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
42 years old
British actor famous as Superman in Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017)
45 years old
English football manager and former player who is famous for his years as a midfielder for Liverpool from 1998 to 2015
53 years old
American actress famous as Kim Wexler in legal crime series Better Call Saul (2015–2022), a prequel to Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Died aged 64
German philosopher, economist and political theorist whose revolutionary socialist theories and ideas are known as Marxism
Died aged 78
Dictator & 3rd president of Uganda from the military coup of 1971 (overthrow of Milton Obote) to his overthrow in 1979 by Yusuf Kironde Lule
43 years old
Tanzanian Bongo flava musician whose famous hits include Uko Wapi (2003), Nawewe Milele, Niwe Nawe, Mahaba Ya Dhati
50 years old
English singer, dancer, TV personality famous as Scary Spice of the Spice Girls with Melanie C, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell & Victoria Beckham
Died aged 61
American actor who starred on Big Love (2006–2011), The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), True Lies (1994), Titanic (1997)
34 years old
Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress, winner of 3rd season of Project Fame West Africa; made a transition from secular to gospel music
60 years old
American actress who starred in sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996–2000) & Lipstick Jungle (2008–2009)
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.