List of Famous people who born in 1956

Jacek Roman Wszoła is a retired Polish high jumper best known for winning gold and silver medals at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics respectively. Wszoła is also a one-time world record holder with the result of 2.35 metres.

Jacqueline Anne Woodburne is an Northern Irish-born Australian actress, who is notable for her career on Australian television, and who is best known for her role of Susan Kennedy in Neighbours and her previous TV soap opera roles in The Young Doctors, Cop Shop, Sons and Daughters and Prisoner. As of 2021, she is the fourth longest-serving television soap opera actor in Australia, after Home and Away stars Ray Meagher and Lynne McGranger and her on-screen partner Alan Fletcher who joined Neighbours as Karl Kennedy nine episodes prior.

Jon Walmsley is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, actor, and producer.

Paul Mario Day is a British singer who was the original lead vocalist of Iron Maiden from 1975 to 1976.

Chen Jianhua is a Chinese politician who currently serves as Chairman of the Guangzhou People's Congress. He formerly served as Mayor of Guangzhou. Chen was appointed acting mayor on 20 November 2011 following the resignation of Wan Qingliang, and elected mayor on 11 January 2012.

Maria Leissner is a Swedish politician and former party leader of the Swedish Liberal People's Party (1995–97). Between 2000 and 2004 she was Sweden's ambassador to Guatemala. In January 2007 she was appointed Ambassador-at-large for Democracy. In April 2012 she was appointed Secretary-General of Community of Democracies.