List of Famous people who born in 1956

Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor, director and script writer working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese anime shows.

Alfons ("Fons") De Wolf is a retired Belgian road race cyclist, a professional from 1979 to 1990. He represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Peter Thomas Barton is an American retired actor. He starred in The Powers of Matthew Star, with Louis Gossett Jr.; Burke's Law with Gene Barry; and the soap opera Sunset Beach. Named one of the 10 sexiest guys in soaps by Playgirl, Barton is probably best known as Scott Grainger on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless.

Nils Harald Ossian Treutiger is a Swedish journalist and television host. Born in Göteborg, he is best known for co-hosting the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmö after Carola Häggkvist won in 1991.

Christian Levavasseur is a retired French cyclist, who won the combativity award in the 1980 Tour de France

Peter Weiß is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 1998.

Lloyd Michael Sherr, also known by his stage name Max Raphael, is an American voice actor. He is best known for his role as Fillmore in the subsequent installments of the Cars franchise taking over the role from George Carlin since his death in 2008.