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In the year 1956

1,739 Notable birthdays

Ron Donachie

Scottish actor.

Born April 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Dundee.

Wilfredo Gómez

Puerto rican boxer.

Born October 29th, 1956 (age 69 years) in San Juan.

Yiannis Kouros

Greek ultramarathon runner (born 1956).

Born February 13th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Tripoli.

Peter Norvig

American computer scientist.

Born December 5th, 1956 (age 69 years).

Jan Peter Balkenende

Prime minister of the netherlands from 2002 to 2010.

Born May 7th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Biezelinge.

Doug Stone

American country music singer.

Born June 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Marietta.

Adriane Lenox

American actress.

Born September 11th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Memphis.

Jim Piddock

British actor.

Born April 8th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Rochester.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist.

Born July 29th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kolkata.

Guy Maddin

Canadian filmmaker (born 1956).

Born February 28th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Winnipeg.

Mariana Simionescu

Romanian tennis player.

Born November 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Târgu Neamț.

Martyn Ware

English musician.

Born May 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Sheffield.

Skipp Sudduth

American actor.

Born August 23rd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Wareham.

Terry Date

American record producer.

Born January 31st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Lansing.

Scott Tipton

American politician (born 1956).

Born November 9th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Española.

Robert Lanza

American stem cell researcher (born 1956).

Born February 11th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Boston.

Stuart Peach, Baron Peach

Royal air force officer (born 1956).

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

Davie Cooper

Scottish footballer (1956-1995).

Born February 25th, 1956 in Hamilton.

Died March 23rd, 1995 at 39 years old in Cumbernauld.

Lilli Carati

Italian actress (1956–2014).

Born September 23rd, 1956 in Varese. [ref]

Died October 21st, 2014 at 58 years old in Besano (brain cancer). [ref]

Thomas N'Kono

Cameroonian footballer.

Born July 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Dizangué. [ref]

Meral Akşener

Turkish historian, acafemic and politician.

Born July 8th, 1956 (age 69 years) in İzmit. [ref]

Egor Gajdar

Russian economist (1956-2009).

Born March 19th, 1956 in Moscow.

Died December 16th, 2009 at 53 years old in Odintsovo (edema). [ref]

Boris Akunin

Russian writer, translation, and historian.

Born May 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Tbilisi, Zestaponi.

Steve Barron

Irish film director, film producer, music video director.

Born May 4th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Dublin.

Ashoke Sen

Indian physicist.

Born July 15th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kolkata. [ref]

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