Soni Razdan

British actress.

Born October 25th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Birmingham.

Brahmanandam

Indian actor.

Born February 1st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Sattenapalli.

Lisa Niemi

American actress (1956-).

Born May 26th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Houston.

Luis Gómez

Puerto rican actor.

Born October 22nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Cayey.

Dwight Yoakam

American country singer-songwriter, actor, and film director.

Born October 23rd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Pikeville.

Lars von Trier

Danish film director and screenwriter (born 1956).

Born April 30th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Kongens Lyngby.

David Copperfield

American illusionist.

Born September 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Metuchen.

Sela Ward

American actress, author, and producer.

Born July 11th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Meridian.

Anita Hill

American law professor; witness in clarence thomas controversy.

Born July 30th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Lone Tree.

Steven Bauer

American actor.

Born December 2nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Havana.

David E. Kelley

American television producer, writer and attorney.

Born April 4th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Waterville.

La Toya Jackson

American singer.

Born May 29th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Gary.

Sinbad

American comedian and actor.

Born November 10th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Benton Harbor. ^[ref]

Gulshan Kumar

Indian film producer.

Born May 5th, 1956 in New Delhi.

Died August 12th, 1997 at 41 years old in Mumbai.

Randy Jackson

American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur and television personality.

Born June 23rd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Baton Rouge.

Sheryl Lee Ralph

American actress and singer.

Born December 30th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Waterbury.

David Caruso

American actor.

Born January 7th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Forest Hills.

Richard Kind

American actor (born 1956).

Born November 22nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Trenton.

Rod Blagojevich

40th governor of illinois from 2003 to 2009.

Born December 10th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Chicago.

Valerie Jarrett

American businesswoman and a former government official.

Born November 14th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Shiraz.

David Sedaris

American author (born 1956).

Born December 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Binghamton.

Joan Allen

American actress (born 1956).

Born August 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Rochelle.

Arsenio Hall

American comedian, actor and television host.

Born February 12th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Cleveland.

Kenny G

American saxophonist.

Born June 5th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Seattle.

Satish Kaushik

Indian film actor and director.

Born April 13th, 1956 in Mahendragarh.

Died March 9th, 2023 at 66 years old in Gurgaon (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]