Famous People Born in 1956 (Part 4)

Birthdays 601 - 800 of 818

• Sep 18 Tim McInnerny, British stage, screen, and radio actor (Blackadder; Notting Hill), born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England
• Sep 19 Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver, born in Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Sep 19 Lenny Castro, American session and touring percussionist (Melissa Manchester; Toto; Eric Clapton; The Crusaders), born in New York City
• Sep 20 Debi Morgan, American actress (All My Children, Cry Uncle), born in Dunn, North Carolina
• Sep 20 Gary Cole, American actor (Pineapple Express, Midnight Caller), born in Park Ridge, Illinois
• Sep 21 Jack Givens, American basketball player
• Sep 21 Marta Kauffman, American television producer (Friends; Grace and Frankie), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Sep 22 David Krakauer, American Grammy Award-winning klezmer, jazz and classical clarinetist (Klezmer Madness!), born in New York City
• Sep 22 Debby Boone, American singer (You Light Up My Life), born in Hackensack, New Jersey
• Sep 22 Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star), known as Japan's 'King of Love Songs', born in Ota City, Tokyo, Japan
• Sep 23 June Forester, American country singer (Forester Sister - "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes"; "Men"), born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia
• Sep 23 Lili Carati, Miss Italy 1975 and actress (Alcove), born in Varese, Italy (d. 2014)
• Sep 23 Maren Jensen, American actress (Battlestar Galactica - "Athena"), born in Arcadia, California
• Sep 23 Paolo Rossi, Italian soccer striker (48 caps; FIFA World Cup 1982 [Golden Boot, Golden Ball]; L.R. Vicenza, Juventus), born in Prato, Italy (d. 2020)
• Sep 23 Peter David, American writer
• Sep 24 Ilona Slupianek, German shot-putter (Olympic gold 1980), born in Demmin, East Germany
• Sep 25 Jamie Hyneman, American visual effects technician (MythBusters), born in Marshall, Michigan

• Sep 26 Steve Butler, American auto racer (USAC Silver Crown Champion 1988, 92; USAC Sprint Car Champion 1986, 87, 88, 90), born in Amarillo, Texas
• Sep 28 Bob Miller, American ice hockey center (47 games USA; Boston Bruins, Colorado Rockies, LA Kings), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
• Sep 29 James Donald Halsell Jr, American retired USAF officer and astronaut (STS 65, 74, 83, 94), born in West Monroe, Louisiana

• Sep 29 Suzzy Roche, American singer (The Roches), writer and actress, born in Park Ridge, New Jersey
• Sep 30 Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess, daughter of Leopold III and Lilian Baels
• Oct 1 Buddy Teevens, American college football coach (Dartmouth College 1987-91, 2005-23; Uni of Maine, Tulane Uni, Stanford University), born in Pembroke, Massachusetts (d. 2023)
• Oct 1 Gina Haspel, American intelligence officer, First female director of the US CIA, born in Ashland, Kentucky
• Oct 1 Leslie Burr-Howard, American equestrian rider (Olympic gold show jumping, team 1984), born in Union, New Jersey

• Oct 2 Freddie Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter ("Rock Me Tonight"), born in Harlem, New York
• Oct 2 Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader (spent 3 yrs in Robbeneiland Jail)
• Oct 3 Hart Bochner, actor (Aron-East of Eden, Supergirl, Die Hard), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Oct 3 Peter Frechette, American actor (Paint it Black, George-Profiler), born in Warwick, Rhode Island
• Oct 3 Sumi Tonooka, American jazz pianist and composer. (Out from the Silence), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Oct 4 Christoph Waltz, German Austrian actor (Django Unchained), born in Vienna, Austria
• Oct 4 Hans van Breukelen, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (73 caps; PSV Eindhoven; technical director KNVB), born in Utrecht, Netherlands

