List of Famous people born in May

Alexander "Sasha" Farber is an Australian American professional dancer known for his appearances as a pro and troupe member on Dancing with the Stars.

Salvador Johan Pérez Diaz is a Venezuelan-American professional baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is a six-time MLB All-Star, five-time Gold Glove Award winner, and received the World Series Most Valuable Player Award when the Royals won the 2015 World Series over the New York Mets.

René Benko is an Austrian real estate, media and retail trade investor and founder of SIGNA Holding GmbH. SIGNA is considered Austria's largest privately held real estate conglomerate. With an estimated wealth of US$4.7 billion, he is currently one of the ten richest Austrians. In 2020 Forbes classified René Benko as the third richest Austrian and number 361 in the world.

Roberto Di Matteo is an Italian former professional footballer and manager.

Muzaffar Iqbāl is a Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and author. Iqbal earned his doctorate (1983) in Chemistry from the University of Saskatchewan and then left the field of experimental science to devote himself fully to his chosen fields: literature, history, philosophy, Islamic intellectual and spiritual traditions. Between 1984 and 1990, he taught Urdu at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1984–85), wrote two acclaimed novels in Urdu, Inkhila (Uprooting) and Inqta (Severance). During 1980 and 1990, he published a number of translations of poetry of Latin American poets and wrote a series of literary essays on American and South American writers including Herman Melville, Nabokov, Borges, Pablo Neruda, and Garcia Marquez. He also wrote on literary theory.

Shelly is a Japanese model, tarento, and television presenter. She has American citizenship. She is represented by Stardust Promotion.

Mário Sérgio Santos Costa, commonly known as Marinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos as a forward.

Sendhil Amithab Ramamurthy is an American actor. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Ramamurthy is best known for his roles as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC sci-fi drama Heroes, Gabriel "Gabe" Lowan in Beauty and the Beast, and Jai Wilcox in Covert Affairs.

Michelle Chen Yanxi is a Taiwanese actress and singer.

Darren Keith Elkins is an American mixed martial artist signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights in the Featherweight division.