List of Famous people born in May

Alwin Schockemöhle is a former German show-jumper. He was a successful international show jumping equestrian in the 1960s and 1970s at individual and team events in Olympic Games and European Championships. He was one of four children, a girl and three boys. His younger brother Paul was also a successful show-jumper. Werner Schockemöhle, his youngest brother was a well-known horse breeder in Oldenburg.

Marc Stephan Jongen is a German politician (AfD). From 2003 to 2017 he was a research assistant for philosophy at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe.

Mehdi Pascal Marcel Léris is a French professional footballer, who plays for Serie A club Sampdoria as a midfielder.

Martin Provost is a French film director, writer and actor. He wrote and directed films such as Séraphine and Le Ventre de Juliette. His 2013 film Violette was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

Meichi Narasaki is a Japanese professional sport climber and boulderer.

Rustam Usmanovich Khamdamov is a Soviet and Russian film director and artist. His film Anna Karamazoff (1991) was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands is the wife of Prince Constantijn and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima.

Nobuyuki Katsube is a Japanese actor and voice actor.

Nico Sturm is a German professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).