List of Famous people born in May

Kirill Ivanovich Shchelkin was a Soviet Georgian physicist known for his theoretical and experimental advances in combustion and gas dynamics, for his work on the first Soviet nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, and for his role as the first scientific director of the Soviet nuclear weapons development centre in the Urals at Chelyabinsk-70 and deputy scientific director of the Soviet atomic bomb project.

Ophelia Magdalena Dahl is a British-American social justice and health care advocate.

Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll was a British peer, known for the unsolved case surrounding his murder and the sensation it caused during wartime in Britain.

Marouf Suleiman al-Bakhit was a Jordanian politician and two-time Prime Minister. He first served as Prime Minister from 27 November 2005 until 25 November 2007 and then again from 9 February 2011 to 17 October 2011. Bakhit also held the position of Jordanian ambassador to Israel and the national security chief. Appointed as Prime Minister by King Abdullah II less than three weeks after the 2005 Amman bombings, Bakhit's main priorities were to maintain security and stability in Jordan. He was reappointed as Prime Minister by the King on 1 February 2011, following weeks of protests.

Roberta Pinotti is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party. From 22 February 2014 to 1 June 2018 she served as the Italian Minister of Defence in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni.

Madeline Kathryn Brewer is an American actress. She is known for her role as Tricia Miller in the Emmy award-winning series Orange Is the New Black (2013), her role in Hemlock Grove (2014–2015), her starring role in the Hulu web series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present), and her lead role as Alice/Lola in the Netflix horror film Cam.

Willie Hortencio Barbosa, commonly known as Willie, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger or forward for The Strongest.