List of Famous people born in May

Yvonne Maria Therèse van Gennip is one of the most successful female Dutch all-round speed skaters. Her main success dates from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she unexpectedly won three gold medals. She was the most successful athlete at the 1988 Winter Olympics, along with Matti Nykänen of Finland.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Tatosov was a Russian stage, television, voice and film actor. He had an honorary title People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991).

Roger Muraro is a French classical pianist.

Geoffrey Charles Ryman is a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy, slipstream and historical fiction.

Santiago Hernán Lombardi is an Argentinian politician and civil engineer. He currently serves as National Deputy representing Buenos Aires province. Previously, he served as Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa in 2001. Also, he served as Director of the System of Public Media of Argentina between 2015 and 2019, designated by president Mauricio Macri. He is part of Radical Civic Union.

Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko is the former director of Roscosmos, the federal space agency, retired Colonel General in the Russian Military, former Deputy Minister of Defence, and former commander of the Aerospace Defence Forces, a position he held from their foundation on 1 December 2011 until his promotion in November 2012. Prior to this he was commander of the Russian Space Forces from 2008, replacing Vladimir Popovkin.

David Kostelecký is a male Czech sports shooter. He won the gold medal in the Men's Trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also finished second in the 2006 ISSF World Cup final.

Laurette Spang-McCook is an American television actress. She is best known for playing the character Cassiopeia on the original Battlestar Galactica (1978).