List of Famous people who born in 1956

Antonieta Mónica Xavier Yelpo is a Uruguayan politician and medical doctor with a postgraduate degree in cardiology.

Paul Levitz is an American comic book writer, editor and executive. The president of DC Comics from 2002–2009, he worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. Along with publisher Jenette Kahn and managing editor Dick Giordano, Levitz was responsible for hiring such writers as Marv Wolfman and Alan Moore, artists such as George Pérez, Keith Giffen, and John Byrne, and editor Karen Berger, who contributed to the 1980s revitalization of the company's line of comic book heroes.

Suzanne Champagne is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the 1999 film Winter Stories , for which she was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 20th Genie Awards in 2000.

Tomáš Julínek is a Czech politician and physician. From 2006 to 2009, Julínek served as the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic. He is a member of the Civic Democratic Party.

Adam Brooks is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for writing and directing Definitely, Maybe (2008) and for writing screenplays for French Kiss (1995), Wimbledon (2004), and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). His first film as a writer-director Almost You won the Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1985.