List of Famous people who born in 1956

Ami Ghia Shah is a former badminton player from Gujarat, India. She is a seven-time National singles champion, twelve-time doubles winner and a four-time mixed doubles winner. She received the Arjuna Award in 1976.

Arinal Djunaidi is an Indonesian politician and former civil servant who is the current Governor of Lampung.

Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat who was the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2012. She was appointed as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa on 13 July 2012.

Stuart L. Schreiber is a scientist at Harvard University and co-Founder of the Broad Institute. He has been active in chemical biology, especially the use of small molecules as probes of biology and medicine. Small molecules are the molecules of life most associated with dynamic information flow; these work in concert with the macromolecules that are the basis for inherited information flow.

Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Eugène Joanna Alfons "Gene" Bervoets is a Belgian actor. He has performed in more than 60 films since 1979.

Véronique Trinquet is a French fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.