• Oct 6 Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
• Oct 6 Mike Shipley, Australian audio engineer, and record producer of rock and country music (Paper Airplane), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2013)
• Oct 7 Brian Sutter, Canadian NHL left wing, 1976-88 (St. Louis Blues), and coach, 1988-2004 (St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, and 2 other teams), born in Viking, Alberta
• Oct 7 James Van Patten, American actor (Bo-Chisholms), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Oct 8 Danny Jacob, American session and touring guitarist (Bette Midler), and cartoon music composer (Phineas and Ferb), born in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 8 Janice Voss, American astronaut (shuttle radar topography mission), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2012)
• Oct 8 Larry Crane, American rock guitarist (John Mellencamp band), born in Seymour, Indiana
• Oct 8 Scott Michael Pellaton, American barefoot water ski champ, born in Brentwood, California
• Oct 8 Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress (Remington Steele; Centennial), born in New York City
• Oct 10 Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress (Silent Witness; The Commander), born in Derry, Northern Ireland
• Oct 10 Fiona Fullerton, British actress (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; A View to a Kill), born in Kaduna, Nigeria
• Oct 10 Mark Gordon, American film producer (Saving Private Ryan), born in Newport News, Virginia
• Oct 11 Nicanor Frutos, 47th President of Paraguay (2003-08), born in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay
• Oct 12 David Vanian, British singer (The Damned - "Eloise"), born in Hemel Hempstead, England
• Oct 13 Anura Ranasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan batsman in 3 Tests 1982), born in Kalatura, Sri Lanka
• Oct 13 Chris Carter, American television producer (The X-Files), born in Bellflower, California
• Oct 13 Truong My Lan, Vietnamese-Chinese businesswoman at Van Thinh Phat company, sentenced to death for fraud, born in Saigon, Vietnam

• Oct 15 Chris Lacklison, British pop keyboardist (Kenny - "Fancy Pants"; "Julie Anne"), born in London, England
• Oct 16 James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut (STS 51, 69)
• Oct 16 Johnny Chavis, American football coach
• Oct 16 Marin Alsop, American conductor and 1st woman to head a major American orchestra (Baltimore Symphony, 2007-2021; Vienna RSO, 2019-present), born in New York City
• Oct 16 Melissa Belote, American 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics 3 gold-1972), born in Washington, D.C.
• Oct 16 Roger Phegley, American NBA basketball player, 1977-84 (Washington Bullets, San Antonio Spurs, and 3 other teams), born in East Peoria, Illinois
• Oct 17 Fred Hickman, American sports broadcaster (CNN, TBS, YES Network, ESPN; NY Sports Emmy Award 2004), born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 2022)

• Oct 17 Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs (VVD)
• Oct 18 Craig Bartlett, American animator (Hey Arnold!, Dinosaur Train, Ready Jet Go!), born in Seattle, Washington
• Oct 18 Jim Talent, American politician (Rep-R-Missouri), born in Des Peres, Missouri

• Oct 19 Bruce Weber, American Basketball Coach, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Oct 19 Didier Theys, Belgian racing driver
• Oct 19 George Holzka, American fashion, portrait, commercial, and Grammy Award-winning album cover photographer, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
• Oct 19 Steve Doocy, American journalist and TV anchor (Fox and Friends), born in Algona, Iowa
• Oct 19 Sunny Deol, Indian actor

• Oct 23 Betsy Nagelsen, American tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1978, 80; Australian Open singles 1978 runner-up), born in St Petersburg, Florida
• Oct 23 Darrell Pace, American archer (Olympic gold individual 1976, 84; silver team 1988), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Oct 23 Dwight Yoakam, American country singer-songwriter ("Honky Tonk Man"), born in Pikeville, Kentucky
• Oct 24 Dale Maharidge, American author (And Their Children After Them), born in Ohio
• Oct 24 Jeff Merkley, American politician (Senator-D-Oregon 2009-), born in Myrtle Creek, Oregon
• Oct 25 Danny Gans, American entertainer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2009)
• Oct 25 Matthias Jabs, German rock guitarist (Scorpions - "Wind of Change"), born in Hannover, Germany
• Oct 26 Mike LeDonne, American jazz Hammond organist, pianist, and composer (Benny Golson; The Groover Quartet), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Oct 26 Regina Benjamin, 18th US Surgeon General (2009-13), born in Mobile, Alabama

