page_title: 1957
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1957 / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: Depicted person&#58; &#32;Kevin Von Erich&#32;– American professional wrestler
context_page_description: 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: May 2 – Michael Coyle, American composer
  May 3
  Jo Brand, English comedian
  William Clay Ford Jr., American automobile executive
  May 4 – Iona Morris, American actress
  May 5 – Richard E. Grant, English actor
  May 6 – Mbah Surip, Indonesian singer (d. 2009)
  May 10 – Sid Vicious (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
  May 11 – Peter North, Canadian adult actor
  May 13 – Carrie Lam, Hong Kong civil servant
  May 14 – Daniela Dessì, Italian operatic soprano (d. 2016)
  May 15
  Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
  Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
  May 16
  Joan Benoit, American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
  Bob Suter, American professional ice hockey player (d. 2014)
  May 17 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish rock singer and songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings) (d. 2003)
  May 18
  Michael Cretu, Romanian–German new-age musician (Enigma)
  Frank Plasberg, German journalist and television presenter
  May 20
  Yoshihiko Noda, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
  Stewart Nozette, American astronomer
  May 21
  Rebecca Jones, Mexican actress
  Judge Reinhold, American actor
  Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
  Tony Hayward, British businessman
  May 22
  Albert Boonstra, Dutch swimmer
  Shinji Morisue, Japanese gymnast
  Gary Sweet, Australian actor
  May 23 – Jimmy McShane (aka Baltimora), Northern Irish singer and dancer (d. 1995)
  May 24
  John Harrington, American professional ice hockey player
  Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer
  John G. Rowland, American Republican politician, Governor of Connecticut and felon
  May 26
  Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
  Dan Roodt, South African author and politician
  May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, born Susan Ballion, English post-punk singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
  May 28 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
  May 29
  Bobby Hamilton, American stock car racing driver (d. 2007)
  Jeb Hensarling, American politician; U.S. Representative (R-TX)
  Ted Levine, American actor
  May 31 – Jim Craig, American professional ice hockey player
caption: Kevin Von Erich
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