Jamie Dornan (42 years old)
May 1 Irish actor (Fifty Shades of Grey), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- May 1 Katya [Brian McCook] American drag queen, comedian and TV performer (The Trixie and Katya Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- May 3 Danielle Deadwyler, American actress (Till), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- May 3 Rebecca Hall, British stage and screen actress (Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Frost/Nixon; Christine), and filmmaker (Passing), born in London, England m.
- May 8 Anthony Roth Costanzo, American operatic countertenor (Akhnaten), actor, and educator, born in Durham, North Carolina
- May 9 Rachel Boston, American actress
- May 10 Despina Caldis, Greek-Australian actress
Cory Monteith (1982-2013)
May 11 Canadian actor and singer (Glee; Monte Carlo), born in Calgary, Alberta
- May 11 Jonathan Jackson, actor (Lucky-General Hospital), born in Orlando Florida
- May 13 Ana Cabrera, American journalist and TV news anchor (CNN), born in Denver, Colorado
- May 15 Alex Breckenridge, American actress
- May 15 Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer-songwriter, and actress (The Pussycat Dolls), born in Miami, Florida
- May 15 Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
- May 16 Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
- May 21 Tay Zonday [Adam Bahner], American singer-songwriter ("Chocolate Rain"), and YouTube personality, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- May 22 John Bobek, American actor
- May 26 David Reed, British writer and comedian
- May 28 Alexa Davalos, American actress
- May 29 Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model (Sports Illustrated), born in Itabira, Brazil
- May 29 Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2014)
- May 31 Jonathan Tucker, American actor (Kingdom), born in Boston, Massachusetts
About May 1982
How Old? 42 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: No