Andrey L. Kostin

Russian banker.

Born September 21st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Moscow.

Stuart Schreiber

American chemist.

Born February 6th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Virginia.

Antonio Muñoz Molina

Spanish writer (born 1956).

Born January 10th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Úbeda.

John Kosmina

Australian soccer player.

Born August 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Adelaide.

Héctor Rebaque

Mexican racing driver.

Born February 5th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Mexico City.

Jesús Huerta de Soto

Spanish economist, professor, and author.

Born December 23rd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Madrid.

Meena Keshwar Kamal

Afghan activist (1956–1987).

Born February 27th, 1956 in Kabul.

Died February 4th, 1987 at 30 years old in Quetta.

Chéri Samba

Congolese painter (born 1956).

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

Rafi Peretz

Israel defence forces chief rabbi.

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

Sergey Avdeyev

Soviet and russian cosmonaut.

Born January 1st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Chapayevsk.

Avi Maoz

Israeli politician.

Born July 6th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Haifa.

Mari Elka Pangestu

Managing director of development policy and partnerships of the world bank, minister of tourism and creative economy.

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

Willie Banks

Triple jumper, coach, usatf board of directors.

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

Jude Watson

American novelist.

Born October 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Brooklyn. ^[ref]

Gu Cheng

Chinese poet (1956–1993).

Born September 24th, 1956 in Beijing.

Died October 8th, 1993 at 37 years old in Auckland (hanging to death).

Ashitha

Malayalam-language short story writer and poet.

Born April 5th, 1956 in Pazhayannur.

Died March 26th, 2016 at 59 years old in Thrissur (cancer). ^[ref]

Nils Landgren

Swedish musician.

Born February 15th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Degerfors.

Cathal Ó Searcaigh

Irish poet.

Born July 12th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Gort an Choirce.

Cho Chikun

South korean professional go player.

Born June 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Busan. ^[ref]

Hans Enoksen

Prime minister of greenland.

Born August 7th, 1956 in Itilleq.

Died September 17th, 2025 at 69 years old in Queen Ingrid's Hospital. ^[ref]

Normand Corbeil

Canadian composer (1956-2013).

Born April 6th, 1956 in Montreal.

Died January 25th, 2013 at 56 years old in Montreal (pancreatic cancer).

Yury Trutnev

Russian politician.

Born March 1st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Polazna.

Rashid Nurgaliev

Russian military officer and politician.

Born October 8th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Zhitikara.

Sarah Springman

British-swiss triathlete, civil engineer, and academic.

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

Agus Martowardojo

Indonesian politician.

Born January 24th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Amsterdam.