Famous People Who Died In 1956
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1956. This list includes people like B. R. Ambedkar, A. A. Milne, Jackson Pollock, Bela Lugosi, Bertolt Brecht and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, poets and presidents who died in 1956. This list includes people from United States, France, Germany & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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1
Jackson Pollock(American Abstract Expressionist Artist Known for His ‘Drip Technique’ Work)
Birthdate: January 28, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cody, Wyoming, United States
Died: August 11
Birthdate: April 14, 1891
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madhya Pradesh, India
Died: December 6
3
A. A. Milne(Best Known for His Books About the Teddy Bear ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ and Children's Poetry)
Birthdate: January 18, 1882
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 31
4
Bela Lugosi(Best Known for His Role as 'Count Dracula' in the 1939 Film ‘Son of Frankenstein’)
Birthdate: October 20, 1882
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lugoj, Romania
Died: August 16
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
5
Bertolt Brecht(Theatre Practitioner, Playwright, and Poet Known for His Plays: ‘The Threepenny Opera’ and ‘Life of Galileo’)
Birthdate: February 10, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany
Died: August 14
6
Irène Joliot-Curie(French Physicist, Politician and Winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
Birthdate: September 12, 1897
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 17
7
H. L. Mencken(One of the Greatest and Most Influential American Literary Critic in the 1920s)
Birthdate: September 12, 1880
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: January 29
Birthdate: October 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon
Died: January 8
Birthdate: June 26, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas, United States
Died: September 27
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: November 19, 1905
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: November 26
11
Alfredo Ferrari
(Engineer)
Birthdate: January 19, 1932
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Modena
Died: June 30
Birthdate: November 24, 1877
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lowes, Kentucky
Died: April 30
13
Connie Mack
(Baseball manager)
Birthdate: December 22, 1862
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: East Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 8
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: November 16, 1890
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vigan City, Philippines
Died: February 29
15
Art Tatum
(Pianist, Jazz musician, Musician)
Birthdate: October 13, 1909
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Toledo
Died: November 5
Birthdate: May 31, 1894
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died: March 17
Birthdate: August 3, 1878
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Birkenhead, England
Died: December 9
18
William Boeing(American Aviation Pioneer and Founder of ‘The Boeing Company’)
Birthdate: October 1, 1881
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: September 28
Height: 4'7" (140 cm)
19
Clarence Birdseye
(Inventor, Engineer)
Birthdate: December 9, 1886
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: October 7
20
Ernest Joseph King
(Naval Officer)
Birthdate: November 23, 1878
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lorain, Ohio, United States
Died: June 25
21
Alexander Korda
(Hungarian-British Film Director, Producer and Screenwriter)
Birthdate: September 16, 1893
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Túrkeve, Hungary
Died: January 23
22
Pietro Badoglio
(Former Minister of Italian Africa)
Birthdate: September 28, 1871
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Grazzano Badoglio, Italy
Died: November 1
23
Hiram Bingham III
(Academic, explorer and politician)
Birthdate: November 19, 1875
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Honolulu
Died: June 6
24
Charles MacArthur
(Playwright)
Birthdate: November 5, 1895
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 21
25
Preston Tucker
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: September 21, 1903
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Capac, Michigan, United States
Died: December 26
26
Meghnad Saha(Indian Astrophysicist Who Developed the ‘Saha Ionisation Equation’ and ‘Thermal Ionisation’)
Birthdate: October 6, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bangladesh
Died: February 16
27
Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
(Writer)
Birthdate: August 12, 1872
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cumberland Lodge, Old Windsor
Died: December 8
28
Elisabeth of Romania
(Queen Consort of the Hellenes (1922 - 1924) and First Lady of Romania)
Birthdate: October 12, 1894
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: PeleÅŸ Castle, Sinaia, Kingdom of Romania
Died: November 14
29
Robert Hotung
(The grand old man of Hong Kong)
Birthdate: December 22, 1862
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Died: April 26
Birthdate: September 2, 1877
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eastbourne
Died: September 22
Birthdate: February 1, 1896
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Marcos, Nicaragua
Died: September 29
32
Kenji Mizoguchi
(Japanese Film Director and Screenwriter Known for His Long Takes and Mise-en-scène)
Birthdate: May 16, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
Died: August 24
33
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
(7th President of Finland)
Birthdate: November 27, 1870
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hämeenkoski
Died: December 14
34
Alexander Rodchenko
(Russian Artist and One of the Founders of 'Constructivism' and Russian Design)
Birthdate: December 5, 1891
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: December 3
35
Maud Allan
(Canadian Dancer Known for Her 'Dance of the Seven Veils')
Birthdate: August 27, 1873
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: October 7
36
Michael Ventris
(Architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B, the ancient Mycenaean Greek script)
Birthdate: July 12, 1922
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Died: September 6
37
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
(Military Personnel)
Birthdate: May 14, 1879
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: October 30
Birthdate: January 11, 1890
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nunhead, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 29
39
Marie Laurencin
(French Painter and Printmaker Known for Her Delicate Portraits of Elegant, Vaguely Melancholic Women)
Birthdate: October 31, 1883
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 8
Birthdate: June 24, 1883
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: November 3
Birthdate: April 5, 1873
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Enghien-les-Bains, France
Died: January 5
Birthdate: April 15, 1878
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Died: December 25
43
Fred Merkle
(Baseball manager)
Birthdate: December 20, 1888
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Watertown, Wisconsin, United States
Died: March 2
44
Gerald Finzi
(Composer, Music educator)
Birthdate: July 14, 1901
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London
Died: September 27
45
Sam Langford
(One of the Greatest Boxes of All Time)
Birthdate: March 4, 1883
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Weymouth Falls, Canada
Died: January 12
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
46
Leo Baeck
(German Rabbi, Scholar and Theologian)
Birthdate: May 23, 1873
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leszno, Poland
Died: November 2
47
Lyonel Feininger
(Painter)
Birthdate: July 17, 1871
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: January 13
48
William Avery Bishop
(Canadian Flying Ace )
Birthdate: February 8, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ontario, Canada
Died: September 11
49
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
(Police Officer)
Birthdate: February 3, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Taunton, England
Died: February 10
50
Erich Kleiber
(A Remarkable Conductor of Mozart, Beethoven and Richard Strauss and an Advocate of New Music)
Birthdate: August 5, 1890
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 27