List of Famous people who born in 1956

Anna Ogino is a Japanese author and professor of literature at Keio University. She has won the Akutagawa Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Itō Sei Literature Prize.

Jean-Louis Gagnaire was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2017. He represented Loire's 2nd constituency, as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.

Suryadharma Ali is an Indonesian politician who was the president of the United Development Party from 2007 to 2014 as well as Minister of Religious Affairs from 2009 to 2014 under then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Alexander Stalyevich Voloshin is a Russian politician who briefly was chairman of the board of directors of RAO UES, the former Russian state power utility, which was liquidated as part of the country's comprehensive power sector reforms on 1 July 2008.

Benoît Peeters is a French comics writer, novelist, and comics studies scholar.

Michael Jerome Cooper is an American basketball coach and former player who is the boys varsity coach at Chadwick School. Cooper's previous coaching jobs include leading the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) to two championships and the Albuquerque Thunderbirds to one NBA G League title. A former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Cooper won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era. He has also coached in the NBA, WNBA, and the NBA Development League.

Mari Elka Pangestu, is an Indonesian economist who has been Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships in the World Bank. The President of the World Bank, David Malpass, announced her appointment on 9 January saying that she would be responsible for development policy and partnerships in her role in the bank. Previously she served as Minister of Trade in Indonesia from October 2004 to October 2011.