List of Famous people born on January 16th

Andrew McArthur Smith, known professionally as Greedy Smith, was an Australian vocalist, keyboardist, harmonicist and songwriter with Australian pop/new wave band Mental As Anything. Smith wrote many of their hit songs including "Live it Up" which peaked at No. 2 on the Australian singles chart. Smith had a solo music career, had worked with other bands and was also an artist and television personality.

Richard Park Ward, also known by his stage name The Duke, is an American guitarist. Ward is best known as a founding member of Stuck Mojo and as lead guitarist of heavy metal band Fozzy.

Justin Michael Reed was an American professional basketball player, who played at the small forward position.

Per Yngve Ohlin, better known by his stage name Dead and nickname Pelle, was a Swedish metal musician, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem from 1988 until his death in 1991. Prior to Mayhem, he also performed as vocalist in the Swedish death metal band Morbid. Dead was a popular figure of the Norwegian black metal scene, and his legacy remains prominent in the genre to this day. Roadrunner Records ranked him No. 48 out of 50 of The Greatest Metal Front-Men of All Time.

Şahika Ercümen is a Turkish dietitian and world record holder free-diver.

Maxine Jones, is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Jones is best known as a founding member of the R&B/Pop vocal group En Vogue, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. She sang lead vocals on the group's signature singles "My Lovin' " and "Don't Let Go (Love)", both of which garnered international success and sold over a million copies. Throughout her career, Jones has sold over 20 million records with En Vogue. Her work has earned her several awards and nominations, including two American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, four MTV Video Music Awards, and four Soul Train Music Awards.

Richard Bognar was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor, best known as the "fake" Razor Ramon who debuted in the World Wrestling Federation alongside the "fake" Diesel in a storyline following the departures of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash (Diesel) from the WWF to WCW. He also wrestled as Big Titan in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.

Ayça Bingöl is a Turkish actress.

Dennis Andrew Kelly is an American football offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 5th round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue.

Viktor Vasylovych Postol is a Ukrainian professional boxer who held the WBC light-welterweight title from 2015 to 2016 and challenged once for the WBO light-welterweight title in 2016. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active light-welterweight the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, fifth by The Ring magazine, and seventh by BoxRec.