List of Famous people born in May

Christiane Vera Felscherinow is a German actress and musician who is best known for her contribution to the 1978 autobiographical book Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F., and the film based on the book, in which her teenage drug use is documented.

Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.

Tan Songyun, also known as Seven, is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her roles in television series The Whirlwind Girl (2015), With You (2016), The Fox's Summer (2017), Under The Power (2019), and Go Ahead (2020).

Barbara Davis Hyman is an American author and pastor. She is the only daughter of the actress Bette Davis.

Jade Ashtyn Carey is an American artistic gymnast. She is best known for her powerful and high-difficulty exercises on vault and floor exercise. On vault, she is the 2017 and 2019 World silver medalist, the 2018 Pan American champion, and the 2017 United States national champion. On floor exercise, she is the 2017 World silver medalist and the 2018 Pan American champion. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2019 World Championships and the 2018 Pan American Championships and is a four-time member of the United States women's national gymnastics team (2017–Present).

Ayaka Hirahara is a Japanese pop singer. She was affiliated with the Dreamusic label until 2013 when she moved to Universal Music Japan.

Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips,, known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a Welsh actress. She has performed the title roles in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and G. B. Shaw's Saint Joan.

James Arthur Harris, better known by his ring name Kamala, was an American professional wrestler. Nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant", Kamala portrayed a fearsome and simpleminded Ugandan. He wrestled barefoot, clad only in a loincloth, his face painted with war paint and two stars and a moon painted on his torso. During his ring entrance, Kamala sported an African mask and wielded a spear and shield. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation over the course of numerous runs in the company between 1984 and 1993.

Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Carolina Panthers, also playing for the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football for the Utah Utes, and was drafted by the Panthers in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft.

Michael Franzese is an American former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss John "Sonny" Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s.