List of Famous people born on August 16th

Krisztina Egerszegi is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era. She is a three-time Olympian and five time Olympic champion; and one of three individuals to have ever won the same swimming event at three consecutive Summer Olympics. She is currently also the only female swimmer who won five individual Olympic gold medals.

Andriy Kobolyev is Chief Executive Officer of Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz. In October 2014 Mr. Kobolyev was named in Fortune magazine's "top 40 under 40 " for his reform efforts at Ukraine's energy giant.

MeiMei Kuo is an actress and a member of Taiwanese girl band Hey Girl. Her birth name is Kuo Chieh Chi. MeiMei is the younger sister of Ulzzang model JieJie.

Vahé Godel is a French Swiss writer, translator and scholar of Armenian literature. He is the son of Robert Godel, a noted linguist and expert on the Armenian language, and Meline Papazian, an Armenian from Bursa. While being a well-known writer in his own right in his native Switzerland, Vahé Godel has also translated numerous Armenian poets, both past and present. His translations include: Odes et lamentations by Grégoire de Narek, Tous les désirs de l'âme by Grégoire de Narek and Nahabed Koutchag, Le chant du pain by Daniel Varoujan, J’apporterai des pierres and Erevan by Marine Petrossian.