List of Famous people born on May 16th

Baron Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild was a banker and financier of the Frankfurt House of Rothschild.

Jo Koo Cho-lam, sometimes credited as Jo Koo is a Hong Kong actress and singer.

Ratu Atut Chosiyah is a former governor of the province of Banten, Indonesia. She was suspended from office in 2014 because of a corruption case. She held office for several terms. Before her election as governor in 2006, she was the deputy governor under Djoko Munandar starting from 11 January 2002. Djoko was involved in a corruption case and was suspended from office in October 2005. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed Ratu Atut as the acting governor to take over Djoko's administrative duties and she later became governor. She thus became the first female governor in Indonesia. In May 2014, she was formally charged by the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission for alleged corruption. In early September 2014, she was sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment on the charges brought by the Commission against her.

Sir Dudley North was an English merchant, politician and economist, a writer on free trade.

William Henry Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey, was a British Conservative politician.

Frank Fabian Mankiewicz II was an American journalist, political adviser, president of National Public Radio and public relations executive.

Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Israeli Labor Party politician. He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.