• Oct 26 Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman (1st CEO of Australian Defence Materiel Organisation)
• Oct 27 Ben Besiakov, Danish jazz pianist and jazz-fusion keyboard player, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Oct 27 Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer, born in California

• Oct 28 Dave Wyndorf, American rock singer (Monster Magnet), born in Red Bank, New Jersey

• Oct 29 Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Oct 30 Juliet Stevenson, English actress (Secret Rapture, Life Story), born in Kelvedon, Essex, England
• Oct 30 Tim Roemer, American politician (Rep-D-Indiana), born in South Bend, Indiana
• Oct 31 Anders Lago, Swedish Social Democratic politician, born in Jönköping, Sweden
• Oct 31 Charles Moore, British editor-in-chief (Sunday Telegraph), born in Hastings, Sussex, England
• Nov 3 Bob Welch, American baseball pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1990; Oakland A's; World Series 1981, 89, 2001), born in Seal Beach, California (d. 2014)
• Nov 3 Gary Ross, American film director (Pleasantville; Seabiscuit; The Hunger Games), born in Los Angeles, California
• Nov 3 Kevin Murphy, American writer, actor, and puppeteer (series Mystery Science Theater 3000), born in River Forest, Illinois
• Nov 4 James Honeyman-Scott, British rock guitarist (The Pretenders - "Brass in Pocket"), born in Hereford, Herefordshire, England (d. 1982)
• Nov 4 Jordan Rudess, American progressive rock keyboardist (Dream Theater), born in New York
• Nov 5 Helen O'Hara [Bevington], British rock violinist (Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen"), born in Bristol, England
• Nov 5 Jeff Watson, American rock guitarist (Night Ranger, 1982–89 & 1996–2007 - "Sister Christain"), born in Sacramento, California
• Nov 5 Rob Fisher, British rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes - "Always Something There to Remind Me"), born in Bath, England (d. 1999)
• Nov 6 Graeme Wood, Australian cricket batsman (59 Tests, 9 x 100, HS 172; 83 ODIs, 3 x 100; WA CA), born in East Fremantle, Australia
• Nov 7 Denise Jannah [Zeefuik], Suriname-Dutch jazz singer (Farmer's Market), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
• Nov 7 Judy Tenuta, American stand-up comedienne and accordion player, born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2022)
• Nov 8 Randi Brooks, American actress (Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope), born in New York City
• Nov 8 Richard Curtis, British screenwriter (Blackadder, Four Wedding and a Funeral), born in Wellington, New Zealand
• Nov 9 Eve de Castro-Robinson, New Zealand classical composer (Other Echoes; A Chaos Of Delight), music director (Karlheinz Company), and educator (University of Auckland), born in London, England
• Nov 9 Kevin Savigar, British session and touring keyboard player, songwriter, and record producer (Rod Stewart), born in London, England
• Nov 10 Matt Craven, Canadian actor (Juror, Killer, K2), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
• Nov 10 Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and political activist, born in Cairo, Egpyt
• Nov 10 Scott Columbus, American heavy metal drummer (Manowar, 1983–91 & 1994–2008), born in USA (d. 2011)
• Nov 10 Sinbad [David Adkins], American comedian and actor (First Kid, Vibe), born in Benton Harbor, Michigan
• Nov 11 Billy Smith, American country singer (Billy & Terry Smith), born in Reidsville, North Carolina
• Nov 11 Ian Craig Marsh, British rock keyboardist (The Human League - "Don't You Want Me"; Heaven 17), born in Sheffield, England
• Nov 12 Rhonda Shear, American comedian (Up All Night), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Nov 13 Aldo Nova, Canadian rocker (Blood on the Bricks), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Nov 13 Bill Scanlon, American tennis player (World #9 1984; 6 x ATP titles), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2021)
• Nov 13 Charlie Baker, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (2015-), born in Elmira, New York
• Nov 13 Ginger Alden, American actress, born in Memphis, Tennessee
• Nov 14 Keith Alexander, British soccer forward (3 caps St Lucia; Grimsby Town FC, Lincoln City FC) and manager (Lincoln, Peterborough, Macclesfield), born in Nottingham, England (d. 2010)
• Nov 14 Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth Va, USN/astro (STS 50, 61, 73, 82)
• Nov 15 Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (d. 2003)
• Nov 15 Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian soccer striker (2 caps; Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Wien) and manager (Croatia, Montenegro, Dinamo Zagreb), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 2021)
• Nov 16 Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver
• Nov 17 Enzo Favata, Italian jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
• Nov 18 Laura Lynch, American bluegrass and country musician and songwriter (Dixie Chicks, 1989-95), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2023) [1]
• Nov 18 Noel Brotherston, Irish soccer winger (27 caps Northern Ireland; Blackburn Rovers 317 games), born in Dundonald, Northern Ireland (d. 1995)
• Nov 18 Tony Franklin, American football kicker (Pro Bowl, NFL scoring leader 1986; New England Patriots), born in Big Spring, Texas
• Nov 18 Warren Moon, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Seahawks, Vikings)
• Nov 19 Ann Curry, American journalist (NBC), born in Agaña, Guam
• Nov 19 Eileen Collins, American USAF and astronaut (STS 63, 84), born in Elmira, New York
• Nov 19 Glynnis O'Connor, American actress (California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe), born in New York City
• Nov 19 Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (Bargemusic, 1982-95) and educator (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1999-2014), born in Seoul, South Korea (d. 2014)
• Nov 19 Scott Jacoby, American actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Nov 20 Bo Derek [Mary Collins], American actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man), born in Long Beach, California
• Nov 20 Dan Powers, American rock guitarist (Michael Stanley Band, 1983-87), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Nov 20 Mark Gastineau, American NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85), born in Ardmore, Oklahoma
• Nov 21 Cherry Jones, American stage and TV actress (Doubt, 24), born in Paris, Tennessee
• Nov 21 Mariana Simionescu, Romanian tennis player (1st wife of Björn Borg), born in Tirgu Neamt, Romania
• Nov 21 Terri Welles [Knepper], American playboy model (Dec 1980, Playmate of the Year 1981), born in Santa Monica, California
• Nov 22 Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian rock keyboard player and singer (Styx, 1999-), born in Glasgow, Scotland
• Nov 22 Richard Kind, American actor
• Nov 23 Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer (NZ opener through the 80's), born in Wellington, New Zealand

• Nov 25 Ena Heese, South African costume designer (Willem of Orange)
• Nov 25 Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
• Nov 25 Liana Vicens, Puerto Rico, 100m breaststroke (Olympics 1968)

• Nov 26 Don Lake, Canadian television writer (The Bonnie Hunt Show), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Nov 26 Marty Smith, American motocross racer (AMA 125cc 1974, 75; AMA 500cc 1977), born in San Diego, California (d. 2020)
• Nov 26 Nico Slothouwer, Dutch poet (The Man and His Bag), born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1987)
• Nov 27 William Fichtner, American actor (Prison Break), born at Mitchel Air Force Base, New York
• Nov 28 David Van Day [David Paul Day], British pop singer (Dollar - "Loves Gotta Hold On Me"), born in Brighton, Sussex, England
• Nov 28 Kristine Arnold, American country singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo - "Midnight Girl"), born in Torrance, California
• Nov 28 Lucy Gutteridge, actress (Top Secret, Trouble With Spies)
• Nov 29 Eric Laakso, American NFL player (Miami Dolphins), born in New York City
• Nov 29 Hinton Battle, American Tony Award-winning singer, dancer, and actor (The Wiz), born in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten, West Germany
• Nov 29 Leo Laporte, American television personality (The Tech Guy), born in New York City
• Dec 1 Julee Cruise, American singer (Falling) and stage actress, born in Creston, Iowa (d. 2022)
• Dec 2 Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts), born in Havana, Cuba
• Dec 3 Hart Bochner, actor and director (Rich & Famous), born in Los Angeles, California
• Dec 4 Bernard King, American Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (NBA All-Star 1982, 84-85, 91; NY Knicks, Washington Bullets), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Dec 4 Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgarian weightlifter (World C'ship gold - 90kg 1991, 92, 93; Olympic silver - 82.5kg 1976), born in Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria
• Dec 4 Costantino Rocca, Italian golfer (British Open 1995 runner-up; hole in one 1995 Ryder Cup), born in Bergamo, Italy
• Dec 5 Brian Backer, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Dec 5 Klaus Allofs, German soccer striker (56 caps West Germany; Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Köln, Marseille, Bordeaux, Werder Bremen) and manager (Fortuna Düsseldorf; GM Werder Bremen 1999-2012),), born in Düsseldorf, Germany
• Dec 5 Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist and conductor, born in Zabrze, Poland
• Dec 6 Peter Buck, American rock guitarist (R.E.M. - Murmur), born in Berkeley, California
• Dec 6 Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1982)

