List of Famous people who died at 56

Akihiko Okamura was a Japanese photographer.

William C. Bradley was an American basketball player. He attended Central High School in Louisville, Kentucky.

Victor Nikolaevich Popov was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his contribution to the quantization of non-abelian gauge fields. His work with Ludvig Faddeev on that subject introduced the fundamental objects now known as Faddeev–Popov ghosts. Popov graduated from the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Physics Faculty of Leningrad State University. Popov formed a group at LOMI in early 1965, where he remained for life.

Eliana Maria Piva de Albuquerque Tranchesi (November 24, 1955 - February 24, 2012) was a Brazilian entrepreneur and owner of Daslu, a fashion house, located in São Paulo that specializes in international brands. She brought to Brazilian stores the brands of Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Prada, Chanel, Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Gucci, Fendi, Chloe, Cacharel, Yves Saint Laurent, Goyard, Tom Ford and Tod's.

Yousif Kuwa Mekki was a Sudanese revolutionary, rebel commander and politician.

Timothy Olan Montgomery, best known as Olan Montgomery or simply as "Olan," was an American actor and pop artist specializing in mixed-media portraiture. He was active in New York art circles as a photographer, painter, author, and actor in film and television. He died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by COVID-19.

Nayoroiwa Shizuo was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Nayoro, Hokkaidō, Japan.