List of Famous people born on January 16th

Francis II was King of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861. He was the last King of the Two Sicilies, as successive invasions by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ultimately brought an end to his rule, as part of Italian unification. After he was deposed, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Kingdom of Sardinia were merged into the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.

Maki Miyamae is a Japanese pop singer, and the oldest member of the group Coco. She was born in Tōkamachi, Niigata, but grew up in Tokyo. Miyamae was a member of Coco from September 1989 until the group's dissolution in 1994. She worked as a solo singer for a while but she left the entertainment world in 2004 to attend Le Cordon Bleu. She is now a professional chef and food education instructor, running her own restaurant, "CAFE RESTAURANT M.NATURE", in Aoyama, Tokyo.

Tetsuo Suda is a Japanese TV presenter and news anchor.

Ariel Mauricio Rojas is a football midfielder who plays for Atlético Tucumán.

Takeo Hirata is a Japanese researcher at the Waseda University.

Josef Skupa was a Czech puppeteer.

Park Joo-ho is a South Korean football player who plays as a defender for Suwon FC. A versatile player, his primary position is left-back but he is also able play in midfield as a defensive or wide midfielder. As captain, he played for South Korea national under-20 soccer team in 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

Eva Kleinitz was a German opera director whose productions were seen in the opera houses of Austria, Germany, Belgium and France.

Percy Sinclair Pilcher was a British inventor and pioneer aviator who was his country's foremost experimenter in unpowered flight at the end of the nineteenth century.

Charles George Reinier Corver was a Dutch football referee.