List of Famous people born in May

Michael Edward Brooks is an English science writer, noted for explaining complex scientific research and findings to the general population.

Ryan Harrison is an American professional tennis player. Harrison has won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the 2017 French Open.

Shane Robert van Gisbergen is a New Zealand racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 97 Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering.

Shōzō Iizuka is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Fukushima Prefecture. He graduated from the fine arts department of Nihon University.

David Perron is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Mara Brock Akil is an American screenwriter and television producer. She created UPN comedy series Girlfriends (2000–2008) and its spin-off The Game (2006–2015). She later created the first drama series for BET Being Mary Jane (2013–2019). In 2018, she produced Black Lightning for The CW and created Love Is for Oprah Winfrey Network.

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr is a German composer, organist, church musician and academic teacher.

Mark Solonin is a Russian historian and author of numerous books on the Second World War. An aviation engineer by training, he has lived since 2016 in Estonia.

Tamara Natanovna Press is a retired Soviet athlete who dominated the shot put and discus throw in the early 1960s. She won three gold and one silver medals at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and three European titles in 1958–1962. Between 1959 and 1965 she set 11 world records: five in the shot put and six in the discus. Domestically, she held 16 national titles, nine in the shot put (1958–66) and seven in the discus (1960–66).

Alex Jennings is an English actor of the stage and screen, who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. For his stage work on the London stage, Jennings has received three Olivier Awards, winning for Too Clever by Half (1988), Peer Gynt (1996), and My Fair Lady (2003). He is the only performer to have won Olivier awards in the drama, musical and comedy categories.