List of Famous people born in May

Thomas Bryant Cotton is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.

Alain Maurice Jacques Duhamel is a prominent French journalist and political commentator.

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaitе, better known as Kristina Orbakaite, is a Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva and Lithuanian circus performer Mykolas Orbakas.

Michael Charles Brantley Jr. is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Cleveland Indians. He is the son of former MLB player and hitting coach Mickey Brantley.

Gaëtan Laborde is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Montpellier HSC. He represented the France national youth teams up to France U20 level.

Leonid Semyonoviсh Kanevski is a Soviet, Russian and Israeli actor. He became popular with the Soviet audience after starring in The Investigation Is Conducted by ZnaToKi detective series where he appeared as major Tomin.

Lovie Lee Smith is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as well as the Illinois Fighting Illini. Smith has been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams and as the head coach for the Bears in 2006.

Samantha Mathis is an American actress and trade union leader who serves as the Vice President, Actors/Performers of SAG-AFTRA. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch, Mathis made her film debut in Pump Up the Volume (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Super Mario Bros. (1993), Little Women (1994), The American President (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), American Psycho (2000), The Punisher (2004), and Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012). She has recently had recurring roles on The Strain as New York City Councilwoman Justine Feraldo, and on Billions as Taylor Mason Capital COO Sara Hammon.

Antoine de Maximy is a French backpacker, television host and producer. He is best known as the TV host and producer of J'irai dormir chez vous, a tourism TV show on France 5.

Kandi Lenice Burruss-Tucker, known professionally by her mononym Kandi, is an American singer, songwriter, television personality, actress, and business woman. Burruss first gained notice in 1992 as a member of the female American vocal group Xscape. In 2000, she won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for her writing contributions on the TLC hit song "No Scrubs". Burruss has starred in the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta since its second-season premiere on July 30, 2009. Burruss has appeared in five Real Housewives spinoff and companion series as of 2020, beginning with 2012's The Kandi Factory. She also played a recurring role as Roselyn Perry in the third season of the Showtime drama series The Chi. Burruss won the third season of the Fox competition series The Masked Singer.