Famous people born in May: Legends with birthdays in May

Famous people born in May include John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the U.S., American actress Megan Fox, American rapper YNW Melly, and Pierce Brosnan who is most famous as James Bond in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day.

Other famous celebrities and personalities with May birthdays are Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Tony Blair the former Prime Minister of the UK from 1997 to 2007, and the 72nd U.S. Secretary of State since 2025, Marco Rubio. Other famous people born in May are Pope John Paul II and American singer Janet Jackson.

Celebrities and personalities with birthdays in May

Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson
Born on 15 May 1986
40 years old

American NFL player who has played as a quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, Oakland Raiders, and Los Angeles Wildcats

Onyii Alex
Onyii Alex
Born on 27 May 1987
38 years old

Nigerian Nollywood actress, model, businesswoman, and TV personality known for her versatility across multiple film genres

Elechi Amadi
Elechi Amadi
12 May 1934 - 29 Jun 2016
Died aged 82

Nigerian author, novelist and ex-soldier who wrote the famous 1966 novel, The Concubine

Ben Easter
Ben Easter
Born on 1 May 1979
47 years old

American actor and photographer who starred as Lance in I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)

James Mason
James Mason
15 May 1909 - 27 Jul 1984
Died aged 75

English actor who acted in Odd Man Out (1947), A Star Is Born (1954), Heaven Can Wait (1978), and Julius Caesar (1953)

Jim Kelly (martial artist)
Jim Kelly (martial artist)
5 May 1946 - 29 Jun 2013
Died aged 67

American athlete and martial artist actor famous in martial arts films Enter the Dragon (1973) and Black Belt Jones (1974)

Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi
8 May 1955 - 20 Aug 2012
Died aged 57

President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995, and prime minister from 1995 to 2012

Vanessa Bryant
Vanessa Bryant
Born on 5 May 1982
44 years old

Mexican-American businesswoman, philanthropist, and wife of the late famous NBA player Kobe Bryant

Patrice Talon
Patrice Talon
Born on 1 May 1958
68 years old

8th president of Benin from 2016 to 2026

Gianna Bryant
Gianna Bryant
1 May 2006 - 26 Jan 2020
Died aged 13

American student-athlete famous as daughter of basketball player Kobe Bryant and who died in a helicopter crash at age 13

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Famous people born in May
Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most famous people born in May

May Historical Events

1st May 1707: The Act of Union was signed between England and Scotland. With the signing, the two countries become one kingdom, and the Scottish and English Parliaments became united, thereby forming the Parliament of Great Britain.

This new joint house was based in the home of the English Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London. Scotland retained its independence in terms of their legal and religious systems. However, taxation, coinage, trade, parliament, sovereignty and flag became one with Britain.

2nd May 2011: The US Navy SEALS of SEAL Team Six killed 54-year old Osama bin Laden in his compound in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan. The leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda was a mastermind of many notable terrorist attacks against the United States, including the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
4th May 1494: Christopher Columbus, the famous European explorer, discovered Jamaica and met the Arawak and the Taino, the indigenous people of the Caribbean country.
10th May 1994: Nelson Mandela, the famous anti-apartheid activist and former political prisoner, became the first black president of South Africa. His inauguration on this date ended more than three centuries of minority white rule.

His winning party, The African National Congress (ANC), won the country's 1st multi-racial elections by taking 62% of the vote. His presidency ended on 14 June, 1999.

21st May 1991: Former Indian Prime Minister and husband to Sonia Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated at the age of 46. He had become the 6th and youngest Indian Prime minister at 40 years of age, and had succeeded his mother, the then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who was also assassinated. Rajiv Gandhi served as PM between 1984 and 1989.

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