List of Famous people born in May

Simon Brendle is a German mathematician working in differential geometry and nonlinear partial differential equations. He received his Dr. rer. nat. from Tübingen University under the supervision of Gerhard Huisken (2001). He was a professor at Stanford University (2005–2016), and is currently a professor at Columbia University. He has held visiting positions at MIT, ETH Zürich, Princeton University, and Cambridge University.

Brian Ching an American retired professional soccer player who played for twelve years in Major League Soccer and represented the U.S. national team for eight years.

Hardi (born May 26, 1951, Blitar, is an Indonesian artist, a member of the New Art Movement.

Edgar "Vovô" Pereira, also known as "Edgar Vovô" is a Brazilian professional skateboarder.

Jeremy D. Allaire is an American-born technologist and Internet entrepreneur. He is CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle and chairman of the board of Brightcove. With his brother JJ Allaire, he co-founded Allaire Corporation in 1995. Allaire Corp. had a successful IPO in January 1999 and was acquired by Macromedia in 2001. Allaire served as CTO of Macromedia after the acquisition and helped develop the Macromedia MX platform.