List of Famous people born in May

Michel Schneider is a French writer, musicologist, énarque, senior official and psychoanalyst. He is the father of journalist and writer Vanessa Schneider and the maternal uncle of actress Maria Schneider.

Thomas Lilti is a French family doctor, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his three movies series about the medical field: “Hippocrate” in 2014, “Médecin de Campagne” in 2016 and “Première année” in 2018.

Jack William Hendry is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for K.V. Oostende, on loan from Celtic, and for the Scotland national team. Hendry has previously played for Partick Thistle, Wigan Athletic and Dundee. He has also had loan spells at Shrewsbury Town, Milton Keynes Dons and A-League club Melbourne City.

Tyus Robert Jones Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for his hometown team the Minnesota Timberwolves for 4 seasons before signing with the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2019 offseason. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils in his freshman season as part of the 2014–15 National Championship team. He was ranked among the top 10 players in the national high school class of 2014 by Rivals.com, Scout.com and ESPN. He was a Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Class 4A state champion, three-time Minnesota Associated Press Boys Basketball Player of the Year and three-time Minnesota Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year for Apple Valley High School. He played in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2014 Jordan Brand Classic and the 2014 Nike Hoop Summit. He won the skills competition at the 2014 McDonald's All-American Game and posted the only double-double in the 2014 Jordan Brand Classic.

Meredith Kathleen Hagner is an American actress. She began her career portraying Liberty Ciccone on the soap opera As the World Turns (2008–2010), which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2009. Following her departure from As the World Turns, she appeared as a series regular on Lights Out (2011) and Men at Work (2012–2014). Hagner gained further prominence for her role as Portia Davenport in the series Search Party (2016–present), receiving critical praise for her performance. She has also appeared as a series regular on Strangers (2017–2018) and Dummy (2020). Hagner's film roles include Hits (2014), Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016), The Oath (2018), and Brightburn (2019).

Christopher L. Howard is a retired professional American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Howard had been drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. His professional football career was haunted by fumble troubles, which caused the Broncos to release him before he played a regular season game for them. Howard began to have fumble problems again when the Jaguars acquired and promoted him to a role as a regular player.

Nazanin Boniadi is an English actress and human rights defender. Born in Iran and raised in London, she went to university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama General Hospital (2007–2009) and its spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift (2007). Since then, she is best known for playing "Nora" in the hit TV series "How I Met Your Mother", Fara Sherazi in the Showtime spy thriller series Homeland (2013–2014), Esther in the historical drama film Ben-Hur (2016), Clare Quayle in the Starz sci-fi thriller series Counterpart (2017–2018), and Zahra Kashani in the action thriller film Hotel Mumbai (2018). Boniadi was an Amnesty International spokesperson from 2009 to 2015 and has been a board member of the Center for Human Rights in Iran since 2015.

Pierce William Johnson is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants and for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was drafted by the Cubs in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of Missouri State University.

Jamal Harrison Bryant is an American minister and author. He is the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and of Duke University. He received his doctorate of ministry degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation and his doctorate of theology from the University of Oxford in Great Britain.

Igor Gennadyevich Gordin is a Russian actor of theater and cinema. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2004). Laureate of the Golden Mask (2011).