List of Famous people who born in 1956

Andrew Bird is a British-born film editor. He has worked mostly in the German cinema. He has edited multiple films including The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen and Head-On.

Mirko Šarović is a Bosnian Serb politician who is the current President of the Serb Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served as the 3rd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 28 October 2002 until 2 April 2003.

Roger McNamee is an American businessman, investor, venture capitalist and musician. He is the founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. Prior to co-founding the firm, McNamee co-founded private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and headed the T. Rowe Price Science and Technology Fund.

Judy Blundell, pseudonym Jude Watson, is an American author of books for middle grade, young adult, and adult readers. She won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2008 for the young adult novel What I Saw and How I Lied, published under her real name by Scholastic Books.

Oliviero Diliberto is an Italian politician. He has been leader of the Party of Italian Communists.

Bent Hamer is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956.

Bernhard Nebel, born on 6 May 1956, is a German Artificial Intelligence scientist. He is a full professor at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg where he holds the chair for foundations of Artificial Intelligence.