* Austin Osman Spare ( 1886 – 1956 ), English artist and magician

* 1956 – Sebastian Spreng, Argentinean artist and journalist

* 1956 – Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and administrator

* 1956 – Andy García, Cuban actor

* 1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer

* 1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.

* 1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish director

* 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

* 1956 – Stepfanie Kramer, American actress

* 1878 – Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author ( d. 1956 )

* 1956 – Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author

* 1956 – Jim Neidhart, American wrestler

* 1956 – Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer

* 2003 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer ( b. 1956 )

* 1956 – Tom Leykis, American radio host

* 1956 – Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny and Dead Men Walking )

* 1956 – Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer

* 1956 –, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.

Prominent leaders include co-founders Lucien Febvre ( 1878 – 1956 ) and Marc Bloch ( 1886 – 1944 ).

* 1867 – Emil Nolde, German painter ( d. 1956 )

* 1956 – David Grant, English singer ( Linx )

* 1956 – Branscombe Richmond, American actor

* 1956 – Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress

* 1956 – Chris Isaak, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

* 1956 – Chris Carter, American television producer

They had two sons: Chris, born in 1956, and Theodore, born in 1958.

* 1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author

* " The Fool ", 1956 hit single by Sanford Clark, written by Lee Hazlewood, recorded by Elvis Presley, Chris Farlowe a. o.

* Chris Brown ( dancer ) ( 1896 – 1956 ), Native American dancer and costume maker

In 1956 the All Blacks won its first series over the Springboks, in what Chris Hewett called " in the most bitterly fought series in history.

* Chris Harman on Ho Chi Minh, 1969, from The Left in Britain, 1956 – 68, edited by David Widgery

Chris Alcaide appeared twice on the series as Brown Eagle in " Passage Deferred " ( 1956 ) and as John Brett in " Hired Killer " ( 1958 ).

He originated the role of lawyer Chris Hughes on As the World Turns in 1956, and played the role until his death in 1986.

The other five are: Bobby Balcena ( 1956 Cincinnati Reds ), Bobby Chouinard ( 1996 Oakland Athletics, 1998 Milwaukee Brewers, 1998-1999 Arizona Diamondbacks, 2000-2001 Colorado Rockies ), Chris Aguila ( 2004-2006 Florida Marlins ), Tim Lincecum ( 2007 – present San Francisco Giants ), and Geno Espineli ( 2008 – present San Francisco Giants ).

* Chris Collins ( soccer ) ( born 1956 ), retired American soccer player

For the summer of 2008, TCM launched " Essentials Jr .", a youth-oriented version of its The Essentials weekly series hosted by actors Abigail Breslin and Chris O ' Donnell, which included such family-themed films as National Velvet ( 1944 ), The Courtship of Eddie's Father ( 1963 ), Meet Me in St. Louis ( 1944 ), Captains Courageous ( 1937 ), and Yours, Mine and Ours ( 1968 ), as well as more eclectic selections as Sherlock Jr. ( 1924 ), The Music Box ( 1932 ), Harvey ( 1950 ), 20 Million Miles to Earth ( 1957 ), Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1935 ), On the Town ( 1949 ), and The Man Who Knew Too Much ( 1956 ).

* Chris Barber's Jazz Band: " Chris Barber 1956 " ( LACD246 )

In addition, Brickhouse partnered with fellow baseball broadcasting legend Mel Allen for NBC's coverage of the 1952 Rose Bowl, and with Chris Schenkel for the network's coverage of two NFL Championship Games ( 1956 and 1963 ).

* Chris Bando, born 1956

* Professor Chris Wise ( 1956 -), structural engineer, and later Professor of Creative Design at Imperial College.

Eric Shirley ( born 3 April 1929 ) ran the 3, 000 metres steeplechase final at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia for Great Britain with team mates Chris Brasher and John Disley ; coming in 8th with a time of 8. 57.

Born in 1956 in Derby, Chris Paling studied social sciences at the University of Sussex.

Peter Holsapple ( born February 19, 1956 ) formed, along with Chris Stamey, the singing, songwriting, and guitar-playing core of the dB's, a jangle-pop band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

* Chris Brasher CBE-Olympic 3000m Steeplechase Gold 1956

Chris Foreman ( born Christopher John Foreman, 8 August 1956, London ), nicknamed Chrissy Boy, is an English guitarist, best known as a member of a second wave ska band, Madness.

* Chris Young ( footballer ) ( 1886 – 1956 ), English soccer player