* May 5 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher ( d. 1855 )

Villeroi still believed ( on 22 May ) the Allies were a full day ’ s march away when in fact they had camped near Corswaren waiting for the Danish squadrons to catch up ; for his part, Marlborough deemed Villeroi still at Jodoigne when in reality he was now approaching the plateau of Mont St. André with the intention of pitching camp near Ramillies ( see map at right ).

That some confusion still exists in this matter can be seen from the regulation of May 4, 1927, which once again states that Danish merchant ships have to fly flags according to the regulation of 1748.

The Ship as Symbol in Prehistoric and Medieval Scandinavia: Papers from an International Research Seminar at the Danish National Museum, Copenhagen, 5 – 7 May 1994.

* 1982 – May Andersen, Danish model

* TV Interview 2007 on YouTube English interview in Danish news cast eng / eng subs ( 28 May 2007 )

In May, the Danish fleet arrived and Stockholm was attacked by land and sea.

Thomas Vinterberg ( born 19 May 1969 ) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production.

* May 18 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor ( d. 1980 )

* May 16 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor

* May 13 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish artist

* May 20 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor ( b. 1871 )

* May 9 – Carl Brosbøll, Danish author ( b. 1816 )

* May 5 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist ( d. 1938 )

* May 15 – Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress

* May 1 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter ( b. 1914 )

* May 15 – Vilhelm Hammershøi, Danish painter ( d. 1916 )

** May 17, 1814 – The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.

* May 8 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish fermentation physiologist ( d. 1909 )

* May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer ( d. 1874 )

* May 17 – The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.

* May 31 – Danish ships clash with Swedish ships under Niels Juel between Fehmarn and Warnemünde ; the Danish defeat the Swedish and capture a number of ships.

* May 8 – Niels Juel, Danish admiral ( d. 1697 )

* May 13 – Ole Worm, Danish physician and antiquary ( d. 1654 )

Count Francesco Algarotti ( 11 December 1712 – 3 May 1764 ) was an Italian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector.

He founded the Anti-Re-election Center in Mexico City in May 1909, and soon thereafter lent his backing to the periodical El Antireeleccionista, which was run by the young lawyer / philosopher José Vasconcelos.

Friedrich August Hayek CH (; 8 May 189923 March 1992 ), born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek, was a British economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte (; May 19, 1762 – January 27, 1814 ) was a German philosopher.

Karl Heinrich Marx ( 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883 ) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty () ( 14 March 1908 – 3 May 1961 ) was a French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Karl Marx, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger in addition to being closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre ( who later stated he had been " converted " to Marxism by Merleau-Ponty ) and Simone de Beauvoir.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi ( May 16, 1718 – January 9, 1799 ) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (, 3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527 ) was an Italian historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance.

Oswald Manuel Arnold Gottfried Spengler ( 29 May 1880 – 8 May 1936 ) was a German historian and philosopher whose interests also included mathematics, science, and art.

In January 2010, a previously unknown letter from Descartes, dated 27 May 1641, was found by the Dutch philosopher Erik-Jan Bos when browsing through Google.

William Paley ( July 1743 – 25 May 1805 ) was an English Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian.

* May 25 – Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian ( d. 1737 )

* May 5 – Karl Marx, German political philosopher ( d. 1883 )

* May 30 – Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and philosopher ( b. 1856 )

* May 18-Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher

* May 23 – Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher

* May 10 – Hans Jonas, German-born philosopher ( d. 1993 )

* May 18 – Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher ( b. 1813 )

* May 3 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French phenomenological philosopher ( b. 1908 )

* May 6 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet and philosopher ( b. 1895 )

* May 8 – Oswald Spengler, German philosopher ( b. 1880 )

* May 19 – Max Scheler, German philosopher ( b. 1874 )

* May 27 – Sir William Petty, English scientist and philosopher ( d. 1687 )

* May 9 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher ( d. 1955 )