List of Famous people born in May

Lorene Prieto is a Chilean-New Zealand film, stage and television actor.

Kalmukhambet Nurmukhanbetuly Kassymov (Kazakh: Қалмұханбет Нұрмұханбетұлы Қасымов, Qalmūhanbet Nūrmūhanbetūly Qasymov; born 18 May 1957) is a Kazakh politician who served as the head of the State Security Service from January 2020 until his dismissal in July 2021, likely due to the scandals revolving the Pegasus Project. Prior to that, Kassymov was the secretary of Security Council of Kazakhstan from February 2019 to January 2020 and the Minister of Internal Affairs from 2011 to 2019.

Musubu Funaki (船木結) is a Japanese pop singer. She is a former 6th generation member of Japanese girl group Angerme and a former member of Country Girls.

Jeong Se-woon is a South Korean singer-songwriter signed under Starship Entertainment.

Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías was the first female Vice President of Guatemala from 2012 until her resignation amid a corruption scandal in 2015.

Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently signed to the Rizin Fighting Federation where he competes in the Bantamweight division. He is a former Shooto Lightweight Champion, and has also competed in the UFC, PRIDE, DREAM, Strikeforce, ONE FC. Kawajiri also participated in the Yarennoka! event as well as Dynamite!! 2009 and Dynamite!! 2010, representing DREAM in both events.

Fu Yiwei is a Chinese actress.

David Smith is an American volleyball player, member of the United States men's national volleyball team, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games and the 2018 World Championship, gold medalist of the 2015 World Cup. On club level, he plays for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Champions League winner (2021), Spanish Champion (2011), four–time French Champion. Smith is nearly deaf.

Kseniya Alekseyevna Kovalenko is a Russian footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Russia women's national team.

Laurent Dufaux is a former professional road cyclist from 1991 to 2004. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1991.