* 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 – 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 – Chris Foreman, English guitarist and songwriter ( Madness )

* 1956 – David Grant, English singer ( Linx )

* 1956 – Branscombe Richmond, American actor

* 1956 – Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress

Former Louisiana Agriculture Commissoner Dave L. Pearce ( 1952 – 1956 ; 1960 – 1976 ) attended the former elementary school in Pioneer.

Cuiheng is home to Former Residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen ( 孫中山故居 ) and the Sun Yat-sen Residence Memorial Museum ( 孫中山故居紀念館 ), which was built next to the residence in 1956.

Former US Secretary of State Rice commented on the contributions made by 1956 Hungarian refugees to the United States and other host countries, as well as the role of Hungary in providing refuge to East Germans during the 1989 protests against communist rule.

Former GDR Interior Minister Willi Stoph served as the first Minister of National Defense between 1956 and 1960.

* Mike Gravel ( 1956 ), Former US Senator from Alaska and candidate for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

* PNS Khaibar ( 1944 ), Former British Battle Class destroyer HMS Cadiz ( D79 ); acquired by Pakistan Navy in 1956 ; sunk in Indo-Pakistan War of 1971

Former singing star Jane Frazee took up the role beginning in 1954 with So You Want to Be Your Own Boss, but Coates returned to the role in 1956, and played the part in the final installment So Your Wife Wants to Work.

Thomas Joseph Meskill, 1956, Former Congressman, Governor of Connecticut, and chief judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

* Larry Bird ( b. 1956 ), Former American professional basketball player

Green, III — Former Congressman and Mayor of Philadelphia ( 1956 )

* 1877 – Alben W. Barkley, American politician and 35th Vice President of the United States ( d. 1956 )

Of the thirteen Presidential elections from 1956 to 2004, nine featured the incumbent President ; the other four ( 1960, 1968, 1988, 2000 ) all featured the incumbent Vice President.

The last not to name a Vice Presidential choice, leaving the matter up to the convention, was Democrat Adlai Stevenson in 1956.

Nixon was also the first Vice President to assume temporary control of the executive branch, which he did after Eisenhower suffered a heart attack on September 24, 1955, ileitis in June 1956, and a stroke in November 1957.

From 1956 to Liu's downfall in 1966, Liu ranked as the First Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China.

Congressman and Senator who ran for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson's running mate in 1956.

He commanded the 2nd Task Fleet after 1948, and was the Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1951 to 1956.

He worked for American Cyanamid Corporation from 1956 to 1963 as Vice President for Personnel.

He was elected party Vice Chairman in 1956, but was only an ordinary Central Committee member under the 9th CC ( 1969 ).

Between 1946 to 1950, Underwood taught at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, and then served as Vice President of Salem College from 1950 to 1956.

At Gallagher's Dome Petroleum, Strong occupied several key roles including Vice President of Finance, leaving the firm in 1956 and setting up his own firm, M. F.

Soon after completing his term as Vice Chancellor he was nominated as a member of the Upper House of Indian Parliament in 1956, a position he vacated in 1957 to become Governor of the State of Bihar.

Vice President Henry A. Wallace, a politician and pioneer of hybrid seeds, declared in 1956 that the Corn Belt developed the " most productive agricultural civilization the world has ever seen ".

Notable Hamilton alumni include US Secretary of State Elihu Root ( 1864 ), US Vice President James S. Sherman ( 1878 ), poet Ezra Pound ( 1905 ), theatre critic Alexander Woollcott ( 1909 ), jurist and diplomat Philip Jessup ( 1919 ), psychologist B. F. Skinner ( 1926 ), Nobel Prize Winner Paul Greengard ( 1948 ), civil rights leader Bob Moses ( 1956 ), novelist Terry Brooks ( 1966 ), playwright Richard Nelson ( 1971 ), US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack ( 1972 ), composer Jay Reise ( 1972 ), Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Melinda Wagner ( 1979 ), novelist Peter Cameron ( 1982 ), actor Tony Goldwyn ( 1982 ), author Garret Kramer ( 1984 ), novelist Kamila Shamsie, actor and writer for The Office Paul Lieberstein ( 1989 ), actor Grayson McCouch ( 1991 ), Academy Award-winning screenwriter Nat Faxon ( 1997 ), and politician and author Matthew Zeller ( 2004 ).

Sir Jack arrived in Grand Bahama in 1956, and became a Vice President of The Grand Bahama Port Authority which helped promote the development of Freeport.

Karen Parfitt Hughes ( born December 27, 1956 ) is the Global Vice Chair of Burson-Marsteller.

After Harrison ’ s death in June 1956, former Vice President Joseph S. Whiteford was appointed President.

Less than a year later Kuznetsov was demoted to Vice Admiral for political reasons in 1956 and Isakov remained the only Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union until his death in 1967.

* 1956 to 1977, Othman served as an executive in the International Banking Department at Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, Illinois, as Vice President and Division Administrator of the International Money Management Division, including the International Economic Research Unit.

* 1956 Democratic National Convention ( nominated Adlai E. Stevenson for President and Estes Kefauver for Vice President ; ticket lost )

* Vice Admiral Herbert G. Hopwood ( August 1, 1955-June 18, 1956 )

* Estes Kefauver, former Representative, former U. S. Senator from Tennessee and 1956 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee

Vice President-Canadian Chamber of Commerce ( 1956 – 1957 )

As it rose in prominence, the convention gathered an impressive docket of speakers, including Harry S. Truman and former Vice President Alben Barkley, who died in the midst of a speech at the 1956 convention.