AA Milne (1882-1956)
Children's Author
1
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Painter
2
Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)
Movie Actor
3
Frederick Soddy (1877-1956)
Chemist
4
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
Composer
5
Charley Grapewin (1869-1956)
6
Connie Mack (1862-1956)
Baseball Manager
7
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956)
Golfer
8
William Boeing (1881-1956)
Entrepreneur
9
John Henry Mears (1878-1956)
Explorer
10
Frieda Von Richthofen (1879-1956)
Family Member
11
Christian Rub (1886-1956)
12
Jack Lewis (1884-1956)
Baseball Player
13
Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956)
World Leader
14
Isham Jones (1894-1956)
Blues Singer
15
Bob Burns (1890-1956)
Rock Singer
16
Art Tatum (1909-1956)
Pianist
17
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)
18
Mary Ellen Wilson (1864-1956)
19
Fred Allen (1894-1956)
Radio Host
20
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956)
21
Ella Young (1867-1956)
Poet
22
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Playwright
23
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956)
Vice President
24
Celebrities Born in 1956
Deaths by Year
Clifford Brown (1930-1956)
Trumpet Player
25
Robert Walser (1878-1956)
26
Jesse H. Jones (1874-1956)
27
Jim Elliot (1927-1956)
Religious Leader
28
Michael Arlen (1895-1956)
Novelist
29
BR Ambedkar (1891-1956)
Philosopher
30
David Seymour (1911-1956)
Photographer
31
HL Mencken (1880-1956)
32
Samuel J. Seymour (1860-1956)
33
Louise Carver (1869-1956)
Movie Actress
34
Lou Handman (1894-1956)
35
Oskar Kaufmann (1873-1956)
Architect
36
Preston Tucker (1903-1956)
37
Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)
38
Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956)
Psychologist
39
Walter De la Mare (1873-1956)
40
Jean Hersholt (1886-1956)
41
Charles Strite (1878-1956)
42
Louis Calhern (1895-1956)
43
Konstantin Pats (1874-1956)
Politician
44
Owen Davis (1874-1956)
45
Caesar Cardini (1896-1956)
Chef
46
Marion Leonard (1881-1956)
47
Henry Fillmore (1881-1956)
48
