List of Famous people who born in 1956

Patricia Hansen is an American model and actress.

Terry Wilson Bowden is an American college football coach, currently the head coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Bowden was previously head coach at Salem University (1983–1985), Samford University (1987–1992), Auburn University (1993–1998), the University of North Alabama (2009–2011), and the University of Akron (2012–2018). He is a son of former Florida State University head football coach Bobby Bowden and a brother of Tommy Bowden, former head football coach at Clemson University, and Jeff Bowden, the former offensive coordinator at Florida State who served as Terry's special teams coordinator at Akron.

Georg Gänswein is a German prelate of the Catholic Church, who has been Archbishop of Urbs Salvia since 2012 and is a professor of canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. He is Prefect of the Papal household, and personal secretary to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Kanneganti Brahmanandam, known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, and director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor, appearing in over 1,000 films to date. He was honoured with the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian cinema in 2009. Brahmanandam is regarded as one of the finest comic actors of India, noted particularly for his comic expressions. One of the most highly paid comedy actors in Indian Cinema, Brahmanandam has garnered six state Nandi Awards, one Filmfare Award South, six CineMAA Awards, and three South Indian International Movie Awards.

Peter Jeffrey Leroy Dujon is a retired West Indian cricketer and current commentator.

Viktor Nikolaevich Baturin is a Russian businessman, producer, the elder brother of Yelena Baturina. Chairman of the Government of Kalmykia.

Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music and blues artist, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Active since 1990, he has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. His highest-charting hits are "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" (1992), "Tender Moment" (1993), and "A Little Bit of You" (1995), all of which peaked at No. 2. Four more of his singles have charted in the Top Ten as well. Parnell made a shift in the early 2000s back to the bluesier sounds of his early works, releasing two blues albums on Vanguard Records and Universal South. Besides his own work, Parnell has played slide guitar and National guitar on several other country and blues recordings. "Midnight Believer" was named among the Top 10 Blues albums of 2018. In January 2019, Gibson issued Parnell's signature guitar, "Abilene Sunset." Parnell appeared on HGTV's Property Brothers: Buying and Selling."

Alain Ducasse is a French-born Monégasque chef. He operates a number of restaurants including Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester which holds three stars in the Michelin Guide.

Marin Alsop is an American conductor and violinist. She is currently music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2020 she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

Dilip Walse-Patil is an Indian politician, from Ambegaon, Maharashtra, and a six-time Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He is currently serving as Minister of Excise and Labour Department in the Government of Maharashtra. He formerly headed the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Energy Ministry, Higher and Technical Education Ministry, and Medical Education Ministry, all as a Cabinet Minister from 1999 to 2009.