List of Famous people who born in 1956

Ansar Burney is a Pakistani human and civil rights activist and former caretaker Federal Minister for human rights in Pakistan cabinet from 2007 to 2008. He graduated with Masters in Law from Karachi University. He is widely credited as being the first man to introduce the concept of human rights in Pakistan since 1980.

Régis Marcon is a French chef and "Maître Restaurateur". He is the owner of the restaurant Le Clos des Cimes located in Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid in the Haute-Loire, awarded three stars by the Guide Michelin since 2005.

Beny Steinmetz is an Israeli businessman, with a portfolio in diamond-mining, and real estate.

Jérôme Garcin is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the Nouvel Observateur, produces and hosts the radio program Le Masque et la Plume on France Inter, and is a member of the reading committee of the Comédie-Française.

Mark Parker is an American businessman. He serves as executive chairman of Nike, Inc.. He was named the third CEO of the company in 2006 and served as president and CEO until 2020.

Brian Glenn Wilson is an American former anchor reporter for the Fox News Channel. He is a past chairman of the Capitol Hill Radio/TV Correspondents' Association. He currently hosts Nashville’s Morning News with Brian Wilson on SuperTalk 99.7 WTN, a talk radio station in Nashville.

Mario Teguh is an Indonesian motivational speaker and consultant. In 2010, Teguh has been listed as one of 8 Personality Changes version of newspaper Republika. Teguh had more popularity in public when he was a presenter for Mario Teguh Golden Ways in Metro TV.

Douglas M. Hodge is an American businessman. He is the former CEO of Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), the world's largest bond manager. He pleaded guilty in October 2019 to the felony of conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering. In February 2020 he was sentenced to nine months in federal prison, and to pay a $750,000 fine and serve 500 hours of community service, for his participation in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.

João Alberto Fraga Silva is a Brazilian retired colonel of the Military Police in Federal District the capital of Brazil and politician.

William Peter Mullins, is an Irish racehorse trainer and former jockey from Goresbridge, County Kilkenny, but is based at Closutton, Muine Bheag, County Carlow, Ireland.