List of Famous people born in May

Werner Hildenbrand is a German economist and mathematician. He was educated at the University of Heidelberg, where he received his Diplom in mathematics, applied mathematics and physics in 1961. He continued his education at the University of Heidelberg and received his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1964 and his habilitation in economics and mathematics in 1968.

Bruno Manuel Pires Silva is a Portuguese former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016.

Baudouin Prot is a French economist who served as chairman of BNP Paribas' Board of Directors till 1 December 2014. He is currently a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group and Partners Group.

Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 1980. He was known as a very liberal Republican in Congress, causing conservatives to abandon him in the 1988 Senate election where he was replaced by a Conservative Democrat. Sometime after his defeat, Weicker was sent a letter by President Barack Obama thanking him for his work on the Americans with Disabilities Act in Congress. Though a member of the Republican Party during his time in Congress, he later left the Republican Party and became one of the few third party candidates to be elected to a state governorship in the United States in recent years, doing so on the ticket of A Connecticut Party.

Emmanuela "Emma" Marrone, known professionally as Emma, is an Italian pop singer, songwriter, records producer and TV personality.