List of Famous people born on May 1st

Kurimoto Jōun was a Japanese hatamoto samurai, physician, diplomat, philosopher, and journalist. He was also known to have used the name Sehē (瀬兵衛).

Sisavath Keobounphanh was Vice President of Laos from 1996 to 1998 and third Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Laos from 1998 to 2000. He was succeeded by Bounnhang Vorachith. He was a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and was President of the Lao Front for National Construction from 2001 to 2011, when he was succeeded by Phandoungchit Vongsa.

Jorge Félix Arrate Mac Niven is a Chilean lawyer, economist, writer and politician. He was the Minister of State for the Chilean presidents Salvador Allende, Patricio Aylwin, and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. In 2009, he was appointed as candidate for president of Chile in representation of the political alliance Juntos Podemos Más and other leftist political movements, obtaining 6.21 percent of the total votes in the elections of that year.