Bernard King

American basketball player (born 1956).

Born December 4th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Brooklyn.

Hart Bochner

Canadian actor.

Born October 3rd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Toronto.

Emo Philips

American comedian.

Born February 7th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Chicago.

Andy Goldsworthy

British sculptor and photographer.

Born July 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in United Kingdom, Cheshire, Sale.

Dean Butler

Actor.

Born May 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Prince George.

Babu Antony

Indian actor.

Born February 22nd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Ponkunnam.

Carman

American contemporary christian music singer.

Born January 19th, 1956 in Trenton.

Died February 16th, 2021 at 65 years old in Las Vegas (surgical complications). ^[ref]

Antony Alda

American actor (1956-2009).

Born December 9th, 1956 in France.

Died July 3rd, 2009 at 52 years old in Los Angeles (liver cirrhosis).

Michael Cooper

American basketball coach and player.

Born April 15th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Paul Cook

British drummer (born 1956).

Born July 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Hammersmith.

Bushra Ansari

Television artist; comedienne, anchor, playwright, singer, actress..

Born May 15th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Karachi.

Charlie Adler

American voice actor.

Born October 2nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Paterson.

Andy Garcia

American actor and director (born 1956).

Born April 12th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Havana.

Dale Murphy

American baseball player.

Born March 12th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Portland.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Indian banker.

Born March 18th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Kolkata.

Jerry Douglas

American musician.

Born May 28th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Warren.

Larry Charles

American television writer, director and producer.

Born December 1st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Brooklyn.

Chris Carter

American television and film producer (born 1956).

Born October 13th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bellflower.

Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland

English aristocrat, hereditary peer, and largely rural landowner (born 1956).

Born November 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Alnwick Castle.

Matt Craven

Canadian actor.

Born November 10th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Port Colborne.

Jeff Merkley

American politician (born 1956).

Born October 24th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Myrtle Creek.

Fred Melamed

American actor.

Born May 13th, 1956 (age 69 years) in New York City.

Sam Brownback

American politician and 46th governor of kansas (born 1956).

Born September 12th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Garnett.

T. K. Carter

American actor and comedian (1956-2026).

Born December 18th, 1956 in New York City.

Died January 9th, 2026 at 69 years old in Duarte. ^[ref]

Steven Ford

American actor.

Born May 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in East Grand Rapids.