List of Famous people born on April 16th

Sibylle Lewitscharoff is a German author. Among her novels are Pong (1998), Apostoloff (2009) and Blumenberg (2011). She has received several German literary awards, including the Georg Büchner Prize in 2013.

Chris Jörg Löwe is a German professional footballer who plays at left-back for 3. Liga club Dynamo Dresden.

Lan Yingying, also known as Lyric Lan, is a Chinese actress. She is known for her roles as Huanbi in Empresses in the Palace (2011)

Hannes Wolf is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, on loan from RB Leipzig.

Reinhard Merkel is a professor in criminal law and philosophy of law and a retired West German swimmer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley and finished in sixth place in the latter event.

Mikel Herzog Herzog is a Basque singer-songwriter known for his participation in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest.

Megumi Ōhara is a female Japanese voice actress affiliated with Kekke Corporation.

Sidarta Tollendal Gomes Ribeiro is a Brazilian neuroscientist, Director of the Brain Institute at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), which he joined in 2008 as Full Professor. From 2009-2011, he served as Secretary of the Brazilian Society for Neuroscience and Behavior. Sidarta Ribeiro is currently the Chair of the Regional Committee in Brazil of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. He is also member of the Steering Committee of the Latin American School for Educational, Cognitive and Neural Sciences.

Hōmashō Noriyuki, is a former sumo wrestler. He turned professional in March 2004 and reached the top makuuchi division in May 2006 as the first sekitori from Shikoroyama stable, without any losing scores on his record. His highest rank was komusubi. He earned seven special prizes in his top division career and was a runner-up in three tournaments. In March 2014 he took the championship in the jūryō division. Hōmashō was a popular wrestler among sumo fans, and was noted for his deep and graceful bow at the end of a match. Upon his retirement in January 2015 he became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Tatsutagawa.

Deng Pufang is the first son of China's former Paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. He is mostly known for being injured by the Red Guards and becoming a paraplegic. He has since dedicated his life to improving the rights of people with disabilities.