List of Famous people who born in 1956

Samia al-Amoudi is a Saudi Arabian consultant obstetrician and gynecologist. She is the head of the Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi Center of Excellence in breast cancer. She is best known for her work in raising breast cancer awareness, after she was herself diagnosed with the disease. She was also the first woman from the Gulf Cooperation Council to win a seat at the Union for International Cancer Control board.

Satoshi Kinsui is a Japanese Linguist, and he is currently a professor at Osaka University.

Hisham Sharaf Abdullah is a Yemeni civil engineer and politician, who served in different cabinet posts. He is Yemen's current minister of foreign affairs, and formerly the minister of higher education and scientific research.

Daniel S. Fisher is an American theoretical physicist working in statistical physics.

Shunichi Nagasaki is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.