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1956 (''' MCMLVI ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Sunday of the Gregorian Calendar .
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date
Births
January
- January 1 - Mark R. Hughes , American entrepreneur (d. 2000 )
- January 3 - Mel Gibson , Australian actor and director
- January 4 - Bernard Sumner , British guitarist ( Joy Division and New Order )
- January 5 - Chen Kenichi , Japanese chef
- January 7 - David Caruso , American actor
- January 10 - Shawn Colvin , American singer
- January 14 - Ben Heppner , Canadian tenor
- January 16 - Martin Jol , Dutch football manager
- January 17 - Paul Young , English musician
- January 17 - Steve Harvey , American actor
- January 20 - Bill Maher , American actor, comedian, and political analyst
- January 21 - Geena Davis , American actress
- January 27 - Mimi Rogers , American actress
- January 31 - Johnny Rotten , British singer ( Sex Pistols )
February
- February 3 - Nathan Lane , American actor
- February 11 - Didier Lockwood , French jazz violinist
- February 13 - Peter Hook , British bassist ( Joy Division and New Order )
- February 14 - Tom Burlinson , Australian actor
- February 15 - Desmond Haynes , West Indian cricketer
- February 18 - Thomas Gradin , Swedish hockey player
- February 19 - Roderick MacKinnon , American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry
- February 24 - Paula Zahn , American television journalist
- February 26 - Keisuke Kuwata , Japanese musician
- February 28 - Jimmy Nicholl , Canadian-born footballer
- February 29 - Bob Speller , Canadian politician
- February 29 - Aileen Carol Wuornos , American serial killer (d. 2002 )
March
April
- April 3 - Ray Combs , American game show host and comedian
- April 4 - Kerry Chikarovski , Australian politician
- April 4 - David E. Kelley , American writer and television producer
- April 6 - Dilip Vengsarkar , Indian cricketer
- April 12 - Andy Garcia , American actor
- April 13 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne , New Zealand rally car driver (d. 2003 )
- April 13 - Alison Wheeler , British activist
- April 14 - Barbara Bonney , American soprano
- April 16 - David M. Brown , astronaut (d. 2003 )
- April 16 - Lise-Marie Morerod , Swiss skier
- April 19 - Sue Barker , British tennis player and television presenter
- April 23 - Judy Davis , Australian actress
- April 26 - Koo Stark , British actress
- April 28 - Jimmy Barnes , Australian musician
- April 30 - Jorge Chaminé , Portuguese baritone
- April 30 - Lars Von Trier , Danish film director
May
- May 4 - David Guterson , American writer
- May 4 - Ulrike Meyfarth , German high jumper
- May 7 - Jan Peter Balkenende , Prime Minister Of The Netherlands
- May 11 - Andrew Hidalgo , American entrepreneur
- May 13 - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar , Indian guru
- May 13 - Steve Blackwood , American actor and musician
- May 15 - Dan Patrick , American sportscaster
- May 16 - Olga Korbut , Russian gymnast
- May 17 - Sugar Ray Leonard , American boxer
- May 17 - Bob Saget , American actor
- May 20 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen , Norwegian author
- May 23 - Buck Showalter , baseball player and manager
- May 23 - Ursula Plassnik , Austrian politician
- May 24 - Michael Jackson , Irish Anglican bishop
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
- December 5 - Krystian Zimerman , Polish pianist
- December 5 - Brian Backer , American actor
- December 6 - Peter Buck , American guitarist ( R.E.M. )
- December 6 - Randy Rhoads , American guitarist ( Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne ) [d. 1982 ]
- December 7 - Larry Bird , American basketball player
- December 7 - Mark Rolston , American actor
- December 8 - Warren Cuccurullo , American musician ( Missing Persons and Duran Duran )
- December 12 - Johan Van Der Velde , Dutch cyclist
- December 17 - Mike Mills , American guitarist ( R.E.M. )
- December 18 - Ron White , American comedian
- December 23 - Michele Alboreto , Italian race car driver
- December 23 - Dave Murray , British guitarist
- December 26 - David Sedaris , American essayist
- December 28 - Nigel Kennedy , English violinist
Unknown dates
Deaths
January
- January 3 - Alexander Grechaninov , Russian composer (b. 1864 )
- January 3 - Joseph Wirth , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1876 )
- January 5 - Mistinguett , French singer (b. 1875 )
- January 13 - Lyonel Charles Feininger , German painter (b. 1871 )
- January 18 - Konstantin Päts , President Of Estonia (b. 1874 )
- January 21 - Sam Langford , Canadian boxer (b. 1883 )
- January 24 - Sir Alexander Korda , Hungarian-born film director (b. 1893 )
- January 27 - Erich Kleiber , German conductor (b. 1890 )
- January 29 - H. L. Mencken , American writer (b. 1880 )
- January 31 - A. A. Milne , English author (b. 1882 )
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Nobel prizes
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