* 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 – Jonathan Palmer, British Formula One racer

Segregation had been struck down as unconstitutional in 1956, yet in 1968, 70 % of black children still attended segregated schools .< ref > Jonathan Karl reviewing James Rosen's < u > The Strong Man </ u >: http :// online. wsj. com / article / SB121158799673718969. html </ ref > By 1972, this percentage had decreased to 8 %.

RCA-owned NBC first used it on The Jonathan Winters Show on October 23, 1956, when a pre-recorded song sequence by Dorothy Collins in color was included in the otherwise live television program.

Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1956.

* Jonathan Elias ( born 1956 ), American composer

McClure's first book of poetry, Passage, was published in 1956 by small press publisher Jonathan Williams.

( 1956 ) and as the scheming landlord Jonathan Lyte in Johnny Tremain ( 1957 ).

Jonathan Simon " Jon " Speelman ( born 2 October 1956 ) is an English Grandmaster chess player, mathematician and chess writer.

On September 11, 1956, an Israeli force in what the IDF termed one of its retribution operations, Operation Jonathan, raided Jordanian territory at Al-Rahwa, Hebron Sector, attacking the police station and clashing with a unit from the Legion's Desert Force.

* Happy Odyssey, Lt-Gen. Sir Carton De Wiart, V. C., K. B. E., C. M. G., D. S. O., Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950, in PAN paperback 1956, re-printed by Pen & Sword Books 2007 ISBN 1-84415-539-0

Jonathan Potter ( born 1956 ) is Professor of Discourse Analysis and, from February 2010, Head of the Department of Social Sciences, at Loughborough University and one of the originators of discursive psychology.

Dr. Jonathan Charles Palmer ( born 7 November 1956 in London ) is an entrepreneur and former racing driver from England.

* The Millionaire .- ... The Captain Jonathan Carroll Story ( 1956 ) TV episode, Capt.

* Jonathan Palmer ( born 1956 ), entrepreneur and racecar driver

Jonathan Coleman nicknamed Jono ( born 29 February 1956 in Hackney, London, England ), is an Australian television personality, radio announcer and writer and performer of comedy.

* ' Happy Odyssey ', Lt-Gen. Sir Carton De Wiart, V. C., K. B. E., C. M. G., D. S. O., Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950, in PAN paperback 1956, re-printed by Pen & Sword Books 2007, 287 pages, ISBN 1-84415-539-0 ( Foreword by Winston S Churchill )

Jonathan P. Bowen FBCS FRSA ( born 1956 ) is a British computer scientist.

Jonathan Yoav Tasini ( born 1956 in Houston, Texas ) is a strategist, organizer, activist, commentator and writer, primarily focusing his energies on the topics of work, labor and the economy.

* Jonathan Bowen ( born 1956 ), computer scientist