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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John Wayne
b. May 26, 1907 — d. 1979
JoJo Siwa
b. May 19, 2003
José Mujica
b. May 20, 1935 — d. 2025
Josh Allen
b. May 21, 1996
Justus von Liebig
b. May 12, 1803 — d. 1873
Karl Marx
b. May 5, 1818 — d. 1883
Kate Smith
b. May 1, 1907 — d. 1986
Katharine Hepburn
b. May 12, 1907 — d. 2003
L. Frank Baum
b. May 15, 1856 — d. 1919
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
b. May 5, 1747 — d. 1792
Lorenzo Music
b. May 2, 1937 — d. 2001
Louis Gossett Jr.
b. May 27, 1936 — d. 2024
Maggie Q
b. May 22, 1979
Malcolm X
b. May 19, 1925 — d. 1965
Marisol Escobar
b. May 22, 1930 — d. 2016
Marquis of Pombal
b. May 13, 1699 — d. 1782
Martha Graham
b. May 11, 1894 — d. 1991
Mike Myers
b. May 25, 1963
Miles Davis
b. May 26, 1926 — d. 1991
Mohanlal
b. May 21, 1960
MrBeast
b. May 7, 1998
Niccolò Machiavelli
b. May 3, 1469 — d. 1527
Norman Vincent Peale
b. May 31, 1898 — d. 1993
Novak Djokovic
b. May 22, 1987
Oliver Heaviside
b. May 18, 1850 — d. 1925
Orson Welles
b. May 6, 1915 — d. 1985
Patti LaBelle
b. May 24, 1944
Paul Weller
b. May 25, 1958
Philip Kotler
b. May 27, 1931 — d. 2024
Pierce Brosnan
b. May 16, 1953
Pol Pot
b. May 19, 1925 — d. 1998
Pope John Paul II
b. May 18, 1920 — d. 2005
Queen Victoria
b. May 24, 1819 — d. 1901
Ralph Waldo Emerson
b. May 25, 1803 — d. 1882
Richard Wagner
b. May 22, 1813 — d. 1883
Rudolf I of Germany
b. May 1, 1218 — d. 1291
Rudy Giuliani
b. May 28, 1944
Sabrina Carpenter
b. May 11, 1999
Salvador Dalí
b. May 11, 1904 — d. 1989
Sigmund Freud
b. May 6, 1856 — d. 1939
Stevie Wonder
b. May 13, 1950
Sugar Ray Leonard
b. May 17, 1956
Ted Sorensen
b. May 8, 1928 — d. 2010
Tessa Virtue
b. May 17, 1989
Tina Fey
b. May 18, 1970
Tom of Finland
b. May 8, 1920 — d. 1991
Tony Gwynn
b. May 9, 1960 — d. 2014
Tony Hawk
b. May 12, 1968