Compared per date, so a 31-day month has no advantage over February. May averages 43.1 notable people and 0.97 billionaires per date, ranking #11 and #6 of 12 respectively, with $331B of combined reported wealth (#6 of 12). See the full month table.
$69.8Bolder estimate, as of October 2019 · Bloomberg
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 October 2019; not a live figure.
Who is born in May
Fields across the month
Share of the 1,336 people we list, by documented field.
Authors28% (379 people)
Actors24% (319 people)
Creators19% (259 people)
Musicians18% (244 people)
Athletes18% (241 people)
Politicians17% (230 people)
Entrepreneurs16% (212 people)
Countries
139 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States398 (398 people)
United Kingdom119 (119 people)
France112 (112 people)
Japan50 (50 people)
Germany43 (43 people)
Italy43 (43 people)
Spain31 (31 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 2025. Month ranks compare all twelve months on the dataset built on 2026-09-07. Read the methodology.
