List of Famous people born in May

Idalia Ramos Rangel is a Mexican business owner and suspected drug lord. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), she is a high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. In the cartel, Ramos Rangel is known by her aliases Big Momma and La Tía. She has reportedly been responsible for coordinating international drug trafficking shipments from Mexico to the United States since the mid-1980s. Her role in organized crime is unusual, as a woman active in the male-dominated Mexican drug trafficking industry over several decades.

Gisela Hahn is a German film actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1964. She was born in Briesen.

Maria Bengtsson is a Swedish operatic soprano, who has appeared in major opera houses in Europe. She is known for roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss.

John Owen-Jones is a Welsh musical theatre actor and singer, best known for his portrayals of Jean Valjean in Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg's Les Misérables and of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.

Darnell Maurice Dockett is a former American football defensive end who had a ten-season career playing for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cardinals in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State University.

Saya Nakazawa is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Isaiah Canaan is an American professional basketball player for UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroCup. He was an All-American college player at Murray State University.

Quinton Armani Gardner, professionally known as Pressa, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter.

Oksana Viktorovna Pushkina is a Russian television host and politician. She was a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation between 2016 and 2021. She was previously a children's rights activist from Moscow Oblast, and author, host and presenter of the show The Female View between 1999 and 2013.

Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly is the current Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia. He was a member of the North Sumatra regional legislature from 1999 to 2003, and of the People's Consultative Assembly from 2004 to 2014. He is the first ethnic Nias to hold a cabinet position.