List of Famous people born on September 16th

Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan was an Indian-American theoretical physicist and a professor at the University of Texas. Sudarshan has been credited with numerous contributions to the field of theoretical physics, including Glauber–Sudarshan P representation, V-A theory, tachyons, quantum Zeno effect, open quantum system and Lindblad equation, spin–statistics theorem, non-invariance groups, positive maps of density matrices, and quantum computation. His other contributions include east–west relations, and the philosophy an religion.

Pierre Moscovici is a French politician who served as the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for European Affairs between 1997 and 2002.

Bella Emberg was an English comedy actress whose television career spanned 60 years.

Jake Peter Roche is a British singer, songwriter and actor. He is known as the lead vocalist of the band Push Baby, charting at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart with "Me and My Broken Heart". In 2010, he appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, portraying the role of Isaac Nuttall.

Mukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov was a Kazakh writer, a social activist, a Doctor of Philology, and an honored academic of the Soviet Union (1946). He was born on September 28, 1897 and raised in Semey (Kaskabulak).

Philip Ng Wan-lung is a Hong Kong-born American actor, martial artist and action choreographer. He is currently based in Hong Kong.

Cécile Marie Anne Moharic better known as Cécile de Ménibus, is a French television presenter.

Gauri Pradhan Tejwani is a former model turned Indian television actress best known for playing the roles of Gauri Pratham Mittal in Kutumb, Nandini Karan Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Falguni Harshad Parekh in Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi and Anita Sharma in Tu Aashiqui.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He won the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Realm. He was previously nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Director for Stockholm, and the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for May God Save Us. For the short film Mother, Sorogoyen won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He often works in tandem with Isabel Peña.

Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as the founding Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. As one of the founding members of the People's Action Party, Lee is recognised as the nation's founding father, credited with rapidly transitioning the country from a "developing third world country into a developed first world country within a single generation" under his leadership.