May 09
Today In History

Birthdays In History 1956

1956 Sergei Avdeyev Russian engineer and astronaut

1956 Royce Ayliffe Australian rugby league player

1956 Martin Plaza Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Ann Magnuson American actress and performance artist

1956 Zehava Gal-On Israeli politician

1956 Bernard Sumner English singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1956 Frank-Walter Steinmeier German academic and politician 14th Vice-Chancellor of Germany

1956 Elizabeth Strout American novelist and short story writer

1956 Justin Welby English archbishop

1956 Clive Woodward English rugby player and coach

1956 David Caruso American actor

1956 Waltraud Meier German soprano and actress

1956 Imelda Staunton English actress and singer

1956 Shawn Colvin American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Antonio Muñoz Molina Spanish author

1956 Big Bank Hank American rapper (d. 2014)

1956 David Grant Australian rugby league player (d. 1994)

1956 Nikolai Noskov Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter

1956 Étienne Daho Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer

1956 Vitaly Kaloyev Russian architect

1956 Mayawati Indian educator and politician 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

1956 Marc Trestman American football player and coach

1956 Wayne Daniel Barbadian cricketer

1956 Martin Jol Dutch footballer and manager

1956 Greedy Smith Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist (d. 2019)

1956 Damian Green English journalist and politician

1956 Paul Young English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Paul Deighton Baron Deighton English banker and politician

1956 Carman American singer-songwriter actor and television host (d. 2021)

1956 Susan Solomon American atmospheric chemist

1956 Maria Larsson Swedish educator and politician Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs

1956 John Naber American swimmer

1956 Robby Benson American actor and director

1956 Geena Davis American actress and producer

1956 Steve Riley American drummer

1956 Agus Martowardojo governor of Bank Indonesia

1956 Andy Cox English guitarist

1956 Dinah Manoff American actress

1956 Irlene Mandrell American musician actress and model

1956 Amii Stewart American singer and dancer

1956 Guido van Rossum Dutch programmer creator of the Python programming language

1956 Adnan Oktar Turkish cult leader

1956 John Jefferson American football player and coach

1956 John Nielsen Danish racing driver

1956 Mark St. John American guitarist (d. 2007)

1956 Marques Johnson American basketball player and sportscaster

1956 Mookie Wilson American baseball player and coach

1956 James Martin Graham American Roman Catholic priest (d. 1997)

1956 Enele Sopoaga Tuvaluan politician 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu

1956 Didier Lockwood French violinist (d. 2018)

1956 Catherine Hickland American actress

1956 Peter Hook English singer songwriter bass player multi-instrumentalist and record producer

1956 Howard Davis Jr. American boxer and trainer (d. 2015)

1956 Dave Dravecky American baseball player

1956 Katharina Fritsch German sculptor and academic

1956 Desmond Haynes Barbadian cricketer and coach

1956 Ann Westin Swedish comedian

1956 Vincent Ward New Zealand director and screenwriter

1956 Richard Karn American actor and game show host

1956 Kathleen Beller American actress

1956 Peter Holsapple American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Roderick MacKinnon American biologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1956 Dave Wakeling English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Sandra Osborne Scottish politician

