- May 1 Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player (12 ATP titles), born in Hostalric, Spain
- May 1 Jamie Dornan, Irish actor (Fifty Shades of Grey), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- May 1 Katya [Brian McCook] American drag queen, comedian and TV performer (The Trixie and Katya Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- May 1 Darijo Srna, Croatian soccer defender (134 caps; Shakhtar Donetsk 339 games), born in Metković, Croatia
- May 1 Beto, Portuguese soccer goalkeeper (16 caps; Sevilla, Göztepe S.K.), born in Lisbon, Portugal
- May 1 Justė Janulytė, Lithuanian contemporary classical composer (Observation Of Clouds; The Color of Water), born in Vilnius, Lithuania
- May 1 Ambrose Akinmusire, American avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer (The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint), born in Oakland, California
- May 2 Lorie [Laure Pester], French singer, born in Le Plessis-Bouchard, Île-de-France
- May 3 Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player, born in Dnipro, Ukraine
- May 3 Rebecca Hall, British stage and screen actress (Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Frost/Nixon; Christine), and filmmaker (Passing), born in London, England m.
- May 4 Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer, born in Peristeri, Athens
- May 4 Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer, born in Vienna, Austria
- May 4 Hector King, Mexican singer and songwriter, born in Culiacán, Mexico
- May 5 Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer, born in Kortrijk, Belgium
- May 5 Randall Gay, American NFL player (New Orleans Saints), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- May 5 Jay Bothroyd, English footballer (striker for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo), born in London
- May 7 Akos Buzsaky, Hungarian Football player
- May 7 Matt Gaetz, American politician (Rep-R-Fla 2017-), born in Hollywood, Florida
- May 8 Adrian Gonzalez, American-Mexican baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), born in San Diego, California
- May 9 Rachel Boston, American actress
- May 10 Daniel Harris, Australian rules footballer
- May 10 Despina Caldis, Greek-Australian actress
- May 10 Jeremy Gable, American playwright
- May 11 Jonathan Jackson, actor (Lucky-General Hospital), born in Orlando Florida
- May 11 Andrew Walter, American football player
Cory Monteith
May 11 Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (Glee; Monte Carlo), born in Calgary, Alberta (d. 2013)
- May 13 Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
- May 13 Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer, born in Washington D.C.
- May 13 Ana Cabrera, American journalist (CNN anchor),
- May 14 Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
- May 14 BeardyMan, English beatboxer
- May 15 Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer, born in San Lorenzo, Ecuador
- May 15 Alex Breckenridge, American actress
- May 15 Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete
- May 15 Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
- May 15 Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (The Pussycat Dolls)
- May 16 Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
- May 16 Hanna Mariën, Belgian athlete
- May 16 Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
- May 17 Tony Parker, French basketball guard (NBA C'ship 2003, 05, 07, 14; NBA Finals MVP 2007; 6 × NBA All-Star; San Antonio Spurs), born in Bruges, Belgium
- May 17 Hunter Mahan, American golfer (World Matchplay 2012; Ryder Cup 2014), born in Orange, California
- May 18 Jason Brown, English-born footballer, born in London, England
- May 19 Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
- May 19 Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
- May 20 Petr Čech, Czech footballer
- May 20 Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
- May 21 Tay Zonday [Adam Bahner], American singer-songwriter ("Chocolate Rain"), and YouTube personality, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- May 21 Ma'a Nonu, New Zealand rugby union player and All Black, born in Wellington, New Zealand
- May 22 Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater
- May 22 John Bobek, American actor
- May 23 Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer
- May 23 Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
- May 23 Tristan Prettyman, American musician
- May 24 Bill Haas, American golfer (6 PGA Tour titles), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- May 24 Issah Ahmed, Ghanaian football player, born in Dawu, Ghana
- May 24 DaMarcus Beasley, American footballer (Houston Dynamo), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- May 25 Rasheeda [Buckner-Frost], American hiphop singer, born in Decatur, Illinois
- May 25 Adam Boyd, English footballer, born in Hartlepool, England
- May 25 Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer, born in Oslo, Norway
- May 25 Ryan Gallant, American professional skateboarder, born in Southboro, Massachusetts
- May 26 Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
- May 26 David Reed, British writer and comedian
- May 28 Alexa Davalos, American actress
- May 28 Jhonny Peralta, Dominican MLB baseball shortstop, 2003-17, 3X All-Star (Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals), born in Santiago, Dominican Republic
- May 29 Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model (Sports Illustrated), born in Itabira, Brazil
- May 29 Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2014)
- May 29 Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian heptathlete (Olympic gold 2008), born in Yakushyntsi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine
- May 29 Kim Tae-kyun, South Korean baseball 1st baseman (KBO Triple Crown 2005, 08), born in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province
- May 30 Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
- May 31 Jonathan Tucker, American actor
About May 1982
How Old? 39 or 40 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: No