List of Famous people born on October 16th

Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM, better known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro, is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, she is often referred to as the great lady of Brazilian theater, cinema and performing arts. She is the only Brazilian yet nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is also the only actress nominated for an Oscar for a performance in Portuguese language, for her work in Central Station (1998). In addition, she was the first Brazilian to win the International Emmy in the category of best actress for her performance in Doce de Mãe (2013).

Francisco Javier Cuesta Ramos, better known as Frank Cuesta, is a Spanish adventurer, television presenter and tennis coach, who has lived in Bangkok, Thailand for over 20 years. For the past 15 years Frank Cuesta has been fighting illegal animal trafficking and animal abuse in the southeast Asia. In 2012, after being infiltrated into Bear farms in Vietnam as a vet, he showed to the world, the dramatic images of how bears were abused daily, to get their bile for traditional alternative medicines and other curatives with no scientifically proven value. This report then pushed the Vietnamese Government to make an official statement where they promised to abort these activities.

Christophe Martichon, better known by his stage name Christophe Maé, is a French pop singer.

Akari Kitō is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Aichi Prefecture affiliated with Pro-Fit. She debuted in 2014, acted her first main role in Time Bokan 24 (2016), and has since received more major and leading roles.

Michael Peter Balzary, known professionally as Flea, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He is best known as a founding member and the bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and has appeared on every album released by the band. Flea briefly appeared as the bassist for such bands as What Is This?, Fear, and Jane's Addiction. He has performed with rock supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface, and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and collaborated with the Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Alanis Morissette, and Young MC. Flea also performed live with Nirvana in 1993 playing the trumpet.

Franco Armani is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Club Atlético River Plate and the Argentina national team.

María del Carmen García Galisteo, known professionally as Carmen Sevilla, is a Spanish actress, singer and television presenter. Her film roles include Academy Award nominee Vengeance, Searching for Monica (1962) and the 1956 French film Don Juan.

Prithviraj Sukumaran is an Indian film actor, director, producer, playback singer, and distributor known for his works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of roles, and has won several awards, including a National Film Award, three Kerala State Film Awards, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award and a Filmfare Awards South.

Shardul Narendra Thakur is an Indian international cricketer. He is an Right-arm medium-fast bowling all-rounder. He plays first-class cricket for Mumbai. He was a member of the Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai cricket team and India A cricket team. Currently, he is a member of the Indian cricket team and plays for Mumbai cricket team in domestic and Chennai Super Kings in IPL. In March 2017, he played for the team Rising Pune Supergiants.

Rika Adachi is a Japanese tarento and actress. She was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, and raised in Mie Prefecture. She has appeared in several films, including Say "I love you" (2014) and Ghost Theater (2015), and has played leading roles in the TV Drama Kinkyori Renai: Season Zero (2014) and Yōkoso, Wagaya e (2015).