List of Famous people born on October 16th

Verena Sailer is a retired German sprinter, who specialised in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.02 seconds, achieved in August 2013. She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. During her sporting career she was a member of MTG Mannheim.

Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez Castañeda is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She served as Senator of Colombia and Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, having served in both chambers as President.

Kouakou Hervé Koffi is a Burkinabe professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Charleroi and the Burkina Faso national team.

Rachel Lam Hei-tung is a Hong Kong model, actress, presenter and screenwriter. She wrote and co-starred in The Merger (2015) where the film garnered 27 awards in numerous film festivals.

Kazuyuki Fujita is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and a former amateur wrestler. He has most recently fought in Road FC, but is also known for his work in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, K-1, Rizin Fighting Federation, and World Victory Road.

Taiki Matsuno is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Shinagawa, Tokyo. He is attached to Aoni Production. His real name, as well as his former stage name, is Tatsuya Matsuno. Matsuno is most known for the role of Hajime Kindaichi in Kindaichi Case Files, Koga in InuYasha, Japanese voice of SpongeBob in SpongeBob SquarePants, Tart in Fresh Pretty Cure!, Ling Tong and Liu Shan from Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi series, Agumon in Digimon Savers and Shurikenger in Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger.

Li Xi is a Chinese politician. He is a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and the current Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong province. Li spent much of his career in northwestern China, and served as the party chief of the revolutionary base of Yan'an. He then served as the deputy party chief of Shanghai, then Governor of Liaoning province, then promoted to party secretary.

Ryutaro Araga is a Japanese karateka. He won the gold medal in the kumite 84 kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria. At the Asian Games he won the gold medal in this event both in 2014 and in 2018. He is also a three-time gold medalist in his event at the Asian Karate Championships. He is scheduled to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Muhammad Abduh Lestaluhu is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Liga 1 club TIRA-Persikabo and the Indonesia national team. He lives in Ternate and his childhood friend is Persib Bandung player, Ardi Idrus. His uncle, Ramdani Lestaluhu is also a football player. He is also a second sergeant in the Indonesian Army for Military Police Corps unit.

Óscar Pujol Muñoz is a Spanish former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018, including as a member of UCI ProTeams Cervélo TestTeam and Omega Pharma–Lotto.