Hisashi Kato

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born April 24th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Rifu.

Jorge Olaechea

Peruvian footballer (born 1956).

Born August 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Ica.

Lothar Thoms

East german racing cyclist (1956-2017).

Born May 18th, 1956 in Guben.

Died November 5th, 2017 at 61 years old in Forst (Lausitz). ^[ref]

Frank Baum

East german footballer.

Born March 30th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Zwenkau.

Shingo Mimura

Japanese politician.

Born April 16th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Aomori Prefecture.

Bjarni Friðriksson

Judoka.

Born May 29th, 1956 (age 70 years).

Jan Henry T. Olsen

Norwegian politician (1956–2018).

Born August 20th, 1956 in Bergen.

Died July 10th, 2018 at 61 years old (Alzheimer's disease). ^[ref]

Brigitte Kraus

German middle distance runner.

Born August 12th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bensberg.

Wolfgang Puschnig

Austrian saxophonist.

Born May 21st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.

Faustino Rupérez

Spanish racing cyclist.

Born July 29th, 1956 (age 69 years) in San Esteban de Gormaz.

Yury A. Dmitriev

Gulag researcher and human rights activist.

Born January 28th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Petrozavodsk.

Michael Musyoki

Athletics competitor.

Born May 28th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Kenya.

Román Rodríguez Rodríguez

Canarian politician.

Born March 1st, 1956 (age 70 years) in La Aldea de San Nicolás. ^[ref]

Adolfino Cañete

Paraguayan footballer.

Born September 13th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Asunción.

Ferenc Csongrádi

Hungarian footballer.

Born March 29th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Apácatorna.

Brigitte Aubert

French writer of detective fiction.

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

Amanda Aizpuriete

Latvian poet and translator (1956-2023).

Born March 28th, 1956 in Jūrmala.

Died October 22nd, 2023 at 67 years old in Jūrmala.

Antal Nagy

Hungarian footballer (born 1956).

Born October 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Nagyhalász.

Lene Tranberg

Danish architect.

Born November 29th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Copenhagen.

Eva Funck

Actress.

Born May 28th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Essinge church parish. ^[ref]

Sören Börjesson

Swedish association football player and manager (1956–2024).

Born March 14th, 1956 in Sweden. ^[ref]

Died September 26th, 2024 at 68 years old in Hovås. ^[ref]

Mirko Puzović

Yugoslavia boxer.

Born April 24th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Kragujevac.

Pamela Behr

Alpine ski racer.

Born September 21st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Bad Hindelang.

Pascal-Firmin Ndimira

Burundian politician.

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

Dieter Kühn

East german footballer.

Born July 4th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Leipzig.