Famous birthdays in May

David Beckham

May 2 Athlete 2,153,437 visits

Sir David Robert Joseph Beckham ( BEK-əm; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City F.C.. Primarily a right midfielder and known for his range of passing, crossing ability and set-piece…

Ousmane Dembélé

May 15 Athlete 2,087,888 visits

Masour Ousmane Dembélé (French pronunciation: [usman dɛmbele]; born 15 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is o…

Novak Djokovic

May 22 Athlete 1,558,217 visits

Novak Djokovic (born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a record 428 weeks, finished as the year-end No. 1 a record eight times, and has been ranked No. …

Clint Eastwood

May 31 Actor 1,401,104 visits

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is a retired American actor and filmmaker. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during…

Katherine Jackson

May 4 Other 1,340,914 visits

Katherine Esther Jackson (née Scruse; born May 4, 1930) is the matriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes her children Michael and Janet Jackson. Michael dedicated his sixth studio album Thriller (1982) to her. Janet did the same with her fourth studio album Rh…

David Attenborough

May 8 Other 1,272,641 visits

Sir David Frederick Attenborough ( AT-ən-bər-ə; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, natural historian, and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned seven decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection,…

Kylie Minogue

May 28 Actress 1,271,264 visits

Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and the fashion world as a major style icon. Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, …

Annette Bening

May 29 Actress 1,205,714 visits

Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Actor Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, …

John F. Kennedy

May 29 Politician 1,113,529 visits

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy serv…

Janet Jackson

May 16 Actress 1,105,773 visits

Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her innovative works that incorporate socially conscious and sexually provocative themes, as well as her elaborate stage …

Alexandra Eala

May 23 Athlete 1,061,209 visits

Alexandra Maniego Eala (born May 23, 2005) is a Filipino professional tennis player. On August 3, 2026, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, the highest ever for a Filipino in WTA Tour history. She is the first Filipino to break into the top 20, defeat top-…

Dwayne Johnson

May 2 Athlete 1,057,479 visits

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name "the Rock", is an American actor and professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on a part-time basis. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Johnson was i…

Jeffrey Dahmer

May 21 Other 1,033,880 visits

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (; May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer committed his first murder in …

Aryna Sabalenka

May 5 Athlete 1,022,825 visits

Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA and is a former No. 1 in doubles. Sabalenka has won 24 career singles titles, including four majors—two each at the Australian O…

Raúl Jiménez

May 5 Athlete 1,006,071 visits

Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez (Latin American Spanish: [raˈul xiˈmenes]; born 5 May 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Mexico national team. Jiménez began his career in Club América's youth s…

Alfred Molina

May 24 Actor 999,733 visits

Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina; 24 May 1953) is a British and American actor. He is known for roles on the stage and screen. Molina has received a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a British Independent Film Award, an Independent Spi…

Bob Dylan

May 24 Musician 984,597 visits

Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 69-year career. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated…

Carlos Alcaraz

May 5 Athlete 968,646 visits

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 66 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2022 and 2025. Alcaraz has won 26 ATP Tour–level s…

Cher

May 20 Actress 808,943 visits

Cher ( SHAIR; legally mononymous; born Cheryl Sarkisian, May 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress. Dubbed the "Goddess of Pop", she is known for her androgynous, contralto voice, bold fashion, elaborate stagecraft and multifaceted career. Her screen roles often reflect her…

Timothy Olyphant

May 20 Actor 776,340 visits

Timothy David Olyphant ( OL-ih-fənt; born May 20, 1968) is an American actor. He made his acting debut in an off-Broadway theater in 1995 in The Monogamist, winning the Theatre World Award for his performance. Olyphant then originated David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries in 1996.…

Stephen Colbert

May 13 Actor 776,191 visits

Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( kohl-BAIR; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS late-night talk …

Thibaut Courtois

May 11 Athlete 765,582 visits

Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (French pronunciation: [tibo kuʁtwa]; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtiboː kurˈtʋaː]; born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Belgium national team. He is regarded as one of the gr…

Josh O'Connor

May 20 Actor 761,734 visits

Joshua Mathias O'Connor (born 20 May 1990) is an English actor. From 2016 to 2019, he had a major role portraying Larry Durrell in ITV's The Durrells. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a closeted sheep farmer in Francis Lee's romantic drama God's Own Country (2017)…

Megan Fox

May 16 Actress 752,053 visits

Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the family film Holiday in the Sun (2001), which was followed by numerous supporting roles in film and television, such as the teen musical comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)…

Sabrina Carpenter

May 11 Actress 749,178 visits

Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter, and actress. She first gained prominence starring as Maya Hart on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World (2014–2017). She signed with the Disney-owned Hollywood Records and achieved limited succes…

MrBeast

May 7 Other 724,532 visits

James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), better known as MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, media personality, businessman, philanthropist, and actor. He is the founder of Beast Industries, a conglomerate that holds various media channels, MrBeast Burger, Feastables, Lu…

Pierce Brosnan

May 16 Actor 670,393 visits

Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor. He achieved worldwide fame playing James Bond in four James Bond films from 1995 to 2002: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). Brosnan has also receive…

Rishi Sunak

May 12 Politician 655,452 visits

Rishi Sunak (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2022 to 2024. Following his defeat to Keir Starmer's Labour Party in the 2024 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition, …

Lena Dunham

May 13 Actress 645,026 visits

Lena Dunham (; born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed s…

Carmelo Anthony

May 29 Athlete 628,574 visits

Carmelo Kyam Anthony ( kar-MEL-oh; born May 29, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Melo", Anthony played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a ten-time NBA All-Star and six-time All-NBA Team member. He played college …

Rodrigo De Paul

May 24 Athlete 622,970 visits

Rodrigo Javier De Paul (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣo ðe pol]; born 24 May 1994) is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. De Paul started his career at Racing Club in Argent…

Billy Joel

May 9 Musician 618,842 visits

William Martin Joel ( JOHL; born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Piano Man", after his 1973 signature song of the same name, Joel has had a successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s. From 1971 to 1993, he released 12 entirely s…

Franco Baresi

May 8 Athlete 612,179 visits

Franco Baresi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko baˈreːzi, -eːsi]; born Franchino Baresi; 8 May 1960 – 31 July 2026) was an Italian football player and manager. He mainly played as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining the cl…

Brooke Shields

May 31 Actress 606,544 visits

Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and current president of the Actors' Equity Association. A child model starting at the age of 11 months, Shields gained widespread notoriety for her leading role in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978), in which s…

Rami Malek

May 12 Actor 606,267 visits

Rami Said Malek (English: ; Arabic: رامي سعيد مالك, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈɾɑːmi sæˈʕiːd ˈmæːlek]; born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He gained recognition for portraying Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which he won numer…

Lauryn Hill

May 26 Actress 604,768 visits

Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She is considered one of the most influential musicians of her time. A definitive figure in neo soul and a pioneer of rap-singing and melodic rap, The Telegraph credited Hill with the populariza…

Jake Bongiovi

May 7 Actor 604,692 visits

Jacob Hurley Bongiovi (born May 7, 2002) is an American model and actor. He is the son of rock musician Jon Bon Jovi.

Dan Burn

May 9 Athlete 589,542 visits

Daniel Johnson Burn (born 9 May 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team. Burn made his debut in the English Football League for Darlington in 2009 and joined Fulham …

George Clooney

May 6 Actor 582,774 visits

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his leading man roles on screen in both blockbuster and independent films, Clooney has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards as …

Helena Bonham Carter

May 26 Actress 579,064 visits

Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is a British actress. She is known for her character roles as eccentric women in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985) and t…