List of Famous people who died in 1956

Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza García was officially the 21st President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination. Anastasio Somoza started the Somoza family, a family dictatorship that maintained absolute control over Nicaragua for 42 years.

Marcel Cadolle was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Frederick Brant Rentschler was an American aircraft engine designer, aviation engineer, industrialist, and the founder of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Rentschler created and manufactured many revolutionary aircraft engines, including those used in the aircraft of Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and James Doolittle. He is also a co-founder of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, the predecessor of United Technologies Corporation.

Félix Charles Oudart (1881–1956) was a French stage and film actor.

Harry E. Aitken was a film studio executive.