List of Famous people who born in 1956

Catherine Judith "Kate" Markowitz is an American singer-songwriter known as a backup singer who has recorded and performed with a number of singers, most notably James Taylor but also Willy DeVille, Shawn Colvin, Mylène Farmer, Don Henley, Billy Joel, k.d. lang, Lyle Lovett, Graham Nash, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, and John Kaizan Neptune. She is the daughter of the late film and television soundtrack composer Richard Markowitz.

Vivianne Amelia Blanlot Soza is a Chilean economist and politician. Her father Jorge Enrique Blanlot was an Army captain, and her grandfather General Enrique Blanlot Reisig. She has a degree in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and MA in the same discipline applied by the American University in the United States.

Joseph Daniel Mario Tremblay is a former professional ice hockey player and former coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was honoured by his hometown of Alma, which named its local arena "Le Centre Mario-Tremblay". Since 1981, Tremblay has owned the sports bar in his hometown called "Bar-Restaurant chez Mario Tremblay".

Hasan Cuneyd Zapsu is a Turkish businessman of Kurdish and Balkan origins. He was a co-founder of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey as well as the founder of Balsu, one of the world's leading hazelnut producers.

Givaldo Santos Vasconcelos, commonly known as Jacozinho, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a winger.

Rex How is a Taiwan and Chinese publisher. He is the founder and Chairman of ChineseCUBES, Locus Publishing, and Net and Books.

Coşkun Aral is a Turkish war correspondent, photo journalist, television journalist and documentary film producer.

Javier Alejandro Gómez, better known as Javier Gómez, is an Argentine television actor. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is best known for participating in various television channels for telenovelas such as Telemundo, RCN Televisión, Caracol Televisión and TV Azteca.

Ulrich Gebauer is a German actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1981.

Carla Estrada is a Mexican producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.