Takekazu Suzuki

Japanese association football player and manager.

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

Santiago Malgosa

Spanish field hockey player.

Born July 25th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Terrassa.

Tetyana Hlushchenko

Soviet handball player.

Born July 12th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kyiv.

Aminetou Mint El-Moctar

Mauritanian women's rights activist.

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

Jiří Pokorný

Czechoslovak cyclist.

Born October 14th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Brno.

Christiane Knetsch

East german rower.

Born August 24th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Brandenburg an der Havel.

Viktor Vasilyev

Russian mathematician.

Born April 10th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Moscow.

Xavier Yombandje

Roman catholic bishop.

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

José Doreste

Spanish sailor.

Born September 18th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Anjali Sharma

Cricketer.

Born December 12th, 1956 (age 69 years) in New Delhi.

Rainer Höft

German handball player.

Born April 3rd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Berlin.

Raffaele Baldassarre

Italian politician.

Born September 23rd, 1956 in Lecce.

Died November 10th, 2018 at 62 years old in Cavallino (myocardial infarction).

Elke Drüll

German field hockey player.

Born April 1st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Neuss.

Véronique Trinquet

Fencer.

Born June 15th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Marseille.

João Carlos

Brazilian association football player and manager.

Born January 15th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Olha Huzenko

Soviet rower.

Born July 17th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kyiv Oblast.

Erika Belle

Dutch chess player.

Born January 20th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Netherlands.

Evgeni Duleev

Russian rower.

Born April 5th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Moscow.

Manuel Jiménez Abalo

Spanish footballer.

Born October 27th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Vilagarcía de Arousa.

Ventzislav Inkiov

Bulgarian chess player.

Born May 19th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Dupnitsa.

Claudio Rodriguez Fer

Spanish writer.

Born April 6th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Lugo.

Sanjaagiin Bayar

Mongolian prime minister.

Born March 4th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Ulaanbaatar.

Luigi Negri

Italian politician and architect.

Born August 4th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Codogno.

Chieko Hase

Japanese association football player.

Born October 25th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Japan.

Ignacio Rodríguez

Mexican footballer.

Born July 12th, 1956 in Zacatepec Municipality. ^[ref]

Died May 19th, 2025 at 68 years old in Zacatepec Municipality (cancer). ^[ref]