List of Famous people born on August 16th

Riho Takada is a Japanese actress and model.

George Galloway is a British politician, broadcaster and writer. Between 1987 and 2015, except for a period between 2010 and 2012, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for four constituencies, first for the Labour Party and later the Respect Party.

Koray Günter is a German professional footballer of Turkish descent, who plays as a centre back for Italian club Hellas Verona.

Gabriel Clemens is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Barbara Dale Underwood is an American lawyer currently serving as the Solicitor General of New York. She was first appointed to the position in January 2007 by Andrew Cuomo, who was then serving as the state's Attorney General. Underwood was reappointed in 2011 by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Julien Absalon is a French cross-country mountain biker.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is a Guyanese cricketer of Indian descent and former West Indian international cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. Considered as one of the greatest batsmen of his era, Chanderpaul is the first Indo-Caribbean to play 100 Tests for the West Indies.

Marco Schwarz is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.

Olivier Dussopt is French politician who has been serving as Secretary of State to the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since 2019. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2007 to 2017

José Luis Clerc is a former Argentine professional tennis player, and one of the most important Argentine players in history. He is nicknamed Batata. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 4 singles ranking on 3 August 1981, following a run of 25 consecutive match wins after Wimbledon.