Famous People Born in May
Actors, musicians, athletes, politicians, and more — all born in May. Click any person to read their full biography.
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Adele
b. May 5, 1988
Alexander Pope
b. May 21, 1688 — d. 1744
Angel Reese
b. May 6, 2002
Arthur Conan Doyle
b. May 22, 1859 — d. 1930
Audrey Hepburn
b. May 4, 1929 — d. 1993
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
b. May 1, 1764 — d. 1820
Bertrand Russell
b. May 18, 1872 — d. 1970
Bob Clampett
b. May 8, 1913 — d. 1984
Bob Dylan
b. May 24, 1941
Bob Hope
b. May 29, 1903 — d. 2003
Bob Seger
b. May 6, 1945
Bono
b. May 10, 1960
Brian Eno
b. May 15, 1948
Carlos Alcaraz
b. May 5, 2003
Cate Blanchett
b. May 14, 1969
Cher
b. May 20, 1946
Chien-Shiung Wu
b. May 31, 1912 — d. 1997
Clint Eastwood
b. May 31, 1930
David Attenborough
b. May 8, 1926
Don Rickles
b. May 8, 1926 — d. 2017
Duke of Wellington
b. May 1, 1769 — d. 1852
Dwayne Johnson
b. May 2, 1972
Enrico Berlinguer
b. May 25, 1922 — d. 1984
Eva Perón
b. May 7, 1919 — d. 1952
Florence Nightingale
b. May 12, 1820 — d. 1910
Frank Stella
b. May 12, 1936 — d. 2024
George Clooney
b. May 6, 1961
George Karl
b. May 12, 1951
Germanicus
b. May 24, 15 BC — d. 19
Grace Jones
b. May 19, 1948
H. Jon Benjamin
b. May 23, 1966
Harry S. Truman
b. May 8, 1884 — d. 1972
Harvey Milk
b. May 22, 1930 — d. 1978
Helena Bonham Carter
b. May 26, 1966
Honoré de Balzac
b. May 20, 1799 — d. 1850
Ian Fleming
b. May 28, 1908 — d. 1964
Igor Sikorsky
b. May 25, 1889 — d. 1972
Ivan Sutherland
b. May 16, 1938
James Brown
b. May 3, 1933 — d. 2006
Jamie Dornan
b. May 1, 1982
Janet Jackson
b. May 16, 1966
Jerry Quarry
b. May 15, 1945 — d. 1999
Jessica Watson
b. May 18, 1993
Jim Calhoun
b. May 10, 1942
Joan Collins
b. May 23, 1933
Johannes Brahms
b. May 7, 1833 — d. 1897
John F. Kennedy
b. May 29, 1917 — d. 1963
John Mott
b. May 25, 1865 — d. 1955