List of Famous people who born in 1956

Frank-Michael Wahl is a former German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Frédérique Bredin is a French politician who used to serve as president of the National Center of Cinematography and the moving image (CNC). Born in Paris, Bredin graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, as well as the École nationale d'administration, graduating in 1980 alongside fellow French Socialist Party (PS) politicians François Hollande, Michel Sapin, and Ségolène Royal.

Masahiro Akimoto is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Falih Faisal Fahad Al-Fayyadh is an Iraqi politician, former head and advisor of the National Security Council, chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces and founder of the "Ataa Movement".

André Vallini is a French politician. He is the grandson of Italian immigrants and the son of a small industrialist from Tullins. He was President of the general council for Isère from 2011 to 2014 and member of the French Senate from 2011 to 2014. From 2016, he served as State Secretary for Francophonie in the Second Valls Government. He was the deputy for Isère's 9th constituency in the National Assembly of France from 1997 to 2011.

Aida María Zerecero Pierce is a Mexican actress and comedian, best known internationally for her work on various telenovelas and comedy series that have aired on Televisa over the years. Most of her television series have aired on television networks in other countries, most notably Univision.

Shunichi Mizuoka is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Takeno, Hyogo and graduate of Nara University of Education, he was elected to represent the Hyogo at-large district in 2004 and was re-elected in 2010.

Ali Belhadj is an Algerian Islamist activist and preacher and cofounder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) political party, the winner of the June 1990 local elections and the 1991 Algerian legislative election.

Yoshiaki Yatsu is a Japanese professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is known for being one-half of the first-ever World Tag Team Champions with Jumbo Tsuruta, having won the NWA International Tag Team Championship and the PWF Tag Team Championship, and unifying the two titles.

Gaétan Barrette is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represents the electoral district of La Pinière as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.