List of Famous people born in May

Alexandra "Alex" Mary Louise Danson, is a retired English international field hockey player who played as a forward for England and Great Britain.

Coi Leray Collins is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. After quitting her job, Leray began posting music to SoundCloud, releasing her breakout single "Huddy" and her debut mixtape Everythingcoz in 2018. After signing a record deal with 1801 Records and Republic Records, she released her second mixtape, EC2, in 2019, and her debut extended play, Now or Never, in 2020. In 2021, her single "No More Parties" gave Leray her first Billboard Hot 100 entry after peaking in the top 40 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Hazel Irvine is a Scottish television presenter.

Harris Jung, known professionally as Harris J, is a British singer who was signed with Awakening Music in 2013. He is a graduate of London's BRIT School of Performing Arts. In 2017 he published a children's book entitled Salam Alaikum: "A Message of Peace".

Leyla Zana is a Kurdish politician in Turkey who was imprisoned for ten years for her political activism, which was deemed by the Turkish courts to be against the unity of the country. She was awarded the 1995 Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament, but was unable to collect it until her release in 2004. She was also awarded the Rafto Prize in 1994 after being recognized by the Rafto Foundation for being incarcerated for her peaceful struggle for the human rights of the Kurdish people in Turkey and the neighbouring countries.

Ali Zein Mohamed is an Egyptian handball player for Sharjah and the Egyptian national team.

William Thomas Danoff is an American songwriter and singer. He is known for “Afternoon Delight", which he wrote and performed as a member of the Starland Vocal Band, and writing hits for John Denver, such as "Take Me Home, Country Roads".

Willie McKay is a British football agent, based in Monaco. He was the agent of many top-level footballers, mainly based in England and France, specifically the Premier League. His clients include James McFadden, Joey Barton, Henri Camara, Scott McDonald, Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé, Charles N'Zogbia, Tyrone Mears, Amdy Faye, Ross McCormack, and Pascal Chimbonda. He was Scott Brown's agent and his twin sons agent, Jack and Paul McKay. His elder son Mark McKay is a registered football agent.

Jana Wendt is an Australian Gold Logie award-winning television journalist, reporter and writer.

Michiyoshi Yunoki is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kurashiki, Okayama and graduate of Okayama University, he worked at the publisher Yurindo from 1997 to 2002. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003.