AA Milne (1882-1956)
Children's Author
1
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
Movie Actor
2
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Painter
3
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
Composer
4
Charley Grapewin (1869-1956)
5
Frederick Soddy (1877-1956)
Chemist
6
Jack Lewis (1884-1956)
Baseball Player
7
Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956)
World Leader
8
Bob Burns (1890-1956)
Rock Singer
9
Isham Jones (1894-1956)
Blues Singer
10
Frieda Von Richthofen (1879-1956)
Family Member
11
John Henry Mears (1878-1956)
Explorer
12
Connie Mack (1862-1956)
Baseball Manager
13
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)
Entrepreneur
14
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
15
Fred Allen (1894-1956)
Radio Host
16
Clifford Brown (1930-1956)
Trumpet Player
17
William Boeing (1881-1956)
18
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956)
Golfer
19
Mary Ellen Wilson (1864-1956)
20
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Playwright
21
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956)
Vice President
22
Robert Walser (1878-1956)
Poet
23
Art Tatum (1909-1956)
Pianist
24
Celebrities Born in 1956
Deaths by Year
Lou Handman (1894-1956)
25
Oskar Kaufmann (1873-1956)
Architect
26
Jesse H. Jones (1874-1956)
27
Jim Elliot (1927-1956)
Religious Leader
28
Preston Tucker (1903-1956)
29
Michael Arlen (1895-1956)
Novelist
30
BR Ambedkar (1891-1956)
Philosopher
31
Walter De la Mare (1873-1956)
32
Christian Rub (1886-1956)
33
Samuel J. Seymour (1860-1956)
34
David Seymour (1911-1956)
Photographer
35
Henry Fillmore (1881-1956)
36
HL Mencken (1880-1956)
37
Alex Raymond (1909-1956)
Cartoonist
38
Guy Kibbee (1882-1956)
39
Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956)
Chess Player
40
Harry Donnan (1864-1956)
Cricketer
41
Louise Carver (1869-1956)
Movie Actress
42
Ella Young (1867-1956)
43
Victor William Watson (1908-1956)
44
Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)
45
Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956)
Psychologist
46
Jean Hersholt (1886-1956)
47
Charles Strite (1878-1956)
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