List of Famous people born in May

Joan May Blackman is an American actress.

Tetsuya Iida is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Amine Adli is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for French Ligue 2 club Toulouse.

Francesco Friedrich is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal in the two-man competition. Friedrich also won gold outright in the four-man event alongside Margis, Candy Bauer and Martin Grothkopp, making Friedrich the fifth German pilot to win two-man and four-man golds at the same Games, after Andreas Ostler in 1952, Meinhard Nehmer in 1976, Wolfgang Hoppe in 1984 and André Lange in 2006. Friedrich previously competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the doubles and fours and finished in eighth and tenth place, respectively.

John Angelo Spano Jr. is an American businessman and admitted fraudster. He is best known for briefly buying control of the New York Islanders franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1996, before it emerged that he did not have nearly enough assets to buy the team. He subsequently pleaded guilty to bank and wire fraud and served a federal prison sentence.

Timothy Michael Hightower is a former American football running back and current executive with the Washington Football Team. He played college football at the University of Richmond and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He also played for the Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints, Florida Blacktips, New Orleans Saints, and San Francisco 49ers. In 2020, he was named a director of alumni relations for the Washington Football Team.

Danny Talbot is a British sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and the 200 metres.

Džanan Musa is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) and weighing 215 pounds (98 kg), Musa plays the small forward position. He was selected by the Brooklyn Nets with the 29th pick in the 2018 NBA draft.

Junko Abe also known by her ex-stage name Jun Yoshinaga , is a Japanese actress and model.

James Mitchum is an American actor.