List of Famous people born in May

Julian Roger Hallam is a Welsh environmental activist, a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, cooperative federation organisation Radical Routes and the political party Burning Pink.

Farida Khelfa is a French documentary filmmaker and former model.

Martin Kušej is an Austrian theatre and opera director, and current Artistic Director at the Residenz Theatre in Munich. According to German news magazine Focus, Kušej belongs to the ten most important theatre directors who have emerged in the German-speaking world since the millennium. He is considered one of the most important directors working today, acclaimed for his dark and incisive productions.

Alcira Susana Argumedo was an Argentine sociologist, academic and was member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. She was nominated as a candidate for president on the Proyecto Sur ticket for the 2011 general elections.

Mauro Alberto Lainez Leyva is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club América on loan from Tijuana.

Utz Claassen is a German manager, management consultant, entrepreneur, investor and author. He has held senior management positions in some of Germany’s most prominent companies such as Volkswagen and EnBW.

Julia Thurnau is a French-German actress and artist. She grew up in a village close to Cannes, later moved to Munich where she did acting studies at the Schauspielstudio München, then actors training at the Ernst Busch acting school Berlin.

Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who has won four world championships. On 12 December, 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin set two world records in the −105 kg class. He lifted 246 kg in the clean and jerk and 437 kg in the total. Ilyin was named IWF World Weightlifter of the Year four times: in 2005, 2006, 2014, and 2015.

Marita Böhme is a German actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1962 to 2005.

Yutaka Sado is a Japanese conductor.