List of Famous people born in May

Park Kwang-cheol, better known by his Japanese name Kotetsu Boku , is a retired Japanese-born South Korean mixed martial artist and kickboxer, competing in the Featherweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. He has mostly fought in Shooto, where he was the Shooto Lightweight Champion, but has also fought in ONE Championship, DREAM, King of the Cage, S-Cup, Cage Force and K-1 HERO'S. Boku is also a former ONE Lightweight World Champion.

Takehiro Donoue is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Chunichi Dragons from 2004 to 2014 and with the Yomiuri Giants in 2015 and 2016.

Kōtarō Isaka is a Japanese author of mystery fiction.

Aitor Fernández Abarisketa is a Spanish footballer who plays for Levante UD as a goalkeeper.

Natalia Petrovna Osipova is a Russian ballerina, currently a principal ballerina with The Royal Ballet in London.

Reinaldo Carlos Merlo is an Argentine football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder.

Ümit Kocasakal is a Turkish lawyer and academic who served as the president of the Istanbul Bar Association between 7 November 2010 and 23 October 2016. He is a Professor, Doctor of law and has been a political commentator critical of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and their alleged encroachments on judicial independence in Turkey.

Michelle Bai is a Chinese actress and singer.

Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif is a prominent Indonesian intellectual. Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif was the leader of Muhammadiyah, one of the two biggest Muslim organizations in Indonesia, in 1998 - 2005. Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif was the founder of Maarif Institute and who led and inspired born of Jaringan Intelektual Muda Muhammadiyah. Nowadays, beside as senior lecturer in IKIP Yogyakarta, Syafii is active as spokesperson and writer. His writings about madani or civil society have been published in many Indonesian media. He received the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding.

Sunny Suwanmethanont is a Thai actor of French and Singaporean descent. His father is half Thai half Singaporean, and his mother is French. He is best known for his leading role as Khaiyoi in the 2005 film, Dear Dakanda, for which he won the Best Actor award in Kom Chad Luek Awards. He also starred in the 2014 romantic-comedy movie, I Fine..Thank You..Love You and the 2015 comedy-drama movie, Heart Attack alongside Davika Hoorne. He is also one of the lead actors in Brother of the Year with Urassaya Sperbund and Nichkhun.