List of Famous people who born in 1956

Max Mathiasin is a French politician who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2017, representing Guadeloupe's 3rd constituency.

Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu is a Turkish actress, theatre director and author.

Thomas Koschwitz is a German radio and television host, and a book author since 2002. Despite many television engagements, he has stayed active with radio. He is known as a pioneer of the German radio landscape and is a developer and protagonist of many innovative formats and shows. He has not always had a lucky hand with the selection of his productions, yet they never display a lack professionalism, quality, or reliability. Throughout the course of his career, Koschwitz has worked with many German and international stars and developed, owing to his journalistic skills, into a well-known talk show host, entertainer, and presenter.

John Kapelos is a Greek/Canadian actor from London, Ontario. He is best known for his portrayals of janitor Carl Reed in The Breakfast Club and Detective Donald Schanke in Forever Knight.

Minoru Mukaiya is a Japanese musician best known as the former keyboardist of the jazz fusion band Casiopea and producer of the Train Simulator series of Japanese video games.

Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. He played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team. He subsequently became a manager and has worked for Roda JC, RKC Waalwijk and AFC Ajax in his homeland, as well as German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and English Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham.

Carlos Ischia is a former Argentine footballer.

Norbert Reithofer is a businessman and former chairman of the board of management (CEO) of BMW. He currently serves as chairman of the supervisory board.

Harry Azhar Azis was the member of the Audit Board of Indonesia and a former legislator in the People's Representative Council. During his tenure as a Representative, Azis was the chairman of the House Budget Committee, and in 2010 was also one of the first Indonesian legislators to suggest a bridge between Batam and Singapore as part of the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle.

Jürgen Pahl is a German former football goalkeeper. He fled together with Norbert Nachtweih from a match of the East Germany under-21 team to West Germany and was subsequently banned for a year. He played from 1978 to 1987 in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt and won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and 1980–81 DFB-Pokal with them.