Birthday signs · May calendar

May birthdays

May birthdays span Taurus (May 1-20) and Gemini (May 21-31). The month’s birthstone is Emerald, and its birth flower is Lily of the valley and hawthorn. The May calendar records the Taurus-Gemini change alongside each linked birthday date, keeping the transition easy to verify.

May at a glance

May begins in Taurus and finishes in Gemini, with emerald and lily of the valley carrying the month’s familiar birth symbols. The daily links make the broad monthly answer useful without pretending that a month alone settles every cusp question.

May is mostly Taurus at its start and mostly Gemini at its close, with the change recorded in the day data.

Zodiac signs in May

The day records place the month across these tropical zodiac ranges:

Taurus: May 1-20
Gemini: May 21-31

A cusp date can vary by year and time zone. Open the date page for the checked year-by-year result.

May birthstone and flowers

Birthstone: Emerald¹

Birth flowers: Lily of the valley and hawthorn²

Every May birthday

May 1
May 2
May 3
May 4
May 5
May 6
May 7
May 8
May 9
May 10
May 11
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17
May 18
May 19
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 24
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30
May 31

Notable people born in May

Karl Marx, German-born philosopher (May 5)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938) (May 19)
Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (May 6)
John F. Kennedy, president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (May 29)
Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (May 11)
Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (May 7)
Niccolò Machiavelli, Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (May 3)
Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy (May 23)

Observances in May

Questions people also ask

What are the zodiac signs for May birthdays?

Taurus from May 1 through 20; Gemini from May 21 through 31.

What is the May birthstone?

May's birthstone is Emerald, as the Gemological Institute of America lists it.

What are the May birth flowers?

May's traditional birth flowers are Lily of the valley and hawthorn.

Where can I find a specific May birthday?

Every date in May has its own page in the calendar below, from the Taurus days to the Gemini days, each with its sign checked year by year.

Sources

May birthstone — Gemological Institute of America. Verified 2026-10-20.
Birth Month Flowers and Their Meanings — The Old Farmer's Almanac. Verified 2026-10-20.
Wikipedia: May 1 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 2 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 3 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 4 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 5 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 6 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 7 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 8 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 9 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
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Wikipedia: May 11 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 12 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 13 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 14 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 15 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 16 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 17 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 18 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 19 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 20 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 21 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 22 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 23 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 24 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 25 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 26 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 27 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 28 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 29 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 30 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.
Wikipedia: May 31 — Wikipedia (Wikimedia On this day feed); birth dates checked on Wikidata. Verified 2026-10-19.