Otmar Suitner

Austrian conductor (1922-2010).

Born May 16th, 1922 in Innsbruck.

Died January 8th, 2010 at 87 years old in Berlin (Parkinson's disease). ^[ref]

Monira Elmahdiyya

Egyptian singer (1885–1965).

Born May 16th, 1885.

Died March 11th, 1965 at 79 years old

Els Dottermans

Belgian actress (born 1964).

Born May 16th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Leuven. ^[ref]

Henri Lhote

French anthropologist (1903–1991).

Born May 16th, 1903 in Paris. ^[ref]

Died March 26th, 1991 at 87 years old in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher. ^[ref]

Gisela Uhlen

German actress (1919–2007).

Born May 16th, 1919 in Leipzig.

Died January 16th, 2007 at 87 years old in Cologne (lung cancer).

Denys Molchanov

Ukrainian tennis player.

Born May 16th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Chișinău.

Nuria González

Spanish actress.

Born May 16th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Málaga.

Eva Nogales

Biophysicist, professor.

Born May 16th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Colmenar Viejo. ^[ref]

Halimatu Ayinde

Nigerian association football player.

Born May 16th, 1995 (age 30 years) in Kaduna.

Nikolaos Stratos

Greek politician (1872-1922).

Born May 16th, 1872 in Loutro.

Died November 15th, 1922 at 50 years old in Goudi (gunshot wound).

Manfred Stolpe

German politician (1936-2019).

Born May 16th, 1936 in Szczecin. ^[ref]

Died December 29th, 2019 at 83 years old in Potsdam (cancer). ^[ref]

Heymann Steinthal

German linguist (1823–1899).

Born May 16th, 1823 in Gröbzig.

Died May 14th, 1899 at 75 years old in Berlin.

Mykola Kostomarov

Russian-ukrainian historian, founder of modern ukrainian historiography, and a leader of the ukrainian national revival (1817-1885).

Born May 16th, 1817 in Yurasovka.

Died April 19th, 1885 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Leonardo Gutiérrez

Argentine basketball player.

Born May 16th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Marcos Juárez. ^[ref]

Clement Martyn Doke

South african linguist (1893–1980).

Born May 16th, 1893 in Bristol.

Died February 24th, 1980 at 86 years old in East London.

Paolo Valeri

Italian football referee.

Born May 16th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Rome.

Sergio Almaguer

Football player.

Born May 16th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Monterrey.

Andy Z. Lehrer

Romanian entomologist (1930-2014).

Born May 16th, 1930 in Iași.

Died February 6th, 2014 at 83 years old in Israel.

Yvon Douis

French footballer (1935-2021).

Born May 16th, 1935 in Les Andelys.

Died January 28th, 2021 at 85 years old in Nice (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Matthias Plachta

German ice hockey player.

Born May 16th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Nikolay Ignatov

Soviet politician (1901-1966).

Born May 16th, 1901 in Volgograd Oblast.

Died November 14th, 1966 at 65 years old in Moscow.

Okan Yılmaz

Turkish association football player (born 1978).

Born May 16th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Bursa.

Kaleigh Gilchrist

American water polo player.

Born May 16th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Newport Beach.

Noel Barrionuevo

Field hockey player.

Born May 16th, 1984 (age 41 years) in Florida.

Éric Lombard

French ceo and politician.

Born May 16th, 1958 (age 67 years) in Boulogne-Billancourt.