Charles L. Bennett

American astronomer.

Born November 16th, 1956 (age 69 years) in New Brunswick.

Fiordaliso

Italian singer.

Born February 19th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Piacenza.

Sonia Lannaman

British athlete.

Born March 24th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Birmingham.

Scholastique Mukasonga

Franco-rwandan writer.

Born December 20th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Gikongoro Province.

Branimir Glavaš

Croatian politician.

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

Michèle Bernier

French actress, writer and director.

Born August 2nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Márton Esterházy

Hungarian footballer.

Born April 9th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Budapest.

Corina Casanova

Swiss politician.

Born January 4th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Ilanz.

Jonathan Bowen

British computer scientist.

Born March 14th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Oxford.

Jean-Henry Céant

Haitian politician.

Born September 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Haiti.

Stephen Brislin

South african cardinal and archbishop.

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

Mikhail Alperin

Ukrainian musician (1956-2018).

Born November 7th, 1956 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.

Died May 11th, 2018 at 61 years old in Oslo (aortic dissection). ^[ref]

Maurizio Ferraris

Italian philosopher.

Born February 7th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Turin. ^[ref]

Steve Sumner

New zealand footballer (1955–2017).

Born April 2nd, 1956 in Preston.

Died February 8th, 2017 at 60 years old in New Zealand (prostate cancer). ^[ref]

G. David Low

American astronaut (1956–2008).

Born February 19th, 1956 in Cleveland.

Died March 15th, 2008 at 52 years old in Reston (colorectal cancer). ^[ref]

Bob Belden

American musician (1956–2015).

Born October 31st, 1956 in Evanston.

Died May 20th, 2015 at 58 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction).

Ahmed Hachani

Tunisian politician.

Born October 4th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Tunis. ^[ref]

Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Danish film producer.

Born April 8th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Osted.

Paul Lockhart

American astronaut.

Born April 28th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Amarillo.

Napoleone Ferrara

Italian molecular biologist.

Born July 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Catania.

János Kollár

Hungarian mathematician.

Born June 7th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Budapest.

Erman Kunter

Turkish-french basketball player and coach (born 1956).

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

Jayme Monjardim

Brazilian tv and film director.

Born May 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in São Paulo. ^[ref]

Ivan Nielsen

Danish footballer.

Born October 9th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Frederiksberg.

Solomon Passy

Bulgarian politician.

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