Ingrid Kristiansen

Norwegian marathon runner.

Born March 21st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Trondheim.

Bashar Jaafari

Syrian diplomat.

Born April 14th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Damascus.

Ken Bowersox

American astronaut.

Born November 14th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Portsmouth. ^[ref]

Hanni Wenzel

Liechtensteiner alpine skier.

Born December 14th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Straubing.

Gerry Peyton

Association football coach and former player.

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

Daniel Quinn

American actor (1956-2015).

Born August 19th, 1956 in Milwaukee.

Died July 4th, 2015 at 58 years old

Yuri Slezkine

American writer.

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

Nathan Seiberg

Israeli american theoretical physicist.

Born September 22nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Tel Aviv.

Mima Jaušovec

Yugoslavian tennis player.

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

Winfried Freudenberg

Last person to die escaping from east germany.

Born August 29th, 1956 in Osterwieck.

Died March 8th, 1989 at 32 years old in Zehlendorf (falling from height).

Donnie Hamzik

American drummer.

Born October 18th, 1956 (age 69 years) in New York City.

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Japanese voice actress.

Born May 31st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Chiba, Taitō-ku.

Sergio Cresto

American racing driver (1956–1986).

Born January 19th, 1956 in New York City.

Died May 2nd, 1986 at 30 years old in Castirla (single-vehicle accident).

Yuri Felshtinsky

Russian historian.

Born September 7th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Moscow.

Masashi Tashiro

Japanese television performer and singer.

Born August 31st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Karatsu. ^[ref]

Oleg Sokolov

Russian military historian, reenactor and convicted murderer.

Born July 9th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Tony Galvin

Irish footballer.

Born July 12th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Huddersfield.

Amar Singh

Indian politician (1956–2020).

Born January 27th, 1956 in Azamgarh.

Died August 1st, 2020 at 64 years old in Singapore (kidney failure). ^[ref]

Piotr Hofmański

Polish jurist, university lecturer and judge at the international criminal court.

Born March 6th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Poznań. ^[ref]

Paul Put

Belgian association football player.

Born May 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Merksem.

Richard Lenski

American evolutionary biologist.

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

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Swiss lawyer and politician.

Born March 16th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Felsberg.

Guy Stéphan

French football manager (born 1956).

Born October 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Ploumilliau.

Yuval Diskin

Director of shin bet.

Born June 11th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Givatayim.

Iveta Radičová

Slovak politician and sociologist, former prime minister.

Born December 7th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bratislava.