List of Famous people born in May

Basile Mvé Engone is a Gabonese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon.

Hiroki Matsueda is a Japanese long-distance runner. He is expected to compete in the 5000 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won the 5000 m at the 2017 and 2019 Japanese Championships and won the bronze medal in the same event at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.

Shinji Aoto is a retired Japanese sprinter turned bobsledder who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics. He is the first and only Japanese male athlete to competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. During his athletics career he also competed at two World Indoor Championships, in 1989 and 1993. He was the former national record holder in the 100 metres and the first Japanese to run under 10.3 seconds. He is currently the deputy director of track and field club at Chukyo University.