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

* 1956 – David Grant, English singer ( Linx )

* 1956 – Branscombe Richmond, American actor

* 1956 – Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress

* 1956 – Guy Babylon, American keyboardist

* 1956 – Guy Maddin, Canadian film director

* 1882 – Guy Kibbee, American actor ( d. 1956 )

* 2003 – Guy Speranza, American singer ( Riot ) ( b. 1956 )

The Egyptian nationalisation of the Suez Canal by President Nasser on 26 July 1956 prompted the British government of Anthony Eden and the French government of Guy Mollet to commence plans for invading Egypt, regaining the canal, and toppling Nasser.

* Guy Debord, Gil J. Wolman, 1956: A User ’ s Guide to Détournement

Edmunds had more UK hits during this time, including Elvis Costello's " Girls Talk ", Nick Lowe's " I Knew The Bride ", Hank DeVito's " Queen of Hearts " ( written for Edmunds and later a US hit for Juice Newton using the same arrangement ), Graham Parker's " Crawling from the Wreckage ", and Melvin Endsley's " Singing the Blues " ( originally a 1956 US # 1 hit for Guy Mitchell, and a UK # 1 for both Mitchell and Tommy Steele ).

The play was so successful that in 1956 an English adaptation by Guy Bolton was made into a film, Anastasia.

In 1956 he served as Minister of State in the cabinet headed by the SFIO leader < span lang =" fr "> Guy Mollet </ span >, but resigned over the issue of Algeria, which was coming to dominate French politics.

Robert Richard Guy Yerburgh ( b. 1956 )

Guy Maddin, OM, ( born February 28, 1956 ) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

* Henry Lewis Guy ( 1887 – 1956 ), British mechanical engineer

* Theory of the Dérive Guy Debord ( 1956 )

Guy Camil " Gramps " Chouinard ( born October 20, 1956 ) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the 1970s and 80's for the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, and St. Louis Blues.

Commander Basil John Douglas Guy VC, DSO ( 9 May 1882 – 29 December 1956 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

* The Guy Lombardo Show ( 1956 )

She made her motion picture debut in Two Gals and a Guy ( 1951 ) and appeared in the television series Mama from 1953 to 1956.

*" Fever ( 1956 song )" ( Recorded By * Peggy Lee, Madonna, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles and Natalie Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Grateful Dead, Beyoncé Knowles, among Others.

Before Dick Clark, the best-known New Year's Eve shows on radio and then television were hosted by bandleader Guy Lombardo, who hosted 21 consecutive New Year's Eve shows from 1956 to 1976 on CBS, and for a time in syndication.

The best-known recording was released in October 1956 by Guy Mitchell and spent nine weeks at # 1 on the U. S. Billboard chart from December 8, 1956 to February 2, 1957.

As Resident Minister in Algeria for the government of Guy Mollet in 1956, he was unable to take up his post because of demonstrations in Algiers by French residents on 6 February.