Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
May 1992 Missing May 
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character
May Kennedy 2002 May
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
3 characters
(character) Maggie May 18xx; 1970 Maggie May; Maggie Mae
(character) Maggie May 1971 Maggie May
(character) May 2010 Maggie and Milly and Molly and May
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 literature, 1 medicine
(literature) Doris Lessing (a.k.a. May) 2007
(medicine) May-Britt Moser 2014
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
14 actors
May Robson 1858-1942
May Whitty 1865-1948
Lucille Young (a.k.a. May) 1883-1934
Edna May Oliver 1883-1942
May McAvoy 1899-1984
Anna May Wong 1905-1961
Dora Bryan (a.k.a. May) 1923-2014
Doris Roberts (a.k.a. May) 1925-2016
Julie Adams (a.k.a. May) 1926-2019
Sylvia Syms (a.k.a. May) 1934-2023
Sheila Tousey (a.k.a. May) 1960-
Rachael Taylor (a.k.a. May) 1984-
Eleanor Tomlinson (a.k.a. May) 1992-
Bella Ramsey (a.k.a. May) 2003-
Notable Musicians:
2 singers
Lorrie Collins (a.k.a. May) 1942-2018
Millie Small (a.k.a. May) 1947-2020
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 biologist
May-Britt Moser 1963-
Notable Writers:
2 authors, 1 playwright/poet
Louisa May Alcott 1832-1888
May Miller 1899-1995
Doris Lessing (a.k.a. May) 1919-2013
Olympic Medalists:
2 bronze, 1 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold, 1 silver
(silver) Horatio Fitch (a.k.a. May) 1924 400 m
(bronze/gold) Ethel Smith (a.k.a. May) 1928 100 m; 4x100 m relay
(bronze/silver) Eileen Hiscock (a.k.a. May) 1932; 1936 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Hilda Cameron (a.k.a. May) 1936 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Sonia Lannaman (a.k.a. May) 1980 4x100 m relay
(gold) Aleen Bailey (a.k.a. May) 2004 4x100 m relay
Saints:
1 saint
Saint Marius (a.k.a. May) ?-555
Tolkien's Characters:
1 character
May Gamgee (f)