List of Famous people born in May

Rolf Dahlgrün was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). From 1962 to 1966, he was Minister of Finance.

Bruce Lee Penhall is an American former professional motorcycle speedway racer who later starred in television and in film. He was the World Speedway Champion in 1981 and 1982 and rode for the successful Cradley Heath Heathens speedway team in the United Kingdom. He retired from speedway racing the night he won his second World Championship in 1982 in front of his home crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Wallace Oliveira dos Santos, or simply Wallace, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Sampaio Corrêa-RJ.

Inger Aufles is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970s. She won three Winter Olympic medals with a gold and two bronzes. Aufles also earned a silver in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo. She won the national championships in 1968 and 1969, in the 10 km and 5 km respectively.

Barry Windsor-Smith is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has been produced in the United States. He attained note working on Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian from 1970 to 1973, and for his work on the character Wolverine, particularly the 1991 "Weapon X" story arc. His other noted Marvel work included a 1984 "Thing" story in Marvel Fanfare, illustrating Chris Claremont's "Lifedeath" and "Lifdeath II" stories that focused on the de-powered Storm in The Uncanny X-Men, as well as runs on Iron Man and Machine Man.