1956 Judith Butler American philosopher theorist and author

1956 Paula Zahn American journalist and producer

1956 Belus Prajoux Chilean tennis player

1956 Meena Keshwar Kamal Afghan activist founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (d. 1987)

1956 Francis Hughes Irish Republican hunger striker (d. 1981)

1956 Terry Leahy English businessman

1956 Jonathan Coleman English-Australian radio and television host (d. 2021)

1956 Bob Speller Canadian businessman and politician 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture

1956 Aileen Wuornos American serial killer (d. 2002)

1956 Tim Daly American actor director and producer

1956 Dalia Grybauskaitė Lithuanian politician President of Lithuania

1956 John Cowsill American musician songwriter and producer

1956 Mark Evans Australian rock bass player

1956 Zbigniew Boniek Polish footballer and manager

1956 John Fulton Reid New Zealand cricketer

1956 Teena Marie American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)

1956 Christopher Snowden English engineer and academic

1956 Andrea Levy English author (d. 2019)

1956 Laurie Cunningham English footballer (d. 1989)

1956 David Malpass American economist and government official

1956 Mark Dantonio American football player and coach

1956 Shashi Tharoor Indian politician Indian Minister of External Affairs

1956 David Willetts English academic and politician

1956 Robert Llewellyn English actor producer and screenwriter

1956 Larry Myricks American long jumper and sprinter

1956 Willie Banks American triple jumper

1956 Helen Rollason English sports journalist and sportscaster (d. 1999)

1956 Ove Aunli former Norwegian cross-country skier

1956 Stanisław Bobak Polish ski jumper (d. 2010)

1956 Steve Harris English bass player and songwriter

1956 Lesley Manville English actress

1956 Pim Verbeek Dutch football manager (d. 2019)

1956 Dana Delany American actress and producer

1956 Indu Malhotra Judge of the Supreme Court of India

1956 Butch Wynegar American baseball player and coach

1956 Ozzie Newsome American football player and manager

1956 Clifton Powell American actor director and producer

1956 Yoriko Shono Japanese writer

1956 Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Swiss lawyer and politician

1956 Patrick McDonnell American author and illustrator

1956 Rory McGrath British comedian television personality and writer

1956 Rick Martel Canadian wrestler

1956 Deborah Jeane Palfrey American madam (d. 2008)

1956 Ingemar Stenmark Swedish skier

1956 Yegor Gaidar Russian economist and politician First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2009)

1956 Catherine Ashton English politician Vice-President of the European Commission

1956 Anne Donahue American lawyer and politician

1956 Naoto Takenaka Japanese actor comedian singer and director

1956 Dick Beardsley American runner

1956 Guy Chadwick German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Richard H. Kirk English guitarist keyboard player composer and producer (d. 2021)

1956 Maria Teresa Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born María Teresa Mestre y Batista)

1956 José Manuel Barroso Portuguese academic and politician 115th Prime Minister of Portugal

1956 Charly McClain American country music singer

1956 Park Won-soon South Korean lawyer and politician 35th Mayor of Seoul (d. 2020)

1956 Leung Kwok-hung Hong Kong activist and politician

1956 Thomas Wassberg Swedish cross country skier

1956 Patty Donahue American singer (d. 1996)

1956 Mary Gentle English author

1956 William Gurstelle American writer and inventor

1956 Ted Staunton Canadian author

1956 Kurt Thomas American gymnast (d. 2020)

1956 Bill Butler Scottish educator and politician

1956 Juanito Oiarzabal Spanish mountaineer

1956 Paul Reiser American actor and comedian

1956 Shahla Sherkat Iranian journalist and author

1956 Kalle Kulbok Estonian politician

1956 Boris Miljković Serbian director and producer

1956 Miguel Bosé Spanish musician and actor

1956 Ray Combs American game show host (d. 1996)

1956 Evelyn Hart Canadian ballerina

1956 Tom Herr American baseball player and manager

1956 David E. Kelley American screenwriter and producer

1956 Diamond Dallas Page American wrestler and actor

1956 Leonid Fedun Russian businessman

1956 Reid Ribble American politician

1956 Michele Bachmann American lawyer and politician

1956 Normand Corbeil Canadian composer (d. 2013)

1956 Mudassar Nazar Pakistani cricketer

1956 Lee Scott English politician

1956 Sebastian Spreng Argentinian-American painter and journalist

1956 Dilip Vengsarkar Indian cricketer and coach

1956 Annika Billström Swedish businesswoman and politician 16th Mayor of Stockholm

1956 Christopher Darden American lawyer and author

1956 Georg Werthner Austrian decathlete

1956 Michael Benton Scottish-English paleontologist and academic

1956 Christine Boisson French actress

1956 Roman Dragoun Czech singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1956 Miguel Ángel Russo Argentinian footballer and coach

