- May 7 Breckin Meyer, American voice actor and actor (Robot Chicken), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- May 11 Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
- May 11 Benoît Magimel, French actor
- May 13 Brian Geraghty, American actor
- May 14 Keram Malichi-Sanchez, actor (No Contest, Catwalk, Boulevard)
- May 14 Jennifer Allan, American model
- May 15 Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
- May 16 Adam Richman, American TV personality (Man v Food), born in Brooklyn, New York
- May 17 Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
- May 19 Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor (Gangs of Wasseypur- Faizal Khan), born in Budhana, Uttar Pradesh
- May 22 Sean Gunn, American actor
- May 22 A. J. Langer, American actress
- May 23 Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer (Seven Swords), born in Hong Kong
- May 24 Will Sasso, Canadian-American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges 2012), born in Ladner, British Columbia, Canada
- May 28 Alicia Minshew, American actress (Kendall Hart-All My Children), born in Plantation, Florida
- May 29 Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks
- May 30 Cee-Lo Green [Thomas Callaway], American Grammy winning singer-songwriter (Crazy, F*** You), reality TV judge (The Voice), record producer, and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
About May 1974
How Old? 46 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No