Meg Rosoff

American-british children's writer (born 1956).

Born October 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Boston.

Carla Estrada

Mexican television producer.

Born March 11th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Mexico City.

Reid Ribble

American politician.

Born April 5th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Neenah.

Sarojini Sahoo

Indian (odia) writer.

Born January 4th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Dhenkanal. ^[ref]

Ilona Slupianek

East german shot putter.

Born September 24th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Demmin.

Noel Malcolm

British historian and journalist (born 1956).

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

Noga Alon

Israeli mathematician.

Born May 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Haifa.

Yuriy Borisov

Director of roscosmos space corporation, former deputy minister of defence of the russian federation.

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

Yurik Vardanyan

Soviet weightlifter (1956–2018).

Born June 13th, 1956 in Gyumri.

Died November 1st, 2018 at 62 years old in United States (pulmonary embolism). ^[ref]

Sevan Nişanyan

Turkish lexicographer and writer of armenian ancestry (born 1956).

Born December 21st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Istanbul.

Cynthia Carroll

American businesswoman.

Born November 13th, 1956 (age 69 years).

Pascaline Bongo Ondimba

Gabonese politician.

Born April 10th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Franceville.

Wayne Taylor

South african racecar driver and team owner.

Born July 15th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Gqeberha.

Joe Dever

British writer and game designer (1956-2016).

Born February 12th, 1956 in London, Chingford.

Died November 29th, 2016 at 60 years old ^[ref]

Zinaida Greceanîi

Moldovan politician.

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

Velimir Zajec

Croatian footballer (born 1956).

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

Massimo Carlotto

Italian writer and playwright (born 1956).

Born July 22nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Padua.

Patty Sheehan

Professional golfer.

Born October 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Middlebury.

Michel Friedman

German-french lawyer, philosopher, politician, publicist and talk show host.

Born February 25th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Paris.

Sylvestre Ntibantunganya

President of burundi.

Born May 8th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Gitega Province.

Ismaël Lô

Senegalese musician.

Born August 30th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Dogondoutchi.

Gunter Pauli

Businessman, pedagogue, pioneer.

Born March 3rd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Antwerp.

Howard Davis

American boxer (1956-2015).

Born February 14th, 1956 in Glen Cove.

Died December 30th, 2015 at 59 years old in Plantation (lung cancer).

Mirella D'Angelo

Actress.

Born August 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Rome.

Yuen Kwok-yung

Hong kong microbiologist, physician and surgeon.

Born December 30th, 1956 (age 69 years) in British Hong Kong.