1956: The Year in People

What happened in 1956

1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.

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Died in 1956

• B. R. Ambedkar1891–1956 · Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer
• Bela Lugosi1882–1956 · Hungarian actor
• A. A. Milne1882–1956 · English writer
• Bertolt Brecht1898–1956 · German playwright and poet
• Alfred Kinsey1894–1956 · American scientist
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias1911–1956 · American golfer and athlete
• Alben W. Barkley1877–1956 · Vice President of the United States from 1949 to 1953
• Connie Mack1862–1956 · American baseball manager and owner
• Art Tatum1909–1956 · American jazz pianist
• Alexander Korda1893–1956 · British film director
• Clifford Brown1930–1956 · American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer
• Austin Osman Spare1886–1956 · English artist