* 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 – 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

:* Sir Herbert Broadley ( UK ) ( acting ): April 1956 – November 1956.

* 1956: Herbert L. Block ( Herblock ), Editorial

The first known presentation describing use of similar phases in software engineering was held by Herbert D. Benington at Symposium on advanced programming methods for digital computers on 29 June 1956.

* Blumer, Herbert, 1956, " Sociological Analysis and the ' Variable ,'" American Sociological Review, 21 ( 6 ): 683 – 90

* Herbert Maryon, " The Colossus of Rhodes " The Journal of Hellenic Studies 76 ( 1956 ), pp. 68 – 86.

The word satisfice was given its current meaning by Herbert A. Simon in 1956, although the idea " was first posited in Administrative Behavior, published in 1947.

The heir presumptive to both earldoms ( but not to the Barony Herbert of Lea, which would become extinct should the Earl die without male issue ) is his eighth cousin George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon ( b. 1956 ), great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of the 8th Earl of Pembroke through his fifth son.

It reportedly was the strongest county for Calvin Coolidge in 1924, Herbert Hoover in 1932 and Alf Landon in 1936 The Republican candidate has continued to consistently win since 1956.

* The Adventures of Robin Hood – Episode " Friar Tuck " as Sir William of Marmsbury, " Checkmate " as Count De Waldern ( series 1: 1955 ), " A Village Wooing " as Wat Longfellow ( series 2: 1956 ) and " The Reluctant Rebel " as Herbert ( series 4: 1958 ).

Kendall Park gets its name from its builder, Herbert Kendall, who built it as a planned community between 1956 and the early 60s.

" Bob Dixon was the first announcer in 1956, followed by Herbert Duncan.

The Dragon in the Sea ( 1956 ), also known as Under Pressure from its serialization, is a novel by Frank Herbert.

* Herbert Grönemeyer ( b. 1956 ), actor, singer, songwriter, who became famous with the song " Bochum "

* Herbert Marshall ( 1945 – 1956 )

* MG Herbert B. Powell 1956

He contributed to the Information Processing Language ( 1956 ) and two of the earliest AI programs, the Logic Theory Machine ( 1956 ) and the General Problem Solver ( 1957 ) ( with Herbert A. Simon ).

The post-war festival slowly regained its prominence as the premier summer opera festival, especially in works by Mozart, with conductor Herbert von Karajan becoming artistic director in 1956.

* Peter Ustinov was the narrator for two recordings with the Philharmonia Orchestra, one conducted by Herbert von Karajan ( Angel Records 35638, 1956 ) and one conducted by Philip Ellis ( Cirrus Classics CBS CD 105, 1989 ).

) This story has been dramatised many times: once for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, three times for the Suspense radio series ( Peter Lorre portrayed the main character in the first broadcast in 1943 ; the 1948 and 1956 broadcasts both starred Herbert Marshall ), as well as once for an episode of Tales of the Unexpected.

* Herbert von Karajan ( 1956 – 1964 ) ( artistic director )

* Herbert Wesley Cummings ( 1873 – 1956 ), US Congressman from Pennsylvania