List of Famous people born in May

Gan Siqi, born as Jiang Fengwei, other name Jiang Bingkun, was a general of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Gary Cheng Kai Nam is a Hong Kong politician who served as Vice Chairman for the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong party. He was educated at Pui Kiu Middle School, the University of East Anglia (BA), and the University of Hong Kong. He was a longtime member of the Legislative Council. During the legislative election in 2000, he was exposed for failing to disclose his personal own assets and became a suspect for corruption. In the end, he gave up his seat in the Legislative Council. In 2001, the court found Cheng guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to 18 months in jail.

Jim Chim Sui-man is a Hong Kong-based stage actor and comedian.

Islam Gaber is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek and the Egypt national team.

Tareq Ziad Jabr Khattab is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Salmiya and the Jordan national team.

Lee Fu-hsing is a Taiwanese politician. He served on the Kaohsiung City Council between 1990 and 2005. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2012.

Hossein Rezazadeh is an Iranian politician and retired weightlifter. Rezazadeh is a two-time Olympic champion, four-time World Weightlifting champion, and five-time Asian champion. Rezazadeh has won the Iran Sportsperson of the Year award four times, more than any other athlete in the country's history.

Luo Shugang is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He has been the Minister of Culture since December 2014. He formerly served as executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China.

Sun Zhigang is a Chinese politician and the current Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou. He was formerly mayor of Yichang, the secretary-general of the Hubei party committee under Yu Zhengsheng, the Vice-Governor of Anhui province, and chief of the national office for health care reform.

Buse Tosun is a Turkish female freestyle wrestler. She was a member of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK before she transferred to Yalova Altınova Tersaneler SK in 2015.