* 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

Other familiar titles are: Anzio by Edward Dmytryk, in 1968, his last Hollywood film appearance ; The North Star ( 1943 ), directed by Lewis Milestone with a script by playwright Lillian Hellman, with Erich von Stroheim ; Edge of Darkness ( 1943 ), also by Milestone, his first film role, where he played his first film German soldier role, opposite Judith Anderson ; Wilson ( 1944 ), where he played the German ambassador to Washington, D. C. during World War I, Count von Bernstorff ; The Cross of Lorraine ( 1943 ), with Gene Kelly ; The Hitler Gang, playing the Nazi official Alfred Rosenberg and Romanoff and Juliet ( 1961 ), written, directed and starring Peter Ustinov, and an Italian-American adaptation of Homer's Iliad, Helen of Troy ( 1956 ), directed by Robert Wise, with Rossanna Podesta, Jacques Sernas, and in two featured roles, Tonio Selwart playing opposite a then almost unknown Brigitte Bardot, in 1956.

* Judith Beveridge ( b. 1956 ), Australian poet, editor and academic

The " Three-step Analysis " of the fertility process was introduced by Kingsley Davis and Judith Blake in 1956 and makes use of three proximate determinants:

All four of her children have earned Ph. D. s in the natural sciences or mathematics: David ( 1950 ), Ph. D. geology, a geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey ; Judith Young ( 1952 ), Ph. D. cosmic-ray physics, an astronomer at the University of Massachusetts ; Karl ( 1956 ), Ph. D. mathematics, a mathematician at the University of California at Irvine ; and Allan ( 1960 ), Ph. D. geology, a geologist at Princeton University.

His prolonged absences took a toll on his marriage, and he and Judith divorced in 1956.

In May 1956, he met singer and actress Judith Bess " Judy " Jones at a Hollywood dinner party, and asked for her phone number.

Alex Raymond's Rip Kirby ( July 28, 1956 ), his final strip with Judith Lynne " Honey " Dorian.

Judith Tizard ( born 3 January 1956 ) is a former New Zealand politician, and a member of the Labour Party.

Judith Ngaire Tizard was born in Auckland in 1956.

His wife, Judith Lyndon, died on December 21, 1956, and he married Agnes Rodgers Brown in 1957.

* Judith ( 1956 )

* Richard Butler ( singer ) ( born 1956 ), lead singer of The Psychedelic Furs and former lead singer of Love Spit Love

Mayfield's career began in 1956 when he joined The Roosters with Arthur and Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler.

The horse Adios Butler, also known as " The Butler " ( 1956 – 1983 ), was a North American harness racing champion.

His best known recording is " Honky Tonk ", a rhythm and blues hit of 1956 which sold four million copies ( reaching No. 1 R & B and No. 2 Pop ), and which he co-wrote with Billy Butler.

In the 1956 General Elections the Butler Party only won two seats.

* 1956: Rab Butler MP

Another Walter Lantz cartoon " The Ostrich Egg And I " ( from the Maggie & Sam series ) in 1956 was a spoof of The Egg and I with Maggie voiced by Grace Stafford and Sam voiced by Daws Butler.

* Paul Butler ( bishop ) ( born 1956 ), Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham ; previously Bishop of Southampton

1956 Recipient of Columbia's Nicholas Murray Butler Silver Medal, cited as " a leading scholar, writer and teacher whose many original contributions to the field of medieval philosophy and science have won international recognition.

* Richard Butler ( singer ) ( born 1956 ), lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs

In 1956, Butler was re-elected to a second term after defeating Democrat George P. Mahoney by a margin of 53 %- 47 %.

Bill Butler ( born 30 March 1956, Glasgow ) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician and former MSP.

Nellie the Elephant is a song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional intelligent elephant of the same name.

Gaines earned a bachelor's degree in broadcasting at Butler University in 1956.

* Jack Butler ( footballer born 1868 ) ( died 1956 ), Chirk F. C.