List of Famous people born on October 16th

James Gerard Collins is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from March 1982 to December 1982 and 1989 to 1992, Minister for Justice from 1977 to 1981 and 1987 to 1989, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1970 to 1973, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1969 to 1970. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Munster constituency from 1994 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick West constituency from 1967 to 1997.

Philipp Hochmair ; born 16 October 1973) is an Austrian theater, film and television actor.

Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest allrounders of all time and as South Africa's greatest batsman ever, he is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler. As of 2020 he is the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 10,000 runs and take over 250 wickets in both ODI and Test match cricket; he also took 131 ODI catches. He scored 13,289 runs in his Test match career and took 292 wickets and 200 catches.

David S. Zucker is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized as the director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film Airplane! as well as being the creator of The Naked Gun franchise and for directing Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4.

Amancio Amaro Varela,, commonly known simply as Amancio, is a Spanish former football player. Nicknamed El Brujo he played outside right for Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid, and the Spain national team.

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen is a Danish film, television and stage actress.

Viktor Ivanovich Rashchupkin was a Soviet/Russian athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Kamensk-Uralsky.