List of Famous people born in May

Countess Vera von Lehndorff-Steinort, known professionally as Veruschka and Veruschka von Lehndorff, is a German model, actress and artist who was popular during the 1960s.

Defne Kayalar is a Turkish actress. She is best known to international audiences for her role in the 2020 Netflix series Ethos.

General Denis Favier was, from 2013 to 2016, the General-Director of the French Gendarmerie. Denis Favier was born on 18 May 1959 in Lons-le-Saunier. In 1979 he joined the military academy of Saint-Cyr. In 1992 he was appointed commander of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN). In 1994 he was promoted to chef d'escadron (major). In 1994 he commanded the assault against the terrorists who had taken the passengers of Air France Flight 8969 hostage. Following this incident, he gave interviews in silhouette or facial obscurity, which he still does until today as it was believed that the co-militants of the terrorists his team killed offered a reward for his assassination. In 2007, after various positions in the Gendarmerie, he was again appointed commander of the GIGN, which underwent restructuring. In 2008 he joined the French forces leading the assault on the pirates who had captured the ship Ponant near Somalia. In 2008 he was promoted to a general. In 2013 he was appointed director-general of the Gendarmerie. On 9 January 2015 he led the operation to arrest Chérif and Saïd Kouachi following a hostage situation at a printing company in the town of Dammartin-en-Goële. The Kouachi brothers were suspected of being the perpetrators of the shooting at Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo on 7 January 2015.

Zoraida Virginia Gómez Sanchez is a Mexican actress known for her performance in Rebelde.

Artur Eduardovich Nigmatullin is a Russian football goalkeeper. He plays for FC Arsenal Tula.

Jun Mayuzumi is a Japanese singer. Her best known songs include "Tenshi-no Yūwaku". She won a Japan Record Award in 1969, and won the inaugural Yamaha Popular Song Contest Grand Prix at the Nemu no Sato Indoor Hall, on November 5, 1970. She appeared on the New Year's Eve Kōhaku Uta Gassen show for four years, 1967-1970.

Natalya Nikolaevna Khorokhorina is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress.

Roberto Frejat is a musician, composer, singer and co-founder of the band Barão Vermelho.

Yuri Mamin is a Soviet and Russian film director, stage director, screenwriter, composer, author and television host, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. His "Window to Paris" (1993) remains one of the most popular movies in Russia. His Buddhist-themed film "Don't Think About White Monkeys" (2008) is popular among the Russian noncomformist youth, including punks and rockers.

Hiroyasu Tanaka is a Japanese former professional baseballer. He was the number 1 draft pick for the Yakult Swallows in 2005.