May is a surname of Germanic (Saxon) and, independently, of Gaelic origin. There are many variants used in English-speaking countries, as well as several variants used in Germany. The Scottish May is a sept of Clan Donald. The surname "May" remains a common surname in Britain, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, as well as among Russians of German origin. People with the surname May include:
Abby May (1800–1877), American social activistAlan Nunn May (1911–2003), English spyAlexander May (1927–2008), German actor, producer, directorAlfred May (engineer) (1851–1920), engineer and inventor in South AustraliaAndrew J. May (1875–1959), American politicianArne May (born 1961), German neurologistArtur May (born 1922), former German judgeBarbara May (born 1961), Austrian actressBartholomäus May (1446–1531), Swiss statesmanBilly May (1916–2004), American arrangerBob May, see Robert MayBob May (golfer) (born 1968), American golferBrad May (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey playerBrian May (born 1947), English rock guitaristBuckshot May (1899–1984), American baseball playerButler May (1894–1917), known as "Stringbeans", American blues and vaudeville performerCarl Friedrich Rudolf May (1768–1846), Swiss statesmanCarlos May (born 1948), American baseball playerCharles S. May (1830–1891), American politician from MichiganChristine May (born 1948), Irish politicianClifford May (born 1951), American activistCorinna May (born 1970), German singerCorrinne May (Corrinne Foo May Ying, born 1973), Singaporean singer-songwriterCyril May, Australian singer-songwriterDan May (1898–1982), Nashville civic leaderDaniel May (born 1981), German politicianDaniel Boone May (1852–1878), American gunfighterDarrell May (born 1972), American baseball playerDave May (1943–2012), American baseball playerDavid May (computer scientist) (born 1951), computer scientistDavid May (footballer) (born 1970), English footballerDent May, American pop musicianDerrick May (baseball player) (born 1968)Derrick May (musician) (born 1963), American electronic pop music composerDonald May (born 1927), American actorDoris May (1902–1984), American film actressEddie May (1943–2012), English footballer and managerEdmund May (1876–1956), German architectEdna May (1878–1948), American singer and actressEduard May (1905–1956), German biologist, natural philosopherElaine May (born 1932), American screenwriter and directorElizabeth May (born 1954), Canadian politicianElizabeth May (athlete) (born 1983), Luxembourgian triathleteElmar May (1939–1999), German footballerEmil May (1850–1933), German engineerErnst May (1886–1970), German architectErskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough (1815–1886), English constitutional lawyerEugen May (born 1954), German actorEva May (1902–1924), Austrian actressEva-Maria May (born 1985), German actress and singerFerdinand May (1896–1977), German dramatist and authorFiona May (born 1969), Italian athleteFrancis Henry May (1860–1922), Hong Kong GovernorFrederick May (engineer) (John Frederick May, 1840–1897), Australian engineer and inventorFrederick May (composer) (1911–1985), Irish composerGeorg Oswald May (1738–1816), German painterGeorge S. May (1890–1962), American business and pre-eminent golf promoterGisela May (1924–2016), German actressGraham May (died 2006), New Zealand weightlifterGuido May (born 1968), German jazz musicianGustave May (1881–1943), American photographerHans May (1886–1958), Austrian film music composerHenriette May (1862–1928), German women's rights activistHenry May (disambiguation)Hugh May (1621–1684), English architectJack May (1922–1997), English actorJames May (born 1963), English motor journalistJan May (born 1995), German cyclistJesse May (born 1980), American poker playerJodhi May (born 1975), English actressJoe May (disambiguation)Joe May (1880–1954), Austrian film directorJohann Friedrich May (1697–1762), German political scientistJohn May (disambiguation)Jon May (born 1939), American mathematicianJonathan May (1958–2010), American cellist and conductorJoseph May (born 1974), English actorJulian May (born 1931), American science fiction authorJulie von May (1808–1875), Swiss feministJürgen May (born 1942), German athleteKarl May (1842–1912), German writerKarl Ivanovich May (1820–1895), Russian educator, see Karl May SchoolKenneth May (1915–1977), American mathematicianLady May, American rapperLarry May (born 1958), English footballerLee May (born 1943), American baseball playerLondon May (born 1967), American rock musicianMargaret May (born 1950), Australian politicianMárcio May (born 1972), Brazilian cyclistMarin May (born 1977), American actressMarc May (born 1956), American football playerMark May (born 1959), American football playerMathilda May (born 1965), French actressMia May (1884–1980), Austrian actressMichaela May (born 1952), German actressMichael May (racing driver) (born 1934), Swiss racing driverMichael May (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketerMike May (Colorado politician), American politician (Colorado)Mike May (Iowa politician) (born 1945), American politician (Iowa)Mike May (skier) (born 1954), winter Paralympics athleteMilt May (born 1950), American baseball playerMonica May (born 1984), American actressPercy May (1884–1965), English cricketerPeter May (cricketer) (1929–1994), English cricketerPeter May (writer) (born 1951), Scottish writerPhil May (caricaturist) (1864–1903), English illustratorPhil May (singer) (born 1944), English rock singer and lyricistPhilip May (born 1957), husband of Theresa MayRalphie May (born 1975), American comedianRaphael Ernst May (1858–1933), German economistRex May (born 1946), American cartoonist, also creator of artificial language CeqliRichard May (disambiguation)Robert May (disambiguation)Rollo May (1909–1994), American psychologistRüdiger May (born 1974), German boxerRudy May (born 1944), American baseball playerSarah May (born 1972), English writerScott May (born 1954), American basketball playerSean May (born 1984), American basketball playerSimon May (born 1944), English film and TV music composerSøren Nielsen May (died 1679), Danish priestTheresa May (born 1956), British Prime MinisterTim May (born 1962), Australian cricketerTimothy C. May, American engineer and writerTina May (born 1961), English jazz singerThomas May (1594/5–1650), English poetTom May (rugby union) (born 1979), English rugby playerTorsten May (born 1969), German boxerVincent May (born 1990), drummer for KodalineVladimir May-Mayevsky (1867–1920), Russian generalWilliam May (theologian) (died 1560), English archbishopWop May (1896–1952), Canadian pilotZakhar May (born 1969), Russian rock musician