Rosalyn Bryant

American sprinter.

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

Wanda Nowicka

Polish politician.

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

Piero Chiambretti

Italian television presenter.

Born May 30th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Aosta.

Davide Ferrario

Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and writer.

Born June 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Casalmaggiore.

Stig Strand

Swedish alpine skier.

Born August 25th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Tärnaby. ^[ref]

Maria da Assunção Esteves

Portuguese politician of the 3rd republic.

Born October 15th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Valpaços.

William Terrence McGrattan

Canadian catholic bishop.

Born September 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in London.

Beverley Goddard

British athlete.

Born August 28th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Barbados.

Volker Zotz

Austrian religious studies scholar.

Born October 28th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Landau in der Pfalz.

Rose Dieng Kuntz

Senegalese computer scientist (1956–2008).

Born March 27th, 1956 in Dakar. ^[ref]

Died June 30th, 2008 at 52 years old in Nice.

Zlatan Saračević

Bosnia and herzegovina shot putter.

Born July 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Zenica.

George Dunlop

Northern irish footballer.

Born January 16th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Belfast.

Amir Or

Israeli poet (born 1956).

Born July 1st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Tel Aviv.

Thorhild Widvey

Norwegian politician.

Born January 9th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Avaldsnes. ^[ref]

Maria João

Portuguese singer.

Born June 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Lisbon. ^[ref]

Kōji Gushiken

Japanese artistic gymnast (born 1956).

Born November 12th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Osaka.

Boris Šprem

Croatian politician (1956-2012).

Born April 14th, 1956 in Koprivnički Bregi.

Died September 30th, 2012 at 56 years old in Houston (multiple myeloma).

Shalom Simchon

Israeli social worker and politician.

Born December 7th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kfar Saba. ^[ref]

Giovanni Kessler

Italian politician.

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

Paul van der Sterren

Dutch chess player.

Born March 17th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Venlo.

Fabienne Serrat

French alpine skier.

Born July 5th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Le Bourg-d'Oisans.

Andrei Eshpai

Soviet and russian film director, screenwriter and film producer.

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

Hubert Gorbach

Austrian politician.

Born July 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Frastanz.

Francesca Gargallo

Italian-mexican feminist writer and historian of ideas.

Born November 25th, 1956 in Syracuse. ^[ref]

Died March 3rd, 2022 at 65 years old in Mexico City (stomach cancer). ^[ref]

Faouzi Mansouri

Algerian footballer (1956–2022).

Born January 17th, 1956 in Menzel Bourguiba.

Died May 18th, 2022 at 66 years old in Nîmes. ^[ref]