Simon Tahamata

Dutch footballer.

Born May 26th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Vught.

Waltraud Meier

German soprano and mezzo-soprano.

Born January 9th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Würzburg.

Tommy Remengesau

President of palau.

Born February 28th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Koror.

Lei Clijsters

Belgian association football player (1956-2009).

Born November 9th, 1956 in Opitter.

Died January 4th, 2009 at 52 years old in Meeuwen-Gruitrode (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Eugene Koonin

American biologist.

Born October 26th, 1956 (age 68 years) in Moscow.

Péter Besenyei

Hungarian air racer.

Born June 8th, 1956 (age 69 years) in Körmend.

Yuriy Borisov

Director of roscosmos space corporation, former deputy minister of defence of the russian federation.

Born December 31st, 1956 (age 68 years) in Vyshny Volochyok.

Mike Mitchell

Basketball player.

Born January 1st, 1956 in Atlanta.

Died June 9th, 2011 at 55 years old in San Antonio (cancer). ^[ref]

Andrius Kubilius

Lithuanian politician.

Born December 8th, 1956 (age 68 years) in Vilnius.

Mark A. Mangini

American sound editor.

Born August 31st, 1956 (age 68 years) in Boston.