List of Famous people born in May

Thérèse Steinmetz is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest.

Caitlin A. "Kitty" Carruthers is a former American pair skater. With her adopted brother, Peter Carruthers, Carruthers is the 1984 Olympic Silver medalist, the 1982 World Bronze medalist, and a four-time (1981-1984) United States National champion.

Milorad "Milo" Čavić is a Serbian former professional swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in a historic race with American swimmer Michael Phelps. Čavić also was World and European champion, as well as world record holder. He is one of three swimmers who broke 50 seconds in the 100m butterfly and he currently holds the European record.

Amy Steel Pulitzer is an American marriage and family therapist, and a former actress. She is best known for her role as Ginny Field in Steve Miner's slasher-horror film Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and Kit in Fred Walton's mystery film April Fool's Day (1986).

Ben Berl Zyskowicz is a Finnish politician and member of parliament. Zyskowicz was chairman of the Finnish National Coalition Party's parliamentary group from 1993 to 2006 and has been a member of parliament for the National Coalition Party since 1979. He was the first person of Jewish faith to be elected to the Finnish parliament. Following the parliamentary elections in April 2011, Zyskowicz was elected as the speaker of the parliament, for the duration of negotiations over the governing coalition.

Dafna Dekel is an Israeli singer, actress and television personality.

Lu Lan is a badminton player from China.

Jimmy Casper is a French retired road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2012. He is best known for winning stage 1 of 2006 Tour de France.