List of Famous people born in May

Paolo Mietto was an Italian-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic bishop.

Paolo Seganti, is an Italian actor and model, known for playing Damian Grimaldi in the CBS television soap opera As the World Turns.

Francesco Tomei is an Italian cyclist. He rode in the 2009 Vuelta a España.

Ania Marson, in Gdynia, Poland is an Anglo-Polish actress.

S. Hareesh is an Indian writer, translator and screenwriter of Malayalam literature and cinema. He is best known for his short stories and his acclaimed but controversial debut novel, Meesa, which explores caste in Kerala in the mid-20th century. The novel, initially serialized in the Mathrubhumi weekly, was withdrawn after protests by right-wing Hindutva groups and caste-community organizations for “maligning Hindu women and temple priests.”. It was later published as a full novel by DC Books. Hareesh is the recipient of several honours including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel and the Geetha Hiranyan Endowment of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi. In November 2020, the English translation of Meesa, titled Moustache, was selected for the JCB Prize for Literature, the Indian literary award with the highest prize money.

Alessandro Donati is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team Acqua & Sapone.

John Patrick Horgan was a British-American actor, of Irish descent, born in Nottingham, England. He was known for playing the role of Dr. John Morrison in the soap opera television series The Doctors. He completed an unabridged reading of Finnegans Wake in 1985 for the Library of Congress. Horgan died in October 2021, at the age of 92.

Patrick Schelling is a Swiss cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Israel Start-Up Nation.