Patrick McDonnell

American illustrator.

Born March 17th, 1956 (age 70 years) in New Jersey, Elizabeth.

Alexey Ulyukaev

Russian economist and politician.

Born March 23rd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Moscow. ^[ref]

Maxime Verhagen

Dutch former politician.

Born September 14th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Maastricht.

Kumiko Okae

Japanese actress, voice actress and television presenter (1956-2020).

Born August 23rd, 1956 in Setagaya.

Died April 23rd, 2020 at 63 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia, COVID-19). ^[ref]

Eugene Koonin

American biologist.

Born October 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Moscow.

Mohammad Eslami

Head of atomic energy organization of iran.

Born September 23rd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Isfahan.

Janice E. Voss

American engineer and nasa astronaut (1956-2012).

Born October 8th, 1956 in South Bend.

Died February 6th, 2012 at 55 years old in Scottsdale (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Tschen La Ling

Dutch footballer.

Born January 6th, 1956 (age 70 years) in The Hague.

Guy Babylon

American keyboardist (1956-2009).

Born December 20th, 1956 in New Windsor.

Died September 2nd, 2009 at 52 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Maurice Berger

American art historian (1956–2020).

Born May 22nd, 1956 in Lower East Side. ^[ref]

Died March 23rd, 2020 at 63 years old in Copake (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Fernando Clavijo

American soccer player and manager.

Born January 23rd, 1956 in Maldonado.

Died February 8th, 2019 at 63 years old in Fort Lauderdale (multiple myeloma).

Vladimir Konstantinov

Crimean and russian politician.

Born November 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Vladimirovka.

Graham Watson

British politician (liberal democrat) (born 1956).

Born March 23rd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Rothesay.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Finnish conductor.

Born April 22nd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Heinola.

Julio César Falcioni

Argentine footballer and manager.

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

Elli Medeiros

French-uruguayan singer and actress.

Born January 18th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Montevideo.

Nikolai Noskov

Soviet and russian singer and song writer.

Born January 12th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Gagarin.

Lutz Eigendorf

German footballer (1956-1983).

Born July 16th, 1956 in Brandenburg an der Havel.

Died March 7th, 1983 at 26 years old in Brunswick (traffic collision).

Elisa Carrió

Argentine politician and lawyer.

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

Ernst Fehr

Austrian economist.

Born June 21st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Hard.

Marika Gombitová

Slovak musician (born 1956).

Born September 12th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Turany nad Ondavou.

Yoshiko Tanaka

Japanese singer and actress (1956-2011).

Born April 8th, 1956 in Adachi.

Died April 21st, 2011 at 55 years old in Minato (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Michael L. Gernhardt

Nasa astronaut and manager of environmental physiology laboratory.

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

Sergei Beloglazov

Olympic wrestler.

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

Bruno Tshibala

Congolese politician.

Born February 20th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Kasaï-Oriental.