List of Famous people born in May

Martin Bodo Plenio, born 20 May 1968, is a German physicist, Alexander von Humboldt Professor, and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Ulm University.

Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson is a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.

Achille C. Varzi is an Italian-born philosopher. He graduated at University of Trento and received a master's and doctoral degree at the University of Toronto. He teaches at Columbia University, where he has been a member of the philosophy faculty since 1995. Since 2017 he is Visiting Professor at the University of Italian Switzerland.

Stefano Domenicali is an Italian manager and the current CEO of Formula 1 replacing Chase Carey. He was the former CEO of Italian sports car manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.. From 2008 to 2014 he was the team principal of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team. From 2019 he is part of Channel 4's F1 coverage at selected races. Under his leadership Ferrari won their last Formula One World Championship to date.

Karl Shell is an American theoretical economist, specializing in macroeconomics and monetary economics.

Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received five gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.