List of Famous people born on January 16th
Willem Aantjes
Willem "Wim" Aantjes was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Shuhrat Abbosov
Shuhrat Abbosov was an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Abbosov was best known for his film Mahallada duv-duv gap (1960) which is considered to be one of the best Uzbek films of all time. He was known for writing the screenplay for the highly-popular 1977 adventure film Shum bola.
Maeda Toshitsune
Maeda Toshitsune was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd daimyō of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He was the wealthiest daimyō within the Tokugawa shogunate, and his domain encompassed Etchū, Kaga, and Noto provinces. His childhood name was Saruchiyo (猿千代) later "Inuchiyo" (犬千代).
Paul Lasne
Paul Bastien Lasne is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Stade Brestois 29. He plays as a midfielder.
Jorge Torres de Marfil
Jorge Emmanuel Torres Nilo is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and left back for Liga MX club Toluca.
Piotr Żyła
Piotr Paweł Żyła is a Polish ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is the 2021 World Champion on the normal hill, a bronze medalist of 2017 World Championships in individual large hill event, 2017 World Champion and a two-time World Championship bronze medalist and in the team large hill event, also the two time Ski Flying World Championships bronze medalist in team.
Fabien Centonze
Fabien Centonze is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club FC Metz as a right back.
Martin Jol
Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. He played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team. He subsequently became a manager and has worked for Roda JC, RKC Waalwijk and AFC Ajax in his homeland, as well as German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and English Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham.
Nakayama Yoshiko
Nakayama Yoshiko was a Japanese lady-in-waiting in the court of the Imperial House of Japan. She was a favourite concubine of Emperor Kōmei and the mother of Emperor Meiji.
Amandine Hesse
Amandine Hesse is a French professional tennis player.