List of Famous people born in May

Saskia Mulder is a Dutch film and television actress. She is the younger sister of model Karen Mulder.

Brendan Howlin is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency since 1987. He previously served as Leader of the Labour Party from 2016 to 2020, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform from 2011 to 2016, Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 2007 to 2011, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2002, Minister for the Environment from 1994 to 1997 and Minister for Health from 1993 to 1994. He was a Senator from 1983 to 1987, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.

Maurice Joseph Tobin was a Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, the Governor of Massachusetts, and United States Secretary of Labor. He was a Democrat and a liberal who supported the New Deal and Fair Deal programs, and was outspoken in his support for labor unions. However, he had little success battling against the conservative majorities in the Massachusetts legislature, and the U.S. Congress.

Benjamin Lee Reed is an American actor and producer.

Allan A. Goldstein is an American film director and screenwriter, perhaps best known for directing the Charles Bronson vehicle Death Wish V: The Face of Death and the Leslie Nielsen comedy 2001: A Space Travesty.

Zbigniew Piątek is a Polish former road racing cyclist. He was active as an amateur from 1987 to 1993 and from 1994 to 2005 as a professional. He won many of the top races in Poland: the Tour de Pologne, Tour of Małopolska and Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich. He represented Poland in two Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 2000.