Dorothy Hamill

American figure skater.

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

Stephanie Zimbalist

American film actress.

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

Sue Barker

English television presenter and former professional tennis player.

Born April 19th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Paignton.

King Diamond

Danish musician.

Born June 14th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Copenhagen.

Brett Cullen

American actor (born 1956).

Born August 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Houston.

Tanikella Bharani

Indian actor.

Born July 14th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Secunderabad.

Mansour Bahrami

Iranian-french tennis player.

Born April 26th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Arak.

Lisa Hartman Black

American actress and singer.

Born June 1st, 1956 (age 70 years) in Houston.

Debby Boone

American singer.

Born September 22nd, 1956 (age 69 years) in Hackensack.

Sebastian Coe

British athlete and politician (born 1956).

Born September 29th, 1956 (age 69 years) in London.

Meg Whitman

American business executive.

Born August 4th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Cold Spring Harbor.

Jon Tester

American politician and farmer (born 1956).

Born August 21st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Havre.

Patti Hansen

American model and actress.

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

Melody Thomas Scott

Actress.

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

Bernard Sumner

English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.

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

Clifton Powell

American actor and comedian.

Born March 16th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Washington, D.C..

Juliet Stevenson

English actor (born 1956).

Born October 30th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Kelvedon.

Michael Spinks

American boxer.

Born July 13th, 1956 (age 70 years) in St. Louis. ^[ref]

Deval Patrick

Governor of massachusetts from 2007 to 2015.

Born July 31st, 1956 (age 69 years) in Chicago.

Michel Houellebecq

French writer.

Born February 26th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Saint-Pierre.

Lisa Eilbacher

American actress.

Born May 5th, 1956 (age 70 years) in Dhahran.

Chris Hedges

American journalist.

Born September 18th, 1956 (age 69 years) in St. Johnsbury. ^[ref]

Paolo Rossi

Italian footballer (1956–2020).

Born September 23rd, 1956 in Prato.

Died December 9th, 2020 at 64 years old in Siena (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Amanda Burton

Actress from northern ireland..

Born October 10th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Derry.

Catherine Hickland

American actress.

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