Beppe Severgnini

Italian journalist.

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

Rick DeMont

American swimmer, world champion, former world record-holder.

Born April 21st, 1956 (age 70 years) in San Francisco.

Jon Speelman

Chess player, mathematician, writer.

Born October 2nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in London.

Phil Hubbard

American basketball player/coach.

Born December 13th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Canton.

Kakha Bendukidze

Georgian and russian businessman (1956-2014).

Born April 20th, 1956 in Tbilisi.

Died November 13th, 2014 at 58 years old in London (myocardial infarction).

Jean-François Larios

French association football player.

Born August 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Sidi Bel Abbès.

Richard Zimler

American-portuguese writer.

Born January 1st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Roslyn Heights. ^[ref]

Nicholas Reeves

British egyptologist.

Born September 28th, 1956 (age 69 years) in United Kingdom.

Stella Kyriakides

Cypriot politician.

Born March 10th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Nicosia. ^[ref]

Sergio Brio

Italian footballer.

Born August 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Lecce.

Steve Denton

American tennis player.

Born September 5th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kingsville.

Ri Yong-ho

North korean politician and diplomat.

Born July 10th, 1956 in Pyongyang.

Died January 5th, 2023 at 66 years old in South Korea.

Karim Abdul Razak

Ghanaian football manager and former player.

Born April 18th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Kumasi.

Alfredo Tena

Mexican footballer.

Born November 21st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Mexico City.

Carlos César

Portuguese politician.

Born October 30th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Ponta Delgada.

Catherine Corsini

French film director and screenwriter.

Born May 18th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Dreux.

Bill Scanlon

American tennis player (1956-2021).

Born November 13th, 1956 in Dallas.

Died June 2nd, 2021 at 64 years old in Park City (cancer).

Linda Haglund

Swedish short distance runner (1956-2015).

Born June 15th, 1956 in Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district.

Died November 21st, 2015 at 59 years old in Stockholm (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper.

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

Viatcheslav Mukhanov

German cosmologist and theoretical physicist.

Born October 2nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kanash.

Marie Rivière

French actress.

Born December 22nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Montreuil.

James H. Newman

American astronaut.

Born October 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Federated States of Micronesia. ^[ref]

Bruno Pezzey

Austrian footballer (1955-1994).

Born February 3rd, 1956 in Lauterach.

Died December 31st, 1994 at 38 years old in Innsbruck (cardioplegia).

Deborah Coleman

American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer (1956-2018).

Born October 3rd, 1956 in Portsmouth.

Died April 12th, 2018 at 61 years old (bronchopneumonia).

Masayuki Suo

Japanese film director.

Born October 29th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Tokyo. ^[ref]