List of Famous people born on May 1st

Jamal Mahmoud is a Jordanian football manager of Palestinian origin, who was a midfielder for Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Ordon. He was the head coach of the Palestine national football team from 2011 to 2014.

General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham, was a senior officer of the British Army noted for his victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during the Second World War. Later he served as the seventh and last High Commissioner of Palestine. He was the younger brother of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope.

Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi was a Vietnamese Catholic prelate. He was Bishop of Phan Thiết from 1974 to 2005.

Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz, was a German lawyer, heraldist and genealogist who popularized a genealogical numbering system of ancestors.

Herbert Smith was a British aircraft designer.