1972)
• May 11 Marjorie Sykes, British educator, peace activist, and Indian independence campaigner, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England (d. 1995)
• May 13 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian leader and 5th President of India (1974-77), born in Delhi, British India (d. 1977)
• May 14 Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
• May 15 Joseph Cotten, American actor (Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Airport 77, Hearse), born in Petersburg, Virginia (d. 1994)
• May 16 H. E. Bates [Herbert Ernest Bates ], English writer (Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May), born in Rusden, England (d. 1974)

• May 17 John Patrick, American screenwriter and playwright (Pulitzer Prize 1954), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1995)
• May 18 Dick McPartland, American jazz guitarist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1957)
• May 18 Eric Zeisl, Austrian-American composer (Requiem Ebraico), born in Vienna (d. 1959)
• May 18 Hedley Verity, English cricket spin bowler (40 Tests, 144 wickets @ 24.37), born in Leeds, Yorkshire (d. 1943)
• May 18 Theodor Berger, Austrian composer (Sinfonia Parabolica), born in Traismauer an der Donau, Austria (d. 1992)
• May 20 Alan Rawsthorne, British classical and film score composer (Elegy for Guitar; The Cruel Sea), born in Deardengate House, Lancashire, England (d. 1971)
• May 20 Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Sailing), born in Nederlangbroek, Netherlands (d. 1962)
• May 20 Harry Campion, English statistician (1st Director of British Central Statistical Office), born in Worsley, England (d. 1996)
• May 20 John Emery, American actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos), born in New York City (d. 1964)
• May 21 Edward Lockspeiser, British composer and musicologist (Debussy: His Life and Mind), born in London (d. 1973)
• May 24 George Nakashima, American furniture maker and architect (American Craft Movement), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1990)
• May 24 Mikhail Sholokhov, Soviet writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965), born in Veshenskaya, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (d. 1984)
• May 24 Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), born in Žarošice, Moravia (d. 1988)

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