page_title: 1981
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1981 / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Danielle Fishel at the 2016 Emmys
context_page_description: 1981 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.
context_section_description: May 1
  Alexander Hleb, Belarusian football player
  Wes Welker, American football player
  May 2
  Robert Buckley, American actor
  Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress
  May 3
  Farrah Franklin, American singer
  Natalie Tong, Hong Kong actress
  U;Nee, South Korean singer and actress (d. 2007)
  May 4
  Jason Kander, American politician and podcaster
  Jacques Rudolph, South African cricketer
  May 5
  Chris Duncan, American baseball player (d. 2019)
  Craig David, English singer
  Danielle Fishel, American actress
  Zach McGowan, American actor
  May 8
  Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
  Andrés Romero, Argentine golfer
  May 11
  Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
  Daisuke Matsui, Japanese football player
  Dusán Mukics, Slovene journalist and reporter in Hungary
  Terry Pheto, South African actress
  Austin O'Brien, American actor and photographer
  May 12
  Rami Malek, American actor
  Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
  Dennis Trillo, Filipino actor
  May 13
  Sunny Leone, Canadian pornstar and Bollywood actress
  Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
  Jimmy Wang Yang, Korean professional wrestler
  May 15
  Patrice Evra, Senegalese-born French footballer
  Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
  Zara Tindall, British elite equestrienne
  May 16 – Joseph Morgan, English actor
  Dimitri Vegas, Belgian DJ, Producer and half of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
  May 17 – Shiri Maimon, Israeli pop/R&B singer, TV show host and actress
  May 18
  Hamish Macdonald, Australian broadcast journalist and news presenter
  Adam Green, American singer-songwriter
  May 19
  Sani Bečirovič, Slovenian basketball player
  Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
  Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
  Georges St-Pierre, Canadian mixed martial arts fighter
  May 20
  Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
  Rachel Platten, American singer-songwriter
  Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
  Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
  May 21
  Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
  Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
  May 22
  Daniel Bryan, American professional wrestler
  Melissa Gregory, American figure skater
  May 23
  Tim Robinson, American actor and comedian
  Charles Rogers, American football player (d. 2019)
  May 24
  Andy Lee, Austraian comedian and musician
  Penny Taylor, Australian baseball player
  May 25 – Logan Tom, American volleyball player.
  May 26
  Anthony Ervin, American swimmer
  Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  May 27 – Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina
  May 28
  Laura Bailey, American voice actress
  Aaron Schock, American politician
  May 29
  Justin Chon, American actor
  Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player
  Brian Simnjanovski, American football player (d. 2009)
  Alton Ford, American basketball player (d. 2018)
  May 30 – Remy Ma, American rapper
  May 31 – Jake Peavy, American baseball player
caption: Danielle Fishel
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