1956 Nigel Shadbolt English computer scientist and academic

1956 Vahur Sova Estonian architect

1956 Marina Zoueva Russian ice dancer and coach

1956 Andy Garcia Cuban-American actor director and producer

1956 Herbert Grönemeyer German singer-songwriter and actor

1956 David M. Brown American captain pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)

1956 T Lavitz American keyboard player composer and producer (d. 2010)

1956 Lise-Marie Morerod Swiss skier

1956 Eric Roberts American actor

1956 Anne Glover Scottish biologist and academic

1956 Peter Kosminsky English director producer and screenwriter

1956 Phillip Longman German-American demographer and journalist

1956 James A. Winnefeld Jr. American admiral

1956 Dominique Blanc French actress director and screenwriter

1956 Abdalla Uba Adamu Nigerian professor media scholar

1956 Koo Stark American actress and photographer

1956 Bryan Harvey American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)

1956 Jeff Probyn English rugby player coach and manager

1956 Jimmy Barnes Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Karen Barad American physicist and philosopher

1956 Lars von Trier Danish director and screenwriter

1956 Catherine Frot French actress

1956 Phil Foglio American illustrator

1956 Régis Labeaume Canadian businessman and politician 41st Mayor of Quebec City

1956 Marc Bellemare Canadian lawyer and politician

1956 Michael L. Gernhardt American astronaut and engineer

1956 David Guterson American novelist short story writer poet and essayist

1956 Ken Oberkfell American baseball player and coach

1956 Steve Scott American runner and coach

1956 Lakis Lazopoulos Greek actor and screenwriter

1956 Cindy Lovell American educator and writer

1956 Roland Wieser German race walker and coach

1956 Jan Peter Balkenende Dutch jurist and politician Prime Minister of the Netherlands

1956 Anne Dudley English pianist and composer

1956 Nicholas Hytner English director and producer

1956 Jean Lapierre Canadian talk show host and politician (d. 2016)

1956 Calum MacDonald Scottish journalist and politician

1956 Jeff Wincott Canadian actor and martial artist

1956 Vladislav Listyev Russian journalist (d. 1995)

1956 Bernie Federko Canadian ice hockey player coach and manager

1956 Sergio Marchi Argentinean-Canadian urban planner and politician tenth Canadian Minister of International Trade

1956 Greg Phillinganes American keyboardist

1956 Asad Rauf Pakistani cricketer and umpire

1956 Richard Madeley English journalist and author

1956 Fred Melamed American actor

1956 Kailash Vijayvargiya National General Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party

1956 Hazel Blears English lawyer and politician Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

1956 Steve Hogarth English singer-songwriter and keyboardist

1956 Andreas Loverdos Greek lawyer and politician Greek Minister of Labour

1956 Dan Patrick American television anchor and sportscaster

1956 Kevin Greenaugh American nuclear engineer

1956 Loretta Schrijver Dutch television host news anchor

1956 Annise Parker American politician

1956 Dave Sim Canadian cartoonist and author

1956 Oliver Letwin English philosopher and politician Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1956 Martyn Ware English keyboard player songwriter and producer

