List of Famous people born in May

Sylvia Plachy is a Hungarian-American photographer. Plachy's work has been featured in many New York city magazines and newspapers and she "was an influential staff photographer for the Village Voice."

Émilie Deleuze is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films since 1986. Her film Peau neuve was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. She is the daughter of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.

Leonid Yefimovich Heifetz was a Russian stage director and drama teacher. He was the first husband of the actress Natalya Gundareva.

Miriam "Miri" Regev is an Israeli politician and a former Brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces, in which she served as IDF Spokeswoman. She is currently a member of the Knesset for Likud, and Minister of Transportation. She also previously served as Minister of Culture and Sport. On June 14, 2017, she was appointed acting PM to serve while PM Netanyahu would be abroad.