List of Famous people born in May

Michael Matt is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialises in the Slalom discipline and has competed in three World Championships.

Mary Jean Reimer, also known as Yung Jing-Jing, is a Hong Kong solicitor, insurance agent and actress.

Kim Nam-joo is a South Korean actress. Kim rose to stardom in the 1990s in television series such as Model, The Boss and Her House. After 2001, Kim went into semi-retirement, only appearing in commercials, particularly after she married actor Kim Seung-woo in 2005 and they started a family. Then in 2009, she made her comeback with Queen of Housewives, written by Park Ji-eun. Housewives was a ratings hit, and Kim went on to collaborate with Park on Queen of Reversals (2010) and top-rated series My Husband Got a Family, which established Kim's continuing star status. In 2018, Kim received critical acclaim for her role in the series Misty.

Lara Lewington is a British television presenter, journalist and former weather presenter. She co-presents the BBC's technology programme Click.

Carlos Efrén Reyes Rosado, better known by his stage name Farruko, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. He rose to fame collaborating with heavyweight artists such as Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Don Omar and J Álvarez. He came to prominence in 2010 with his debut studio album, El Talento Del Bloque.

José Maria Rodrigues Alves, better known as Zé Maria, is a former association footballer.

Jean-François Jalkh is a French politician who is the current Member of the European Parliament for National Front, representing East France.

Joaquín Leguina Herrán is a Spanish politician and writer. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) he became the first President of the Community of Madrid, serving from 1983 and 1995. He also was Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid from 1979 to 1991.

Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director of Ossetian origin. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.

Chalita Suansane is a Thai model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder from Samut Prakan. On 23 July 2016, she won Miss Universe Thailand 2016 and represented Thailand at Miss Universe 2016.