1956 Ingvar Ambjørnsen Norwegian-German author and critic

1956 Gerry Peyton English born Irish international footballer and coach

1956 Douglas Preston American journalist and author

1956 Lucie Brock-Broido American poet (d. 2018)

1956 Andrea Pazienza Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)

1956 Ursula Plassnik Austrian politician and diplomat Foreign Minister of Austria

1956 Buck Showalter American baseball player coach and manager

1956 R. B. Bernstein American constitutional historian

1956 Larry Blackmon American singer-songwriter and producer

1956 Dominic Grieve English lawyer and politician Attorney General for England and Wales

1956 Michael Jackson Irish archbishop

1956 Stavros Arnaoutakis Greek politician

1956 Larry Hogan American politician 62nd Governor of Maryland

1956 Kevin Lynch (hunger striker) Irish Republican (d. 1981)

1956 David P. Sartor American composer and conductor

1956 Fiona Shackleton English lawyer

1956 Jyoti Gogte Indian academician

1956 Cynthia McFadden American journalist

1956 Rosemary Squire English producer and manager co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group

1956 Giuseppe Tornatore Italian director and screenwriter

1956 Jerry Douglas American guitarist and producer

1956 Jeff Dujon Jamaican cricketer

1956 Markus Höttinger Austrian racing driver (d. 1980)

1956 Peter Wilkinson English admiral

1956 Mark Lyall Grant English diplomat British Ambassador to the United Nations

1956 La Toya Jackson American singer-songwriter and actress

1956 Tim Lucas American author screenwriter and critic

1956 Fritz Hilpert German drummer and composer

1956 John Young English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1956 Jan Lammers Dutch race car driver

1956 George Burley Scottish footballer and manager

1956 Danny Wilde American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Keith David American actor

1956 John Hockenberry American journalist and author

1956 Terry Kennedy American baseball player and manager

1956 Joyce Sidman American author and poet

1956 Kenny G American saxophonist songwriter and producer

1956 Jonathan Potter English psychologist sociolinguist and academic

1956 Berit Aunli Norwegian skier

1956 Patricia Cornwell American journalist and author

1956 Marek Gazdzicki Polish nuclear physicist

1956 Joaquín Spanish footballer

1956 John Le Lievre British squash player (d. 2021)

1956 Kayhan Mortezavi Iranian director

1956 Francine Raymond French Canadian singer-songwriter

1956 Nikolai Tsonev Bulgarian politician

1956 Rudolf Wojtowicz Polish footballer

1956 Terry Alderman Australian cricketer and sportscaster

1956 Blair Chapman Canadian ice hockey player

1956 Sal Paolantonio American lieutenant and journalist

1956 Yevgeny Kiselyov Russian-Ukrainian journalist

1956 Lance Parrish American baseball player coach and manager

1956 Iain Milne Scottish rugby player

1956 Brian Benben American actor and producer

1956 John Scott English organist and conductor (d. 2015)

1956 Peter Reid English footballer and manager

1956 Sohn Suk-hee South Korean newscaster

1956 Rick Sutcliffe American baseball player and broadcaster

1956 Darryl Brohman Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

1956 Alfons De Wolf Belgian cyclist

1956 Shah Mehmood Qureshi Pakistani agriculturist and politician 25th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs

1956 Tim Russ American actor director and screenwriter

1956 Markus Schatte German footballer manager and coach

1956 Derek Forbes Scottish bass player and guitarist

1956 Daniel J. Drucker Canadian academic and educator

1956 Tony Hill American football player and sportscaster

1956 Randy Jackson American bass player and producer

1956 Owen Paterson English politician Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

1956 Anthony Bourdain American chef and author (d. 2018)

1956 Frank Paschek German long jumper

1956 Boris Trajkovski Macedonian politician 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)

1956 Craig Young Australian rugby player and coach

1956 Catherine Samba-Panza interim president of the Central African Republic

1956 Patrick Mercer English colonel and politician

1956 Heiner Dopp German field hockey player and politician

1956 Amira Hass Israeli journalist and author

1956 Noel Mugavin Australian footballer and coach

1956 Nick Fry English economist and businessman

1956 David Burroughs Mattingly American illustrator and painter

1956 Pedro Guerrero Dominican-American baseball player and manager

1956 Pedro Santana Lopes Portuguese lawyer and politician 118th Prime Minister of Portugal

1956 Pyotr Vasilevsky Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2012)

1956 Volker Beck German hurdler and coach

1956 David Lidington English historian academic and politician Minister of State for Europe

1956 David Alan Grier American actor singer and comedian

1956 Jerry Hall American model and actress

1956 Montel Williams American talk show host and television personality

1956 Robert Sinclair MacKay British academic and educator

1956 Horacio Cartes Paraguayan businessman and politician President of Paraguay

1956 James Lofton American football player and coach

1956 Terry Puhl Canadian baseball player and coach

1956 Michael Lederer American author poet and playwright

1956 Tom McClintock American lawyer and politician

1956 K. Rajagopal Malaysian football manager

1956 Amitav Ghosh Indian-American author and academic

1956 Robin Renucci French actor and director

1956 Sela Ward American actress

1956 Mark Mendoza American bass player and songwriter

1956 Michael Spinks American boxer

1956 Ashoke Sen Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist

1956 Ian Curtis English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1980)

1956 Nicholas Harberd British botanist educator and academician

1956 Barry Melrose Canadian ice hockey player coach and sportscaster

1956 Steve Mortimer Australian rugby league player coach and administrator

1956 Joe Satriani American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Wayne Taylor South African racing driver

1956 Julie Bishop Australian lawyer and politician 38th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

1956 Mark Crispin American computer scientist designed the IMAP (d. 2012)

1956 Paul Cook English drummer

1956 Thomas N'Kono Cameroonian footballer

1956 Jim Prentice Canadian lawyer and politician 16th Premier of Alberta (d. 2016)

1956 Michael Connelly American author

1956 Mick Pointer English neo-progressive rock drummer

1956 Scott Sanderson American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2019)

1956 Charlie Crist American lawyer and politician 44th Governor of Florida

1956 Frances Arnold American scientist and engineer

1956 Peter Fincham English screenwriter and producer

1956 Tommy Rich American wrestler

1956 Tim Tremlett English cricketer and coach

1956 Carol Leifer American actress comedian screenwriter and producer

1956 John Feinstein American journalist and author

1956 Robert Swan English explorer

1956 Teddy Atlas American boxer trainer and sportscaster

1956 Ronnie Musgrove American lawyer and politician 62nd Governor of Mississippi

1956 Faustino Rupérez Spanish cyclist

1956 Delta Burke American actress

1956 Réal Cloutier Canadian ice hockey player

1956 Georg Gänswein German prelate Prefect of the Pontifical Household and former personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI

1956 Anita Hill American lawyer and academic

1956 Soraida Martinez American painter and educator

1956 Bill Callahan American football player and coach

1956 Ron Kuby American lawyer and radio host

1956 Deval Patrick American lawyer and politician 71st Governor of Massachusetts

1956 Lynne Rae Perkins American author and illustrator

1956 Fulvio Melia Italian-American physicist astrophysicist and author

1956 Kirk Brandon English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Todd Christensen American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)

1956 Dave Cloud American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)

1956 Balwinder Sandhu Indian cricketer and coach

1956 Christopher Chessun English Anglican bishop

1956 Jerry Ciccoritti Canadian actor director producer and screenwriter

1956 Bill Emmott English journalist and author

1956 Chris Foreman English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 David Grant English singer

1956 Cecilia Roth Argentinian actress

1956 Gordon Singleton Canadian Olympic cyclist

1956 Dianne Fromholtz Australian tennis player

1956 José Luis Montes Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)

1956 Fred Ottman American wrestler

1956 Charlie Peacock American singer-songwriter pianist and producer

1956 Perween Warsi Indian-English businesswoman

1956 Pierre-Louis Lions French mathematician and academic

1956 Lee Freedman Australian horse trainer

1956 Bruce Greenwood Canadian actor and producer

1956 Sidath Wettimuny Sri Lankan cricketer

1956 Rohinton Fali Nariman Judge of the Supreme Court of India

1956 Jackée Harry American actress and television personality

1956 Andy King English footballer and manager (d. 2015)

1956 Rusty Wallace American race car driver

1956 Lorraine Desmarais Canadian pianist and composer

1956 Freedom Neruda Ivorian journalist

1956 Robert Syms English businessman and politician

1956 Vahan Hovhannisyan Armenian soldier and politician (d. 2014)

1956 Gail Berman American businessman co-founded BermanBraun

1956 Álvaro Pino Spanish cyclist

1956 John Debney American composer and conductor

1956 Sandeep Patil Indian cricketer and coach

1956 Jon Schwartz American drummer and producer

1956 Kelly Willard American singer-songwriter

1956 Rainer Woelki German cardinal

1956 Adam Arkin American actor director and producer

1956 José Rubén Zamora Guatemalan journalist

1956 Joan Allen American actress

1956 Alvin Greenidge Barbadian cricketer

1956 Desmond Swayne English soldier and politician Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

1956 Jon Tester American farmer and politician

1956 Peter Taylor Australian cricketer

1956 Andreas Floer German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)

1956 Valgerd Svarstad Haugland Norwegian educator and politician Norwegian Minister of Culture

1956 Gerry Cooney American boxer

1956 Dick Lee Singaporean singer-songwriter and playwright

1956 Matt Aitken English songwriter and record producer

1956 Takeshi Okada Japanese footballer coach and manager

1956 Henri Toivonen Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)

1956 Sally Beamish English viola player and composer

1956 Brett Cullen American actor

1956 Mark Mangino American football player and coach

1956 Glen Matlock English singer-songwriter and bass player

1956 Luis Guzmán Puerto Rican-American actor and producer

1956 Steve Whiteman American singer-songwriter

1956 Mark Morris American dancer and choreographer

1956 Eddie Murray American football player

1956 Charalambos Xanthopoulos Greek footballer

1956 Steve Yarbrough American novelist and short story writer

1956 Frank Conniff American actor producer and screenwriter

1956 Mária Balážová Slovak painter and illustrator

1956 Masashi Tashiro Japanese singer actor and director

1956 Vinnie Johnson American basketball player and sportscaster

1956 Bernie Wagenblast American publisher founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter

1956 Mario Tremblay Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1956 Jishu Dasgupta Indian actor and director (d. 2012)

