List of Famous people who born in 1956

Marwan al-Muasher is a Jordanian diplomat and politician who was Jordan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and its deputy prime minister during 2004 and 2005. He currently serves as vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on the Middle East. He was Jordan's first ambassador to Israel and former ambassador to the United States.

Martin 'Marty' Whelan is an Irish radio and television personality currently working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). His early television credits included the game shows Millionaire and Fame and Fortune, and the weekday afternoon show, Open House.

Frank Bretschneider is a German electronic musician. He works primarily with sine waves and white noise as his source material. He also releases material under the name Komet.

Yannis Stournaras is a Greek economist who has been the Governor of the Bank of Greece since June 2014.

Marsha G. Cheeks is a Detroit-born politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a Democrat and member of the Michigan House of Representatives. She represents the 6th State House District, which includes most of Downtown Detroit. She is also the aunt of former Detroit mayor and convicted criminal Kwame Kilpatrick and sister of United States Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.

Jo-Ann Roberts is a Canadian politician and former journalist who served as the interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from November 4, 2019 to October 3, 2020, having been appointed upon Elizabeth May stepping down from the party's leadership role.

Philip Martin Brown is an English actor, born in Manchester, Lancashire. He is best known for his role as the grumpy Head of English, Grantly Budgen, in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road for 160 episodes, from 2006 to 2013, and as Steve McDonald's Therapist in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, in 2015.