AA Milne (1882-1956)
Children's Author
1
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Painter
2
Guy Kibbee (1882-1956)
Movie Actor
3
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
4
Frederick Soddy (1877-1956)
Chemist
5
BR Ambedkar (1891-1956)
Philosopher
6
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
7
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)
Entrepreneur
8
Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956)
World Leader
9
Charley Grapewin (1869-1956)
10
John Henry Mears (1878-1956)
Explorer
11
Jack Lewis (1884-1956)
Baseball Player
12
Walter De la Mare (1873-1956)
Poet
13
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
Composer
14
Samuel J. Seymour (1860-1956)
15
Al Simmons (1902-1956)
16
Isham Jones (1894-1956)
Blues Singer
17
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956)
Golfer
18
Connie Mack (1862-1956)
Baseball Manager
19
Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)
20
HL Mencken (1880-1956)
Novelist
21
Preston Tucker (1903-1956)
22
Caesar Cardini (1896-1956)
Chef
23
Jim Elliot (1927-1956)
Religious Leader
24
Celebrities Born in 1956
Deaths by Year
Michael Arlen (1895-1956)
25
Ab Jenkins (1883-1956)
Race Car Driver
26
Frieda Von Richthofen (1879-1956)
Family Member
27
Gordon Ferrie Hull (1870-1956)
Mathematician
28
William Boeing (1881-1956)
29
Alex Raymond (1909-1956)
Cartoonist
30
Jesse H. Jones (1874-1956)
31
Clifford Brown (1930-1956)
Trumpet Player
32
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Playwright
33
Jean Hersholt (1886-1956)
34
Owen Davis (1874-1956)
35
Konstantin Pats (1874-1956)
Politician
36
Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956)
Psychologist
37
Elsie Janis (1889-1956)
Screenwriter
38
Ella Young (1867-1956)
39
Victor Young (1900-1956)
40
Fred Allen (1894-1956)
Radio Host
41
Anastasio Somoza García (1896-1956)
42
Leonora Speyer (1872-1956)
43
David Seymour (1911-1956)
Photographer
44
Nate Saint (1923-1956)
Missionary
45
Mary Ellen Wilson (1864-1956)
46
Louise Carver (1869-1956)
Movie Actress
47
Bob Burns (1890-1956)
Rock Singer
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