List of Famous people born on January 16th

George Horatio Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley, PC, styled Viscount Malpas until 1792 and Earl of Rocksavage between 1792 and 1827, was a British peer and Lord Great Chamberlain of England between 1830 and 1838. Before being called to the House of Lords, he was a Tory Member of Parliament from 1817 through 1821.

Kenichi Takahashi is a male long-distance runner from Japan. Born in Kazuno, Akita, he set his personal best (2:10:51) in the men's marathon event on February 18, 2001, winning the Tokyo International Marathon.

Douglas Felisbino de Oliveira, commonly known as Douglas Oliveira, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for J3 League club Iwate Grulla Morioka, on loan from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

Toshiya Fujita , also known as Shigeya Fujita , was a Japanese film director, film actor, and screenwriter. He is well-regarded in Japan for his youth films but is best known abroad for Lady Snowblood and Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance, films not typical of his usual style.

Zhang Dan is a Chinese badminton player and in 2008 she started representing Macau.