List of Famous people born in May

Constantino Zaballa Gutiérrez is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, best known for winning Clásica de San Sebastián in 2005. Towards the end of his career, Zaballa ventured into cyclocross with the Club Ciclistica Udías.

George Elwood Smith is an American scientist, applied physicist, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography".

Alice Ruth Bolton, known as Ruthie Bolton, is an American former professional women's basketball player. Born in Lucedale, Mississippi, she played at the collegiate, Olympic and professional levels of women's basketball. Bolton played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 through 2004 with the Sacramento Monarchs. She played collegiately at Auburn University, teaming with her older sister, Mae Ola Bolton. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. Bolton has also served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army Reserves as a transportation officer.

Naomi Nagasawa , known professionally as Nao Nagasawa is a Japanese voice actress from Toyonaka, Osaka who used to be represented by Aoni Production and Ken Production and is now represented by Kekke Corporation. She was married to Ryōtarō Okiayu and have a daughter. They are now divorced.

Serhiy Nakhmanovych Shefir is a Ukrainian politician and film director. He is the founder of Quarter-95 Studio. Since 25 May 2019 he is the First Assistant to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In September 2021 he survived an assassination attempt.

Andrey Vladimirovich Shevelyov is a Russian politician and former military officer. He served as governor of Tver Oblast from 2011 to 2016.