AA Milne (1882-1956)
Children's Author
1
Guy Kibbee (1882-1956)
Movie Actor
2
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
3
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Painter
4
Connie Mack (1862-1956)
Baseball Manager
5
BR Ambedkar (1891-1956)
Philosopher
6
Al Simmons (1902-1956)
Baseball Player
7
Frederick Soddy (1877-1956)
Chemist
8
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
Composer
9
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956)
Vice President
10
Preston Tucker (1903-1956)
Entrepreneur
11
John Henry Mears (1878-1956)
Explorer
12
Fred Allen (1894-1956)
Radio Host
13
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956)
Golfer
14
Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956)
World Leader
15
Frieda Von Richthofen (1879-1956)
Family Member
16
Jack Lewis (1884-1956)
17
Konstantin Pats (1874-1956)
Politician
18
Jim Elliot (1927-1956)
Religious Leader
19
Charley Grapewin (1869-1956)
20
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)
21
William Boeing (1881-1956)
22
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
23
Isham Jones (1894-1956)
Blues Singer
24
Celebrities Born in 1956
Deaths by Year
HL Mencken (1880-1956)
Novelist
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Ab Jenkins (1883-1956)
Race Car Driver
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Samuel J. Seymour (1860-1956)
27
Clifford Brown (1930-1956)
Trumpet Player
28
Caesar Cardini (1896-1956)
Chef
29
Bob Burns (1890-1956)
Rock Singer
30
Art Tatum (1909-1956)
Pianist
31
Jesse H. Jones (1874-1956)
32
Michael Arlen (1895-1956)
33
Louis Calhern (1895-1956)
34
Anastasio Somoza García (1896-1956)
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Victor William Watson (1908-1956)
36
Alex Raymond (1909-1956)
Cartoonist
37
Gordon Ferrie Hull (1870-1956)
Mathematician
38
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Playwright
39
Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)
40
B Reeves Eason (1886-1956)
Screenwriter
41
David Seymour (1911-1956)
Photographer
42
Jean Hersholt (1886-1956)
43
Charles Strite (1878-1956)
44
Owen Davis (1874-1956)
45
Ella Young (1867-1956)
Poet
46
Marie Webster (1859-1956)
47
Walter De la Mare (1873-1956)
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