List of Famous people born on June 16th

Lennington "Len" Small was an American politician. He served as the 26th Governor of Illinois, from 1921 to 1929. He also served as a member of the Illinois state senate from the 16th District from 1901 to 1903 and was Illinois state treasurer, from 1905 to 1907, and from 1917 to 1919. He is known primarily for his corruption.

Barbara Diane Martin Richardson was an American singer, best known as one of the original members of Motown group The Supremes. She was born in Detroit.

Georges Vigarello is a French historian and sociologist. He is a Research Director at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) of Paris. His main research interests include the sociology of the body, the history of hygiene, representations of the body over the centuries, and the social dimensions of sport.

Nhat Nguyen is an Irish badminton player. Born in Vietnam, Nguyen left the country for a new life in Dublin, Ireland along with his parents and older sister, when he was six years old, and then, he started playing badminton at the local club with his father. He was the gold medalist at the 2016 European U17 Championships in the boys' singles event, and also won the bronze medal in the doubles event partnered with Paul Reynolds. At the same year, he clinched the men's singles title at the Irish National Championships. Nguyen won his first senior international title at the Polish International in the men's doubles event with Reynolds, after that the men's singles title at the Welsh International.

Jerricho Cotchery is a coach and former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Carolina Panthers, New York Jets, and Pittsburgh Steelers from 2004 to 2015. He played college football for North Carolina State University. He was most recently the assistant wide receivers coach for the Carolina Panthers.

Maylis de Kerangal is a French author.

Josep Lobató i Pérez is a Spanish radio and television presenter.

Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over thirty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. "Love Dance", a hit in 1989, is one of the most recorded songs in musical history.

Houda-Imane Faraoun, also spelled Feraoun, is an Algerian physicist and materials scientist who has served as the Minister of Post, Information Technology & Communication in the government of Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal since 1 May 2015. She is also a professor of Physics at the University of Tlemcen, a post she has held in various capacities since 2006. She holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Sidi Bel Abbès and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard.

Andrea Marie Jenkyns is a British politician serving as Deputy Chairwoman of the European Research Group (ERG) since 2019. She was first elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood in West Yorkshire at the 2015 general election, defeating Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls. She is an advocate for the Eurosceptic organisation Leave Means Leave. She was a strong critic of Theresa May during her leadership of the Conservative Party due to her handling of Brexit.