List of Famous people born in May

Marco Antonio Villa is a Brazilian historian and author of several books. He writes and comments on his personal blog "Marco Antonio Villa's Blog", where he writes on many subjects, including history, economics and politics. Villa is an outspoken critic of the Workers' Party of Brazil, which he blames for the current economic crisis and poor economic growth of the country. He currently participates in the TV program Jornal da Cultura running on TV Cultura commenting on current news topics. He is a frequent commentator on current controversies in Brazil, particularly the Petrobras Scandal and Operation Car Wash.

Chen Nien-chin is a Taiwanese middleweight boxer. In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the world championships, but was eliminated in the first bout at the Rio Olympics. She is a native of Hualien County.

Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa is a member of the Bahraini royal family, commander of Bahrain's Royal Guard president of the Bahrain Olympic Committee and the head of the government’s Supreme Council for Youth and Sports. He has been connected to several severe acts of human rights abuses, including personally torturing pro-democracy activists during the Arab Spring protests in Bahrain. He is the third line of the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Ramon Zenhäusern is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom. He made his World Cup debut in November 2012, and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in slalom. At the Olympics in 2018, Zenhäusern took silver in the slalom and gold in the team event. At his third World Championships in 2019, he was fifth in the slalom and won gold in the team event.

Nicholas Mackie Hoerner is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Georges Leekens is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed numerous clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Toshiyuki Teruya , better known as Gori (ゴリ) or Gorie (ゴリエ) or Gorie Matsuura , is a Japanese comedian, variety show host, voice actor, film director, and musician. He is a member of the owarai group Garage Sale. He has also appeared in drag as a schoolgirl character named Gorie and collaborated with Jasmine Ann Allen and Joann Yamazaki to release three singles. Mickey reached number one on the Oricon charts in 2004.

Didier Cottaz is a French former racing driver.

Damián Ariel Álvarez, also known as "La Chilindrina", is a former professional footballer. Born in Argentina, he represented the Mexico national team.

Paul Joseph Watson is a British right-wing YouTuber, radio host, writer and conspiracy theorist whose views have often been qualified as anti-feminist and politically extremist. Up until July 2016, Watson concurred with his alt-right label, but has since dropped the label and now self-identifies as being part of the new right. Despite the change, he is still understood to be a far-right individual by multiple sources. In May 2019, Facebook and Instagram permanently banned Watson for violation of hate speech policies.