AA Milne (1882-1956)
Children's Author
1
Guy Kibbee (1882-1956)
Movie Actor
2
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
3
Al Simmons (1902-1956)
Baseball Player
4
Jack Lewis (1884-1956)
5
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Painter
6
Frederick Soddy (1877-1956)
Chemist
7
BR Ambedkar (1891-1956)
Philosopher
8
Christian Rub (1886-1956)
9
Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956)
World Leader
10
William Boeing (1881-1956)
Entrepreneur
11
Ab Jenkins (1883-1956)
Race Car Driver
12
Owen Davis (1874-1956)
Playwright
13
Lloyd Groff Copeman (1881-1956)
14
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
15
Jim Elliot (1927-1956)
Religious Leader
16
Mary Ellen Wilson (1864-1956)
17
Nate Saint (1923-1956)
Missionary
18
Louis Calhern (1895-1956)
19
Lou Handman (1894-1956)
Composer
20
Celebrities Born in 1956
Deaths by Year
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956)
Vice President
21
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956)
Golfer
22
Charley Grapewin (1869-1956)
23
John Henry Mears (1878-1956)
Explorer
24
Frieda Von Richthofen (1879-1956)
Family Member
25
Ogden Hammond (1869-1956)
Politician
26
Bob Burns (1890-1956)
Rock Singer
27
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
28
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Cartoonist
29
Victor William Watson (1908-1956)
30
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
31
Cal Jones (1933-1956)
Football Player
32
Reuven Yaron (1932-1956)
33
Tom Corliss (1879-1956)
34
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)
35
Caesar Cardini (1896-1956)
Chef
36
Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)
37
HL Mencken (1880-1956)
Novelist
38
Isham Jones (1894-1956)
Blues Singer
39
David Seymour (1911-1956)
Photographer
40
Meghnad Saha (1893-1956)
Astrophysicist
41
Michael Arlen (1895-1956)
42
Elsie Janis (1889-1956)
Screenwriter
43
Connie Mack (1862-1956)
Baseball Manager
44
Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956)
Psychologist
45
Alex Raymond (1909-1956)
46
Francis L. Sullivan (1903-1956)
47
Gottfried Benn (1886-1956)
Poet
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