List of Famous people born in May

Reino Häyhänen was a Soviet intelligence officer of the KGB who defected from the Soviet Union to the United States in May 1957. Häyhänen surrendered information on Soviet espionage activities that solved the Hollow Nickel Case for the FBI, and led to the arrest of his KGB partner Rudolf Abel and other Soviet spies in the United States and Canada.

Francisco Vázquez González, more commonly known as Fran Vázquez, is a retired Spanish professional basketball player who most recently played for Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. Originally drafted by the Orlando Magic in 2005, Vázquez decided to remain in the Spanish ACB League rather than enter the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Wang Yani is a Chinese artist who began painting at the age of two-and-a-half. Her work was exhibited in China when she was four, appeared on a postage stamp when she was eight, and she had a solo exhibition at a museum in London when she was fourteen, and soon after, at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, in a traveling exhibit organized by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. The Sackler exhibit included a painting done when she was three entitled "Kitty."

Nwal-Endéné “Endy“ Miyem is a French professional basketball player. She played from 2016 to 2018 at club level as a power forward for PF Schio. In 2018, she was signed to the Minnesota Lynx after being waived before the regular season. She has played 70 matches for the France women's national basketball team since 2008. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. where the French won the silver medal. She is 1.91 m tall.

Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Shevchuk is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer and manager, mainly known for his time as a player of FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He was capped over 50 times for the Ukraine national football team.

Marco Kurz is a German former professional footballer who last managed A-League side Melbourne Victory.

Robert Marijanovic is a German darts player of Croatian heritage.

Thomas Ruyant is a French sailor born on 24 May 1981 in Dunkirk in the Nord region. He is an offshore sailor and is competing in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 onboard LinkedOut a French employment charity.

Ayaka Asai is a Japanese actress and voice actress who is currently affiliated with Intention.

Laisha Wilkins is a Mexican actress, talk show hostess and producer.