List of Famous people born in May
Kara Swisher
Kara Anne Swisher is an American journalist. Described by Newsweek as Silicon Valley's "most powerful tech journalist", she is an opinion writer for The New York Times, a contributing editor at New York, the host of the podcast Sway, and the co-host of the podcast Pivot.
Krista Kosonen
Krista Erika Kosonen is a Finnish actress. She is best known for her appearances in movies such as Jade Warrior (2006), Prinsessa (2010) and Syvälle salattu (2011). The sketch comedy television show Putous made her a household name in Finland. She was selected as Best Actress in 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival for her performance in Wildeye. She has also won two Jussi Awards and is now starring in the HBO series Beforeigners being seen worldwide.
Violett Beane
Violett Beane is an American actress. She played Jesse Wells/Jesse Quick in The CW's The Flash, as well as Markie Cameron in the 2018 horror film Truth or Dare. From 2018 to 2020, she starred as Cara Bloom in the CBS television series God Friended Me.
Jonathan Guy Jones
Sir Jonathan Guy Jones is a British lawyer, appointed in March 2014 and serving until his resignation on 8 September 2020 as HM Procurator General, Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service, and so the Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department.
John Landsteiner
John Landsteiner is an American curler and two-time Olympian from Duluth, Minnesota. He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and won gold as part of John Shuster's team in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Maurice Hurst Jr.
Maurice Roy Hurst Jr. is an American football defensive tackle for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan.
Mickaël Gelabale
Mickaël Gelabale is a French professional basketball player for Élan Chalon of the LNB Pro A. He also represents the France national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.01 m, he plays either at the small forward position or the power forward position in a small ball configuration.
Earl Bradley
Earl Brian Bradley is a former pediatrician from Lewes, Delaware and convicted serial child molester. He was indicted in 2010 on 471 charges of molesting, raping and exploiting 103 child patients. Some of the victims were as young as three months old. He was charged in April 2010 with an additional 58 offenses in relation to the abuse of 24 additional victims. He has been described by a number of reputable news outlets and commentators as "the worst pedophile in American history." Dr. Eli Newberger, a professor at Harvard Medical School and a pediatrician who has studied child abuse cases for almost 40 years, said Bradley's was "the worst pediatrician abuse case I've ever heard of." Bradley had access to an estimated 7,000 pediatric patients. According to a personal injury law firm in Baltimore, one of many representing class action plaintiffs, 1,400 families in the class action alleged abuse. Bradley was ultimately found guilty on all charges and was sentenced to 14 consecutive terms of life plus 165 years in prison without parole on June 26, 2011. His conviction was affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court on September 6, 2012. In the wake of his arrest, it emerged that he had faced accusations of child abuse as early as 1995 in both Delaware and Pennsylvania.
Chris Kirk
Christopher Brandon Kirk is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour. He won four tournaments on the PGA Tour between 2011 and 2015. He finished second in the 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs and reached a career-high of 16 in the world rankings during 2015.
Viktor Sheiman
Viktor Vladimirovich Sheiman is a Belarusian politician.