List of Famous people born in May

Peter Frans Gontha is an Indonesian businessman, commercial television pioneer, and jazz impresario. He served as Indonesian ambassador to Poland from October 2014 to January 2019.

Francesca Cristiana Conti is a female water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Fanny Smith is a Swiss freestyle skier. She represented Switzerland at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. She has won 52 podiums on the World Cup circuit and 27 victories, making her the most successful athlete in the history of the sport. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Smith won a bronze medal. She won gold at the World Championships in Voss in 2013.

Mochtar Riady also known as Lie Mon Tie is an Indonesian financial magnate and the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Lippo Group. He was born in Malang to a Chinese Indonesian family. At five months old, his parents took him to his father's ancestral village in Fujian where he lived until he was six years old.

Tania Di Mario is an Italian female water polo forward, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was also part of the Italian team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Thaciano Mickael da Silva, simply known as Thaciano, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Bahia, on loan from Grêmio. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Keishi Ōtomo is a Japanese film and television director and screenwriter, most known for the Rurouni Kenshin film series.

Eisner Iván Loboa Balanta is a Colombian-born Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ecuadorian club C.D. Olmedo. He also holds Mexican citizenship.

Jang Hee-jin is a South Korean actress. She began her career as a model for the fashion magazines CeCi, Marie Claire and Cindy the Perky. Jang has appeared in several television series and films, including Myung-wol the Spy and Big.

Raül Agné Montull is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is a manager.