AA Milne (1882-1956)
Children's Author
1
Guy Kibbee (1882-1956)
Movie Actor
2
Al Simmons (1902-1956)
Baseball Player
3
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
4
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Painter
5
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
Composer
6
Frederick Soddy (1877-1956)
Chemist
7
Owen Davis (1874-1956)
Playwright
8
BR Ambedkar (1891-1956)
Philosopher
9
Mary Ellen Wilson (1864-1956)
10
Bob Burns (1890-1956)
Rock Singer
11
Ella Young (1867-1956)
Poet
12
Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956)
World Leader
13
Jack Lewis (1884-1956)
14
Victor Young (1900-1956)
15
Clifford Brown (1930-1956)
Trumpet Player
16
Art Tatum (1909-1956)
Pianist
17
Robert Yerkes (1876-1956)
Psychologist
18
Louis Calhern (1895-1956)
19
William Boeing (1881-1956)
Entrepreneur
20
Celebrities Born in 1956
Deaths by Year
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956)
Golfer
21
Meghnad Saha (1893-1956)
Astrophysicist
22
John Henry Mears (1878-1956)
Explorer
23
Frieda Von Richthofen (1879-1956)
Family Member
24
Jim Elliot (1927-1956)
Religious Leader
25
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
26
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
27
Samuel J. Seymour (1860-1956)
28
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956)
Vice President
29
Charley Grapewin (1869-1956)
30
Konstantin Pats (1874-1956)
Politician
31
Isham Jones (1894-1956)
Blues Singer
32
Victor William Watson (1908-1956)
33
Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)
34
Michael Arlen (1895-1956)
Novelist
35
Christian Rub (1886-1956)
36
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)
37
Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956)
38
Preston Tucker (1903-1956)
39
Elsie Janis (1889-1956)
Screenwriter
40
Caesar Cardini (1896-1956)
Chef
41
Jesse H. Jones (1874-1956)
42
Fred Allen (1894-1956)
Radio Host
43
Anastasio Somoza García (1896-1956)
44
HL Mencken (1880-1956)
45
Leonora Speyer (1872-1956)
46
Charles Strite (1878-1956)
47
Marion Leonard (1881-1956)
Movie Actress
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