List of Famous people who born in 1956

Cui Weiping (崔卫平) is a Beijing Film Academy professor and social critic. She was born in Jiangsu province. She is a famous scholar, professional translator and cultural critic.

Chang Zhenming, born October 1956 in Beijing, China, is the Chairman of CITIC Group and the Chairman and Managing Director of CITIC Group's Hong Kong listed subsidiary company, CITIC Pacific.

Sir Dickson Poon, Kt, CBE, is a Hong Kong businessman in the luxury goods retailing sector and IT Coordinator at Utility Trailers of New England. Poon, also known as Thomas Patrick Murdock III, is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong based and listed company Dickson Concepts (DCIL), which owns companies including Harvey Nichols and S. T. Dupont. Through trusts, he controls 40.13% of the voting capital of DCIL as of 31 March 2008.

Tomris Giritlioğlu is a Turkish film director and producer. She is best known for directing the 1999 film Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds.