Compared per date, so a 31-day month has no advantage over February. May averages 46.5 notable people and 2.23 billionaires per date, ranking #11 and #7 of 12 respectively, with $725B of combined reported wealth (#8 of 12). See the full month table.
$220Breported estimate as of December 2025 · Forbes
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman and programmer who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms. He is its chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and controlling shareholder.
Born May 14. Reported estimate as of December 2025; not a live figure.
Who is born in May
Fields across the month
Share of the 1,441 people we list, by documented field.
Authors26% (381 people)
Actors22% (320 people)
Entrepreneurs20% (295 people)
Creators18% (262 people)
Athletes17% (244 people)
Musicians17% (244 people)
Politicians17% (244 people)
Countries
147 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States425 (425 people)
United Kingdom121 (121 people)
France117 (117 people)
Japan51 (51 people)
Italy46 (46 people)
Germany45 (45 people)
Spain32 (32 people)
About these numbers
Counts cover the people on the public page for each May date, every one traced to a Wikidata record. Billionaires need a dated estimate of at least $1B from Forbes, Bloomberg, the Sunday Times Rich List, Hurun or a filing; combined wealth adds the low end of those estimates, the newest as of September 2026. Month ranks compare all twelve months on the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Read the methodology.
