* 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

They married in 1956 and had two children, Christopher John Hall ( TV producer ) in 1957 and Jennifer Caron Hall, a writer, painter and actress, in 1958.

Anne Dudley ( born Anne Jennifer Beckingham, 7 May 1956, Chatham, Kent ) is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001.

Jennifer " Jenny " Patricia Morris ( born 29 September 1956 in Tokoroa ) OAM is a New Zealand-born Australian pop, rock singer-songwriter.

The novel was made into a movie in 1956, starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones as Tom and Betsy Rath, with Fredric March, Lee J. Cobb, Keenan Wynn and Marisa Pavan in supporting roles.

* Sharon Kane ( born 1956 ), a. k. a. Jennifer Holmes, American bondage model and pornographic actress

Early in her career, she appeared in Three Violent People ( 1956 ) starring Charlton Heston, as the hotel proprietor pal of Anne Baxter, and then co-starred opposite Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in the David O. Selznick remake of A Farewell to Arms ( 1957 ) as Hudson's nurse.

Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer met for the first time in Calcutta, in 1956, where he was part of Prithvi Theatre troupe, while she was playing Miranda in the play The Tempest, by the Shakespeareana travelling troupe.

* 1956 – Dale Berra, American baseball player

* 1956 – Dale Maharidge, American author

* Dale Brown ( b. 1956 ), American author

* Dale Murphy ( born 1956 ), American baseball player

* Dale Berra ( born 1956 ), former Major League Baseball player and son of Yogi Berra.

Theda Arnold, present ( 1979 ) Post Master has copies of the National Archives Records showing later post masters to include, S. J. Robb, 1889 ; Dement Brown, 1891 ; Martha A. LaGrange, 1892 ; Benjamin F. Yoder, 1893 ; Jerome S. Rice, 1895 ; Wiliam H. Beck, 1899 ; Oscar Yoder, 1901 ; Martha A. LaGrange, 1903 ; Martha A. Miskimins, 1904 ; William R. Kirlin, 1928 ; Verna Bess Coen, 1954 ( acting ); Dale E. Howery, 1956 ; Theda Arnold, 1972, up to present day.

A remake of a 1956 song by rockabilly singer Dale Hawkins, " Suzie Q " was the band's second single, and its first to crack the Top 40.

His first pop single, " Lovable " ( 1956 ) which was a remake of the gospel song " Wonderful ", and was released under the alias " Dale Cook " in order not to alienate his gospel fan base ; as there was a considerable stigma against gospel singers performing secular music.

Dale Bryan Murphy ( born March 12, 1956 in Portland, Oregon ) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman.

In 1956 the theme song was released on Parlophone records by Dick James with Stephen James and his chums and Ron Goodwin's Orchestra and reached number 14 in the UK charts ( 78rpm single: R. 4117 / 45rpm single: MSP6199 ), and by PYE records as a 78rpm single by Gary Miller with Tony Osbourne orchestra and the Beryl Stott chorus ( PYE N. 15020 ) and reached number 10 on the UK charts, versions by Frankie Laine ( CBS Coronet ), Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra ( Capitol ), Alan Dale ( Coral ), Joe Reisman's orchestra and chorus ( RCA Victor ) and Ronnie Ronaldo ( Colombia ) were also issued.

Samuel Dale " Sam " Brownback ( born September 12, 1956 ) is an American politician who is the current Governor of Kansas.

On May 28, 1956, Dale Long of the Pirates took what one author has stated was the first-ever curtain call in baseball history, after hitting home runs in eight consecutive games caused fans to cheer for five minutes.

Lawrence Dale " Larry " Bell ( April 5, 1894 – October 20, 1956 ) was an American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation.

Dale Arnold Jarrett ( born November 26, 1956 ) is a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship.

That car has authentic-looking "# 8 " graphics from 1956, and Dale Jr's sponsor Budweiser added 1956-era Budweiser logos.

The CEOs have been: Earl W. Chapman ( 1932 – 1956 ); Edward K. Coombs ( acting, 1956 ); William E. Payne ( 1956 – 1974 ); Carl J. Blechinger ( 1975 – 1983 ); Sidney C. McCausland ( 1984 – 1986 ); Kenneth G. Thomason ( acting or interim, 1987 ); Dale M. Hanson ( 1987 – 1994 ); Richard H. Koppes ( interim, 1994 ); James E. Burton ( 1994 – 2002 ); Robert D. Walton ( interim, 2002 ); Fred R. Buenrostro, Jr. ( 2002 – 2008 ); Kenneth W. Marzion ( interim, 2008 – 2009 ); and Anne Stausboll ( 2009-Present ).

He found it in the street life of Southam Street in Notting Dale ( now often considered part of Notting Hill ), which he photographed between 1956 and 1961.

Dale Roberts ( 8 October 1956 – 5 February 2003 ), was a football player, a centre-half who started his playing career at Ipswich Town

* Ronald Dale Harris ( born 1956 ), former computer programmer for the Nevada Gaming Control Board

It was isolated from the crude drug — from a museum sample of curare — in 1935 by Harold King ( 1887 – 1956 ) of London, working in Sir Henry Dale ’ s laboratory.

* Dale Chihuly, studio glass artist — attended 1956 and 1957

* Dale Long ( 1956 )