List of Famous people born on January 16th

Bas Kast is a German science writer. He studied psychology and biology at the University of Konstanz and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Working as a freelancer first for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit and other magazines, he later became an editor and reporter for the Berlin-based newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. His articles have earned him a number of national and international prizes. Kast has written several popular science books, some of which became best selling books that have been translated in numerous languages.

Gregorio Elso Pérez Perdigón is a retired Uruguayan footballer. In December of 2019, he was announced as the new manager of Peruvian side Universitario de Deportes. He is widely reputed in his country due for his respectful approach toward the game and general sportsmanship. He is known as "Don Gregorio".

David Patrick Jauss is an American professional baseball coach and scout and the current bench coach for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has been a coach for the Mets, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Martin Roth was a German museum director. He was the director general of the Dresden State Art Collections from 2001 to 2011 and the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK, from 2011 to 2016.

Simon Porte Jacquemus is a French fashion designer and the founder of the Jacquemus fashion label.

Lim Hyun-Gyu, often anglicized to Hyun Gyu Lim, is a South Korean mixed martial artist, who formerly competed in the UFC Welterweight division.

Jo Woo-jin is a South Korean actor. He is known as an in-demand supporting or character actor on the big screen and TV series, such as Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2017), Chicago Typewriter (2017), The Drug King (2018), and Mr. Sunshine (2018). He won Best Supporting Actor award at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2019 for his performance in the film Default.

Paul John Sweeney is a Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East and Shadow Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 2017 until he lost his seat in 2019.

Anton Malej also known as Tone Malej, was a Slovenian gymnast, competing for Yugoslavia. He won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Nicholas Valensi is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his role as lead and rhythm guitarist in the American rock band The Strokes. Since 2001, the band has released six studio albums, some of which Valensi has also contributed keyboard and backing vocals. In 2013, he founded the band CRX, for which he acts as singer, songwriter, and lead and rhythm guitarist. Their debut album, New Skin, was released in 2016, and was followed by the 2019 album Peek. Valensi has also worked as a songwriter and session guitarist with various artists, including Sia, Regina Spektor and Kate Pierson.