List of Famous people who born in 1956

Helena Maria de Jesus Águas, commonly known as Lena d'Água, is a Portuguese singer.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress, singer, author, and activist. She made her screen debut in the 1977 comedy film A Piece of the Action, before landing her breakthrough role as Deena Jones in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls (1981), for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.

Rebecca Harms is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019. She is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Green Party. From 2010 until 2016 she served as president of The Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament.

Mariana Simionescu is a retired tennis player from Romania.

Budi Karya Sumadi is an Indonesian architect who currently serves as the Minister of Transportation in Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet.

Kuo Yao-chi is a Taiwanese administrative official who served as former Minister of Transportation and Communications.

Necla Nazır is a Turkish retired singer and actress.

Lu Xinshe is a Chinese politician currently serving as Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Prior to becoming Guangxi party chief, he was Governor of Jiangxi from 2011 to 2016, and Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi from 2016 to 2018.

François Hadji-Lazaro is a French actor, musician and producer.

Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton is a British actress and singer, known for her role as Alice in the 1972 film Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and as Bond girl KGB spy Pola Ivanova in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill.