List of Famous people born on January 16th

Cho Kwi-jae is a former South Korean football player and manager.

Jonatas Figueira Fernandes, known simply as Jô or Jô Fernandes, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.

John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States. Serving from 1857 to 1861, he took office at the age of 36. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served in the U.S. Senate during the outbreak of the American Civil War, but was expelled after joining the Confederate Army. He was appointed Confederate Secretary of War in 1865.

James Daniel May is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter of the motoring programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond from 2003 until 2015. As of 2016, he is a director of the production company W. Chump & Sons and is also a co-presenter in the television series The Grand Tour for Amazon Video, alongside his former Top Gear colleagues, Clarkson and Hammond, as well as Top Gear's former producer Andy Wilman.

Mónica García Gómez is a Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, current coordinator and spokesperson of the political party Más Madrid in the Madrilenian Assembly. She was an elected deputy during the X legislature of the Madrilenian Assembly under the Spanish political party Podemos, and is currently a deputy during the XI legislature as part of Más Madrid. Since 2015, García has combined her political work with her job at health care, with a 50% reduction in working hours.

Eric Henry Liddell was a Scottish Olympic Gold Medalist runner for Britain, Scottish rugby union international player, and Christian missionary. He was born in China to Scottish missionary parents. He attended boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh.

Paul William Fletcher is an Australian Liberal Party politician serving as Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts since December 2020, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradfield since 2009.

Wayne Francis Tinkle II is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach at Oregon State University in the Pac-12 Conference. Prior to his arrival in Corvallis in 2014, he was the head coach for eight seasons in the Big Sky Conference at his alma mater, Montana, preceded by five years with the Griz as an assistant coach.

Mitsunari Musaka is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse.

Jonathan Fabbro is a former footballer who played as a striker. He is a convicted sex offender for abuse of children.