List of Famous people who born in 1956
Simonetta Saliera
Christoph Hörstel
Charles Flanagan
Charlie Flanagan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency since 2020, and previously from 1987 to 2002, 2007 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2020 for the Laois constituency. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence in September 2020. He previously served as Minister for Justice and Equality from 2017 to 2020, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2014 to 2017, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from May to July 2014 and Chair of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from 2011 to 2014.
Heike Schroetter
Eduardo Piñate
Eduardo Piñate is a Venezuelan teacher, historian and politician. He was appointed Minister of Education (MPPE) and sector vice president for the Social and Territorial Socialism of Venezuela. He was appointed into office on May 2, 2021 by President Nicolas Maduro. He has held other positions as Minister of People's Power for the Social Process of Work and elected as a Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela in the 2010 parliamentary elections.
Sheilah Martin
Sheilah L. Martin is a Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, having served in that role since December 18, 2017. She was nominated to the court by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on November 29, 2017. Before her appointment to Canada's highest court, Martin had served on the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories, and the Court of Appeal of Nunavut since 2016, and the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta from 2005 to 2016. Martin is considered an expert in judicial ethics.
Thomas Henning
Thomas K. Henning is a German astrophysicist. Since 2001, he is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Henning is an expert in the field of star and planet formation.