1956 Pat McGeown Irish republican activist (d. 1996)

1956 Stephen Woolley English director and producer

1956 Blackie Lawless American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Low Thia Khiang Singaporean businessman and politician

1956 Roine Stolt Swedish singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1956 Bill Ritter American lawyer and politician 41st Governor of Colorado

1956 Steven Yearley English sociologist and academic

1956 Michael Feinstein American singer and pianist

1956 Byron Stevenson Welsh footballer (d. 2007)

1956 Diane Warren American songwriter

1956 Mick Brown American drummer

1956 David Carr American journalist and author (d. 2015)

1956 Maurice Cheeks American basketball player and coach

1956 Stefan Johansson Swedish race car driver

1956 Johnnie Fingers Irish keyboard player and songwriter

1956 Tony Gilroy American director producer and screenwriter

1956 Barry Andrews English singer and keyboard player

1956 Leslie Cheung Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)

1956 David Goodhart English journalist and author

1956 Walter Woon Singaporean lawyer and politician 7th Attorney-General of Singapore

1956 Alain Ducasse French-Monégasque chef

1956 Anne Geddes Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer

1956 Martin Hurson Irish Republican hunger striker (d. 1981)

1956 Joni Sledge American singer and songwriter (d. 2017)

1956 Paul Allott English cricketer and sportscaster

1956 Kostas Karamanlis Greek lawyer and politician 181st Prime Minister of Greece

1956 Nathalie Roussel French actress

1956 Ray Wilkins English footballer and manager (d. 2018)

1956 Lefteris Zagoritis Greek lawyer and politician

1956 Ross J. Anderson British academic and educator

1956 Maggie Reilly Scottish singer-songwriter

1956 Ned Rothenberg American saxophonist clarinet player and composer

1956 Maggie Atkinson English educator and civil servant

1956 Ross Greenberg American journalist and antivirus pioneer (d. 2017)

1956 Dave Schulthise American bass player (d. 2004)

1956 Kazuharu Sonoda Japanese wrestler (d. 1987)

1956 Almazbek Atambayev Kyrgyz politician 4th President of Kyrgyzstan

1956 Thad Bosley American baseball player and coach

1956 Mandawuy Yunupingu Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

1956 Chris Hedges American journalist and author

1956 Anant Gadgil Indian politician

1956 Jennifer Tour Chayes American mathematician and computer scientist

1956 Gary Cole American actor

1956 Steve Coleman American saxophonist composer and bandleader

1956 John Harle English saxophonist composer conductor and producer

1956 Jack Givens American basketball player and sportscaster

1956 Marta Kauffman American screenwriter and producer

1956 Ricky Morton American wrestler

1956 Debby Boone American singer actress and author

1956 Doug Wimbish American singer-songwriter and bass player

1956 Ibrahim Shema Nigerian lawyer politician

1956 Peter David American author actor and screenwriter

1956 Tom Hogan Australian cricketer

1956 Paolo Rossi Italian footballer (d. 2020)

1956 Hubie Brooks American baseball player

1956 W. Daniel Hillis American computer scientist engineer and author founded the Thinking Machines Corporation

1956 Jamie Hyneman American special effects designer and television host founded M5 Industries

1956 Miroslav Volf Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual

1956 Steve Butler American race car driver and engineer

1956 Steve Archibald Scottish footballer and manager

1956 Martha Isabel Fandiño Pinilla Colombian-Italian mathematician and author

1956 Susanne Antonetta American poet and author

1956 Suzzy Roche American singer-songwriter and actress

1956 Trevor Morgan English footballer and manager

1956 Andrus Ansip Estonian engineer and politician 15th Prime Minister of Estonia

1956 Freddie Jackson American soul singer

1956 Hart Bochner Canadian actor director producer and screenwriter

1956 Lesley Glaister English author and playwright

1956 Charlie Leibrandt American baseball player

1956 Christoph Waltz Austrian-German actor

1956 Sadiq al-Ahmar Yemeni politician

1956 Kathleen Webb American author and illustrator

1956 Steve Bainbridge English rugby player

1956 Mike Shipley Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)

1956 Brian Sutter Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1956 Jeff Lahti American baseball player

1956 Janice E. Voss American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012)

1956 Amanda Burton Northern Irish actress and producer

1956 David Hempleman-Adams English businessman and adventurer

1956 Taur Matan Ruak East Timorese politician 3rd President of East Timor

1956 Nicanor Duarte Paraguayan lawyer and politician President of Paraguay

1956 Derek Ringer Scottish race car driver

1956 Rafael Ábalos Spanish author

1956 Allan Evans Scottish footballer

1956 Lutz Haueisen German cyclist

1956 Catherine Holmes Australian judge

1956 Gerti Schanderl German figure skater

1956 David Vanian English singer-songwriter

1956 Joseph Toal Scottish bishop

1956 Sinan Sakić Serbian singer (d. 2018)

1956 Ümit Besen Turkish singer-songwriter

1956 Jennell Jaquays American game designer

1956 Marin Alsop American violinist and conductor

1956 John Chavis American football player and coach

1956 Meg Rosoff American-English author

1956 Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah Bangladeshi poet author and playwright (d. 1992)

1956 Fran Cosmo American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Pat McCrory American businessman and politician 74th Governor of North Carolina

1956 Stephen Palumbi American academic and author

1956 Craig Bartlett American animator producer screenwriter and voice actor

1956 Jim Talent American lawyer and politician

1956 Steve Doocy American journalist and author

1956 Elena Garanina Soviet ice dancer and coach

1956 Grover Norquist American activist founded Americans for Tax Reform

1956 Didier Theys Belgian race car driver and coach

1956 Carlo Urbani Italian physician (d. 2003)

1956 Bruce Weber American basketball player and coach

1956 Martin Taylor English guitarist

1956 Mike Tully American pole vaulter

1956 John Adam Australian rugby league player

1956 Alejandro Kuropatwa Argentine photographer (d. 2003)

1956 Adam Nawałka Polish football player and manager

1956 Darrell Pace American archer

1956 Dianne Reeves American singer

1956 Dwight Yoakam American singer-songwriter guitarist and actor

1956 Jeff Merkley American businessman and politician

1956 Stephen Gumley Australian engineer and businessman

1956 Rita Wilson American actress and producer

1956 Babis Tsertos Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player

1956 Volker Zotz Austrian philosopher scholar and author

1956 Wilfredo Gómez Puerto Rican-American boxer

1956 Juliet Stevenson English actress

1956 Bruce Bawer American poet and critic

1956 Christopher de Leon Filipino actor director producer and politician

1956 Anders Lago Swedish lawyer and politician

1956 Charles Moore English journalist and author

1956 Dale Brown American author and pilot

1956 Cathy Jamieson Scottish politician 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice

1956 Kevin Murphy American actor puppeteer producer and screenwriter

1956 Gary Ross American director producer and screenwriter

1956 Bob Welch American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)

1956 Tom Greenhalgh Swedish singer-songwriter

1956 James Honeyman-Scott English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1982)

1956 Jordan Rudess American keyboard player and songwriter

1956 Jeff Watson American guitarist and songwriter

1956 John Harwood American journalist

1956 Lavrentis Machairitsas Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Michael Sorridimi Australian rugby league player

