List of Famous people who born in 1956

Yū Mizushima is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko.

Tsai Wen-yee is a Taiwanese weightlifter. He won a Bronze medal in the 60 kg class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

O Sonfa, commonly known as her Korean name Oh Seon-hwa, is a professor in the School of International Relations at Takushoku University in Tokyo, she is also active as an author and journalist in Japan. She is a critic in many fields such as current issues, history, and culture, particularly in East Asian Countries. Originally from Jeju-do, South Korea, she left for Japan in 1983 and received a BA degree from Daito Bunka University and an MA degree from the Graduate School of North American Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. She went on to naturalise as a Japanese citizen.

Rüdiger Abramczik is a former German football player and coach, best known for his ability to cross the ball ("Flankengott").

Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Maria Teresa Saenz Surita is a Brazilian politician who is the mayor of Boa Vista, Roraima and a former Federal Deputy from 1990 to 1992 and from 2011 to 2012. Surita is dedicated to issues of social policy and human rights of children and adolescents.

Johnny Gerard Plate is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the Minister of Communication and Information Technology in Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet since 2019. Previously, he served in the People's Representative Council for five years, and had been reelected for a second term in the 2019 election. He is a graduate of Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia.

Craig Russell, also known as Christopher Galt, is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and author of The Devil Aspect. His Hamburg-set thriller series featuring detective Jan Fabel has been translated into 23 languages. Russell speaks fluent German and has a special interest in post-war German history. His books, particularly The Devil Aspect and the Fabel series, tend to include historical or mythological themes.

Eldar Mahmudov Ahmad oglu is an Azerbaijani politician formerly serving as the Minister of National Security of Azerbaijan Republic.

Wolfgang Katzian is austrian politician and president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation since June 14th 2018. In 2005 he became chairman of the Union of Private Sector Employees (GPA), which at the time was Austria's largest trade union. In 2007 the GPA merged with the Union of Printing, Journalism and Paper (DJP), Austria's oldest trade union, to form the GPA-DJP. Katzian retained his position as Chairman in the new union, which, as of June 2010, remains the largest in Austria. Intermittently since 2006 he has served as member of Austria's National Council. He has been a member of the UNI World Executive board since 2005.