List of Famous people who born in 1956

Massimo Wertmüller is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1978.

Massimo Cellino is an Italian entrepreneur and football club owner. Through his family trust Eleonora Sport Ltd he was the owner and chairman of the English club Leeds United. He currently owns Brescia Calcio.

Mamadou "Jimi" Mbaye is a Senegalese guitarist best known for his work with Youssou N'dour. Mbaye has developed a unique Senegalese guitar style in which he makes his Fender Stratocaster sound like local instruments such as the kora or xalam.

John Bradley Holland is a retired American professional basketball player. He played for four years at UCLA. He was a member of the 1980 Los Angeles Lakers championship team. He was the University of San Diego head basketball coach until March 2007. On April 25, 2007, he was named as one of three finalists to become the new head coach of UC Riverside's men's basketball program, but lost out to Jim Wooldridge. Holland served as an assistant coach at UC Santa Barbara during the 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 seasons.

Luigi Petrucci is an Italian film and television actor.

Luigi Negri, is an Italian architect and politician, exponent of the Lombard League and the Northern League. He served as member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 2001. His passion for the history of art led him to deepen above all the study of porcelain and to collect them.