List of Famous people born on May 16th
Noel Barrionuevo
María Noel Barrionuevo is an Argentine field hockey player.
Łukasz Kubot
Łukasz Kubot is a Polish professional tennis player. Kubot is a doubles specialist and won the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles title with Robert Lindstedt as well as the 2017 Wimbledon men's doubles title with Marcelo Melo. On January 8, 2018 he achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 1. He has also had success in singles, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 41 in April 2010 and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. In 2013 he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by Polish President Bronisław Komorowski.
Asami Imai
Asami Imai is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Early Wing. She debuted as a voice actress in 1999 and as singer in 2009 by releasing her first single "Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain" under the 5pb. Records label. She is also well known for giving voices to Chihaya Kisaragi in THE IDOLM@STER, Kurisu Makise in Steins;Gate, Tsubaki Yayoi in BlazBlue, and Ayumi Shinozaki in Corpse Party. She along with Eri Kitamura formed the music unit Artery Vein which is also under the 5pb. label.
Nancy Roman
Nancy Grace Roman was a noted American astronomer who made important contributions to stellar classification and motions, and became the first female executive at NASA, and served as NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy throughout the 1960s and 1970s, establishing her as one of the "visionary founders of the US civilian space program". She created NASA’s space astronomy program and is known to many as the "Mother of Hubble" for her foundational role in planning the Hubble Space Telescope. Throughout her career, Roman was also an active public speaker and educator, and an advocate for women in the sciences.
Rika Watanabe
Rika Watanabe is a member of the female Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46. She also serves as a regular model for the female fashiom magazine LARME since July 2017 and an exclusive model for the female fashion magazine Ray since November 2017. Like other members, Watanabe is represented by Sony Music Labels.
Friedrich Nowottny
Friedrich Nowottny is a German television journalist.
Kaii Yoshida
Kaii Yoshida is a Chinese-born Japanese table tennis player who is ranked among the top fifty athletes in his sport.
José Mauri
José Agustín Mauri is an professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine club Talleres de Córdoba. Born in Argentina, Mauri is of Italian descent and has represented Italy internationally at youth level.
Yannick Bisson
Yannick D. Bisson is a Canadian film and television actor and director best known to international audiences for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series Murdoch Mysteries.
Ognjen Kuzmić
Ognjen Kuzmić is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.13 m, he plays at the center position. He was selected with the 52nd overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors and won the 2015 NBA Championship with that team.