List of Famous people born in May

Nadia Awni Sakati is a Syrian-Saudi pediatrician. Born on 23 May 1938 in Damascus, Syria. She earned her MD from Damascus University in 1965. She worked in the hospital of American University in Beirut, Lebanon and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. In 1969 she was Fellow in Genetics and Metabolism at the University of California, San Diego.

Martín Aguirregabiria Padilla is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés as a right back.

Juan Carlos Darío Gaete Contreras, known as Juan Carlos Gaete, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a winger for Chilean club Colo-Colo.

Alma Guillermoprieto is a Mexican journalist who has written extensively about Latin America for the British and American press. Her writings have also been widely disseminated within the Spanish-speaking world.

Stephan Weidner, also known as Der W, is a musician and music producer. From 25 November 1980 until 18 June 2005 he was the bassist, songwriter and leader of the German hard-rock band Böhse Onkelz. Weidner was also a singer with Nordend Antistars, a collaboration with Sub7even singer Daniel Wirtz. In April 2008 Weidner's first solo album Schneller, Höher, Weidner was released.

Richard Lawrence Taylor is a British mathematician working in the field of number theory. He is currently the Barbara Kimball Browning Professor in Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.

Norbert Reithofer is a businessman and former chairman of the board of management (CEO) of BMW. He currently serves as chairman of the supervisory board.

Valeri Anatolyevich Saramutin is a Russian football player who plays for Austin Bold FC in the United States. He also holds the United States citizenship as he was born in Camden, New Jersey.

William Emanuel Cobham Jr. is a Panamanian-American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. According to AllMusic's reviewer, Cobham is generally acclaimed as fusion's greatest drummer of all time.

Claudio Baglioni is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career spans several decades. His melodic and highly dramatic love ballads, especially from the 1970s are part of Italy's musical and national subculture. His works include the official Anthem for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin.