Zenón Franco Ocampos

Paraguayan chess grandmaster (1956–2024).

Born May 12th, 1956 in Asunción.

Died October 1st, 2024 at 68 years old in Vigo. ^[ref]

Frank-Michael Wahl

German handball player.

Born August 24th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Rostock.

Maria Leissner

Swedish politician.

Born January 21st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Oscar Fredriks församling.

Marie Hermanson

Swedish journalist and writer.

Born May 9th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Gothenburg.

Kari Eloranta

Finnish former ice hockey player.

Born February 29th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Lahti.

Marin Dragnea

Romanian footballer.

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

Mauricio Alfaro

Salvadoran footballer.

Born February 13th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Zacatecoluca.

Abulfaz Garayev

Azerbaijani politician.

Born November 13th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Baku.

Romy Kermer

East german pair skater.

Born July 28th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Chemnitz.

Eduardo Blasco Ferrer

Catalan linguist.

Born June 15th, 1956 in Barcelona.

Died January 12th, 2017 at 60 years old in Ota (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Erhard Wunderlich

German handball player (1956–2012).

Born December 14th, 1956 in Augsburg.

Died October 4th, 2012 at 55 years old in Cologne (cancer).

Rosemarie Gabriel

East german swimmer.

Born February 27th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Schwerin.

Viktor Hrachov

Ukrainian footballer (born 1956).

Born September 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Toretsk.

András Hargitay

Swimmer.

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

Shobha Pandit

Cricketer.

Born February 11th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Mumbai.

Ștefan Rusu

Olympic wrestler.

Born February 2nd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Rădăuți.

Mario Cabrera

Argentine footballer.

Born July 9th, 1956 (age 69 years) in La Rioja.

Cornelia Ernst

German politician.

Born November 30th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bad Saarow.

Zoltán Verrasztó

Swimmer.

Born March 15th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Budapest.

Sergey Shavlo

Russian footballer.

Born September 4th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Nikopol.

Péter Eckstein-Kovács

Romanian lawyer and politician.

Born July 5th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Cluj-Napoca.

Terry McLaughlin

Canadian sailor.

Born July 24th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Toronto.

Tassilo Thierbach

German figure skater.

Born May 21st, 1956 in Chemnitz.

Died April 19th, 2025 at 68 years old in Chemnitz.

Yoriko Shōno

Japanese writer.

Born March 16th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Yokkaichi.

Nataliia Sumska

Ukrainian actress and television host.

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