1956 Rob Fisher English keyboard player and songwriter (d. 1999)

1956 Graeme Wood Australian cricketer and footballer

1956 Mikhail Alperin Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 2018)

1956 Jonathan Palmer English race car driver and businessman

1956 Judy Tenuta American comedian actress and comedy musician (d. 2022)

1956 Mari Boine Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer

1956 Richard Curtis New Zealand-English screenwriter film and television producer and film director

1956 Steven Miller American record producer and engineer

1956 Mohsen Badawi Egyptian businessman and activist

1956 Sinbad American comedian and actor

1956 Ian Craig Marsh English guitarist

1956 Talat Aziz Ghazal singer

1956 Aldo Nova Canadian singer-songwriter and musician

1956 Babette Babich American philosopher author and scholar

1956 Avi Cohen Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010)

1956 Peter R. de Vries Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (d. 2021)

1956 Steve Stockman American accountant and politician

1956 Valerie Jarrett American government official

1956 Michael Hampton American guitarist and producer

1956 Terry Labonte American race car driver and businessman

1956 Angelika Machinek German glider pilot (d. 2006)

1956 Jim McGovern Scottish politician

1956 Peter Carter English diplomat British Ambassador to Estonia (d. 2014)

1956 Eileen Collins American colonel pilot and astronaut

1956 Ann Curry Guamanian-American journalist

1956 Glynnis O'Connor American actress

1956 Sergiy Vilkomir Ukrainian-born computer scientist (d. 2020)

1956 Bo Derek American actress and producer

1956 Cherry Jones American actress

1956 Lawrence Gowan Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1956 Richard Kind American actor

1956 Ron Randall American author and illustrator

1956 Bruce Edgar New Zealand cricketer

1956 Karin Guthke German diver

1956 Ruben Santiago-Hudson American actor playwright and director

1956 Dale Jarrett American race car driver and sportscaster

1956 Don Lake Canadian actor producer and screenwriter

1956 Keith Vaz Indian-English lawyer and politician Minister of State for Europe

1956 William Fichtner American actor

1956 John McCarthy English journalist and author

1956 Nazrin Shah of Perak Sultan of Perak

1956 Fiona Armstrong English-Scottish journalist and author

1956 David Van Day English singer

1956 Hinton Battle German-American actor dancer and choreographer

1956 Yvonne Fovargue English lawyer and politician

1956 Julee Cruise American singer-songwriter musician and actress (d. 2022)

1956 Steven Bauer Cuban-American actor and producer

1956 Ewa Kopacz Polish physician and politician 15th Prime Minister of Poland

1956 Nia Griffith Welsh educator and politician former Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

1956 Bernard King American basketball player and sportscaster

1956 Klaus Allofs German footballer and manager

1956 Adam Thorpe French-English author poet and playwright

1956 Krystian Zimerman Polish virtuoso pianist

1956 Peter Buck American guitarist songwriter and producer

1956 Hans Kammerlander Italian mountaineer and guide

1956 Randy Rhoads American guitarist songwriter and producer (d. 1982)

1956 Chuy Bravo Mexican-American comedian and actor (d. 2019)

1956 Anna Soubry British politician

1956 Warren Cuccurullo American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 Andrius Kubilius Lithuanian academic and politician 9th Prime Minister of Lithuania

1956 Slick American wrestler and manager

1956 Sylvia American country singer-songwriter

1956 Jean-Pierre Thiollet French journalist and author

1956 Rod Blagojevich American lawyer and politician 40th Governor of Illinois

1956 Roberto Cassinelli Italian lawyer and politician

1956 Jan van Dijk Dutch footballer and manager

1956 Lani Brockman American actress and director

1956 Andrew Lansley English politician Secretary of State for Health

1956 Johan van der Velde Dutch cyclist

1956 Linda Fabiani Scottish politician

1956 Hanni Wenzel German skier

1956 John Lee Hancock American screenwriter film director and producer

1956 Tony Leon South African lawyer and politician

1956 Lizzy Mercier Descloux French musician singer-songwriter composer actress writer and painter (d. 2004)

1956 Peter Farrelly American director producer and screenwriter

1956 Dominic Lawson English journalist and author

1956 Totka Petrova Bulgarian runner

1956 Phil Harris American captain and fisherman (d. 2010)

1956 Tom Lawless American baseball player and manager

1956 Shane McEntee Irish farmer and politician Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (d. 2012)

1956 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Mauritanian general and politician President of Mauritania

1956 Guy Babylon American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009)

1956 Blanche Baker American actress and screenwriter

1956 Junji Hirata Japanese wrestler

1956 Andrew Mackenzie Scottish geologist and businessman

1956 Anita Ward American disco/R&B singer

1956 Dave Laut American shot putter (d. 2009)

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