Famous People Born in May - Birthplaces & Biographies

Mariya Muzichuk

Born: May 21st, 1992

📍 Lviv, Ukraine

🏷️ Chess player

Sam Smith

Born: May 19th, 1992

📍 London, England

🏷️ Singer

Tatiana Schlossberg

Born: May 5th, 1990

📍 Weill Cornell Medical Center, United States

🏷️ Journalist,Writer

Tessa Virtue

Born: May 17th, 1989

📍 London, Ontario, Canada

🏷️ Athlete,Figure Skating

Ilin Ilya

Born: May 24th, 1988

📍 Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan

🏷️ Athlete,Weightlifting

Adele Adkins

Born: May 5th, 1988

📍 London, England

🏷️ Singer

Andy Murray

Born: May 15th, 1987

📍 Glasgow, Scotland

🏷️ Athlete,Tennis

Pentala Harikrishna

Born: May 10th, 1986

📍 Guntur, India

🏷️ Chess player

Mark Zuckerberg

Born: May 14th, 1984

📍 White Plains, New York, USA

🏷️ Entrepreneur

Fatima Bhutto

Born: May 29th, 1982

📍 Kabul, Afghanistan

🏷️ Novelist

Julian Aguon

Born: May 28th, 1982

📍 Guam

🏷️ Essayist

Ottessa Moshfegh

Born: May 20th, 1981

📍 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

🏷️ Novelist

Rami Malek

Born: May 12th, 1981

📍 Los Angeles, California, USA

🏷️ Actor

Freida McFadden

Born: May 1st, 1980

📍 New York City, United States

🏷️ Writer

Natalia Zhukova

Born: May 5th, 1979

📍 Kyiv, Ukraine

🏷️ Chess player

Hanna Alwan

Born: May 16th, 1976

📍 Beirut, Lebanon

🏷️ Novelist

Mary Watson

Born: May 31st, 1975

📍 Cape Town, South Africa

🏷️ Novelist

Enrique Iglesias

Born: May 8th, 1975

📍 Madrid, Spain

🏷️ Singer

Rhea Seahorn

Born: May 12th, 1972

📍 Virginia Beach, United States

🏷️ Actress,Comedian

Cate Blanchett

Born: May 14th, 1969

📍 Melbourne, Australia

🏷️ Actor

Aminatta Forna

Born: May 16th, 1964

📍 Freetown, Sierra Leone

🏷️ Writer

Melissa Gilbert

Born: May 8th, 1964

📍 Los Angeles, United States

🏷️ Actress,Director

Amit Chaudhuri

Born: May 15th, 1962

📍 Calcutta, India

🏷️ Novelist

Julie Otsuka

Born: May 15th, 1962

📍 Palo Alto, USA

🏷️ Novelist

George Clooney

Born: May 6th, 1961

📍 Lexington, Kentucky, USA

🏷️ Actor,Filmmaker

Bernardine Evaristo

Born: May 28th, 1959

📍 London, UK

🏷️ Novelist

Alaa Al Aswany

Born: May 26th, 1957

📍 Cairo, Egypt

🏷️ Novelist

Chow Yun-fat

Born: May 18th, 1955

📍 Hong Kong

🏷️ Actor

Anatoly Karpov

Born: May 23rd, 1951

📍 Zlatoust, Russia

🏷️ Chess player,Politician

Stevie Wonder

Born: May 13th, 1950

📍 Saginaw, Michigan, USA

🏷️ Singer

Svetlana Alexievich

Born: May 31st, 1948

📍 Stanislav, Belarus

🏷️ Journalist,Writer

Joe Cocker

Born: May 20th, 1944

📍 Sheffield, United Kingdom

🏷️ Artist,Singer

W. G. Sebald

Born: May 18th, 1944

📍 Wissembourg, France

🏷️ Writer

Bob Dylan

Born: May 24th, 1941

📍 Duluth, Minnesota, USA

🏷️ Novelist,Poet,Songwriter,Writer

Elena Poniatowska

Born: May 19th, 1932

📍 Paris, France

🏷️ Journalist,Writer

Valentino

Born: May 11th, 1932

📍 Voghera, Italy

🏷️ Artist

Audrey Hepburn

Born: May 4th, 1929

📍 Ixelles, Belgium

🏷️ Actor

Richard Feynman

Born: May 11th, 1918

📍 New York City, USA

