List of Famous people born in May

Jehane Noujaim is an Academy Award nominated American documentary film director best known for her films Control Room, Startup.com, Pangea Day and The Square. In 2019, she co-directed The Great Hack with Karim Amer.

Alan Victor White is an English rock drummer, best known as being the drummer of the English rock band Oasis from 1995 to 2004. Before Oasis, he was the drummer of Starclub from 1991 to 1994. He is the longest serving drummer in Oasis's history, performing on four studio albums and one song on Don't Believe The Truth, two compilation albums and one live album during his tenure. He joined the band in May 1995 after the band's original drummer Tony McCarroll was removed from the band. He was recommended to Noel Gallagher by Gallagher's friend Paul Weller. Notably, Alan's brother Steve has been longtime drummer for Weller. White left Oasis in early 2004 in somewhat unclear circumstances. He was replaced by Zak Starkey, drummer of the Who and son of the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr.

Élisabeth Hubert is a French doctor, politician and businesswoman. She was first elected to Parliament in 1986 to the 2nd District of Loire-Atlantique. In 1996 she became Minister for Health under the first government of Alain Juppé. She was CEO of Laboratoires Fournier from 1997 to 2004 then of Alliagis.

Alana Monique Beard is an American former professional basketball player. After playing college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, she was drafted second overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2004 WNBA Draft. She signed on with the Los Angeles Sparks as a free agent in 2012. Beard was the 2017 and 2018 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. However, she was injured next season, only contributing a few points for the Sparks. Beard announced her retirement from the WNBA on January 23, 2020.

Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. A professional since 2011, Dombrowski has also competed for Bontrager–Livestrong, Team Sky and EF Education First.

David Alvarez is a Canadian dancer and actor, best known for being one of the original Billys in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical and becoming one of the youngest winners of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. He trained as a dancer with American Ballet Theatre and plays Bernardo in Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story.

Chen Hsiu-hui is a Taiwanese Amis politician.

Jacek Krzysztof Czaputowicz is a Polish politician and academic who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 9 January 2018 to 20 August 2020.