• Dec 8 Pierre Pincemaille, French organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Paris (d. 2018)
• Dec 8 Warren Cuccurullo, American rock guitarist (Frank Zappa, 1977-80; Missing Persons, 1980-86; Duran Duran, 1986-2001), born in Brooklyn, NYC
• Dec 9 Sylvia Hutton (née Kirby), American country-pop singer-songwriter (Nobody), born in Kokoma, Indiana
• Dec 10 Michael VerMeulen, American journalist and magazine editor (British GQ), born in Lake Forest, Illinois (d. 1995)
• Dec 10 Rod Blagojevich, American politician (Governor of Illinois, 2003-09 - impeached and removed), and convicted felon (corruption and solicitation of bribes), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Dec 11 Lani Brockman, American actress and theatre director, born in Seattle, Washington
• Dec 12 Ana Alicia Ortiz, Mexican-American actress (Melissa-Falcon Crest), born in Mexico City
• Dec 12 Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist (won Young Rider Classification of Tour de France 1980), born in Rijbergen, Netherlands
• Dec 13 Dale Berra, American baseball infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Yankees), born in Ridgewood, New Jersey
• Dec 13 Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer, born in Kfarshima, Lebanon
• Dec 13 Phil Hubbard, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1976), born in Canton, Ohio
• Dec 14 Hanni Wenzel, German alpine ski racer (Olympic-2 gold-1980), born in Straubing, Bavaria, West Germany
• Dec 16 Mike Gregory, English darts player (BDO World C'ship 1992 runner-up), born in Bath, England (d. 2022)
• Dec 16 Tommy Burns, Scottish soccer midfielder (8 caps; Celtic, Kilmarnock) and manager (Scotland, Celtic, Kilmarnock, Reading), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008)
• Dec 17 Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Mexican drug lord (Juárez Cartel), born in Guamuchilito, Mexico (d. 1997)
• Dec 17 Peter Farrelly, American film director
• Dec 18 Reinhold Ewald, German physicist and cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-25), born in Mönchengladbach, West Germany
• Dec 18 Ron White, American comedian, born in Fritch, Texas
• Dec 18 T. K. Carter, American actor (Punky Brewster - "Mike"; Just Our Luck - "Shabu"), born in Los Angeles, California
• Dec 19 Alice Barrett, American actress (Frankie Frame-Another World), born in New York City
• Dec 20 Anita Ward, American R&B and disco singer ("Ring My Bell"), born in Memphis, Tennessee [some sources cite year as 1957]
• Dec 20 Blanche Baker, American actress, Carroll Baker's Daughter (French Postcard), born in New York City
• Dec 20 Guy Babylon, American keyboard player (Elton John) and arranger, born in New Windsor, Maryland (d. 2009|)
• Dec 20 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian 8th President of Mauritania (2009-present), born in Akjoujt, French West Africa
• Dec 21 Kevin Burnham, American sailor (Olympic gold 470 class 2004; silver 1992), born in New York City (d. 2020)
• Dec 21 Lee Roy Parnell, American country singer ("Oughta Be A Law"), born in Abilene, Texas
• Dec 21 Stuart Kimball, American session and touring rock guitarist (Bob Dylan, 2004-18; Face To Face 1979-88), born in New Hampshire
• Dec 23 Dave Murray, English heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Iron Maiden), born in London, England

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