🏷️ scientist

John F. Kennedy

Born: May 29th, 1917

📍 Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

🏷️ Political leader,statesman

Romain Gary

Born: May 8th, 1914

📍 Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania

🏷️ Writer

Wu Chien-Shiung

Born: May 31st, 1912

📍 Liuhe, China

🏷️ Particle Physicist,Scientist

Patrick White

Born: May 28th, 1912

📍 Tenterfield, Australia

🏷️ Writer

Saadat Hasan Manto

Born: May 11th, 1912

📍 Samrala, India

🏷️ Writer

Rachel Carson

Born: May 27th, 1907

📍 Springdale, USA

🏷️ scientist

T. H. White

Born: May 29th, 1906

📍 Saratov, Russia

🏷️ Writer

Salvador Dalí

Born: May 11th, 1904

📍 Figueres, Spain

🏷️ Painter

Bing Crosby

Born: May 3rd, 1903

📍 Tacoma, Washington, USA

🏷️ Actor,Artist,Musician,Singer

Tamara de Lempicka

Born: May 16th, 1898

📍 Warsaw, Poland

🏷️ Painter

Edmund Wilson

Born: May 28th, 1895

📍 Red Bank, New Jersey, USA

🏷️ Critic,Writer

Alexander Aljechin

Born: May 31st, 1892

📍 Moscow, Russia

🏷️ Chess player

Pär Lagerkvist

Born: May 23rd, 1891

📍 Växjö, Sweden

🏷️ Poet,Writer

Mikhail Bulgakov

Born: May 15th, 1891

📍 Kyiv, Ukraine

🏷️ Writer

Katherine Anne Porter

Born: May 15th, 1890

📍 Indianapolis, USA

🏷️ Writer

Saint‑John Perse

Born: May 31st, 1887

📍 Rabat, Morocco

🏷️ Poet

Harry S. Truman

Born: May 8th, 1884

📍 Lamar, Missouri, USA

🏷️ Political leader,businessman

Sigrid Undset

Born: May 20th, 1882

📍 Kalundborg, Denmark

🏷️ Writer

Georges Braque

Born: May 13th, 1882

📍 Argenteuil, France

🏷️ Painter,Sculptor

Tagore Rabindranath

Born: May 7th, 1861

📍 Calcutta, India

🏷️ Poet,Writer

Sigmund Freud

Born: May 6th, 1856

📍 Příbor, Czech Republic

🏷️ Neurologist,Scientist

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Born: May 5th, 1846

📍 Wola Okrzejska, Poland

🏷️ Writer

Mary Cassatt

Born: May 22nd, 1844

📍 Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, USA

🏷️ Painter

Benito Pérez Galdós

Born: May 10th, 1843

📍 Las Palmas, Spain

🏷️ Writer

Alphonse Daudet

Born: May 13th, 1840

📍 Nîmes, France

🏷️ Writer

Wilhelm Steinitz

Born: May 17th, 1836

📍 Prague, Czech Republic

🏷️ Chess player

Johannes Brahms

Born: May 7th, 1833

📍 Hamburg, Germany

🏷️ Composer,Conductor,Pianist

Walt Whitman

Born: May 31st, 1819

📍 West Hills, USA

🏷️ Poet,Writer

Victoria (Queen)

Born: May 24th, 1819

📍 Kensington Palace, United Kingdom

🏷️ Political leader

Robert Browning

Born: May 7th, 1812

📍 London, England

🏷️ Poet

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Born: May 25th, 1803

📍 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

🏷️ Poet,Writer

Mary Anning

Born: May 21st, 1799

📍 Lyme Regis, England

🏷️ Scientist

Honoré de Balzac

Born: May 20th, 1799

📍 Tours, France

🏷️ Writer

Carl Linnaeus

Born: May 23rd, 1707

📍 Råshult, Sweden

🏷️ scientist

Albrecht Dürer

Born: May 21st, 1471

📍 Nuremberg, Germany

🏷️ Engraver,Painter

Niccolò Machiavelli

Born: May 3rd, 1469

📍 Florence, Italy

🏷️ Historian,Philosopher,Writer