Peter Barton

American actor.

Born July 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Valley Stream.

Catherine Ashton

British politician (born 1956).

Born March 20th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Up Holland.

Anita Ward

American singer.

Born December 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Memphis.

Toni Kalem

American actress.

Born August 29th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Springfield Township.

Susanne Blakeslee

American voice, stage and musical theatre actress.

Born January 27th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Los Angeles.

John Dahl

American film and television director and writer.

Born December 11th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Billings.

Shane Gould

Australian swimmer.

Born November 23rd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Sydney.

David Sassoli

President of the european parliament from 2019 to 2022.

Born May 30th, 1956 in Florence. ^[ref]

Died January 11th, 2022 at 65 years old in Aviano (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Veronica Lario

Italian actress.

Born July 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bologna.

Herbert Grönemeyer

German singer, musician and actor (born 1956).

Born April 12th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Göttingen. ^[ref]

Judie Tzuke

English singer-songwriter.

Born April 3rd, 1956 (age 70 years) in London. ^[ref]

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi

Former minister of foreign affairs of pakistan.

Born June 22nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Murree.

Nels Cline

American guitarist and composer.

Born January 4th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Los Angeles.

Denise DuBarry

American actress and activist (1956-2019).

Born March 6th, 1956 in Killeen.

Died March 23rd, 2019 at 63 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Lou Barletta

American politician (born 1956).

Born January 28th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Hazleton.

Kimberly Beck

American actress.

Born January 9th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Glendale.

Trần Đại Quang

8th president of vietnam (1956–2018).

Born October 12th, 1956 in Kim Sơn.

Died September 21st, 2018 at 61 years old in Hanoi (viral infectious disease). ^[ref]

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

President of mauritania from 2009 to 2019.

Born December 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Akjoujt.

Jacek Koman

Polish/australian actor.

Born August 15th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bielsko-Biała.

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

Mauritanian retired general and politician; president of mauritania (2019–present).

Born December 31st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Boumdeid.

Al Corley

American actor, singer and producer.

Born May 22nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Wichita.

Chris Bangle

American automobile designer.

Born October 14th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Ravenna.

Peter Šťastný

Slovak-canadian ice hockey player.

Born September 18th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bratislava.

Abdalla Hamdok

Sudanese public administrator and former prime minister.

Born January 1st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Al-Dibaibat. ^[ref]

Salomon Malhangu

South african freedom fighter and anti-apartheid activist (1956–1979).

Born July 23rd, 1956 in Pretoria.

Died April 6th, 1979 at 22 years old in Pretoria (hanging to death).