1956 (people)


 * 9 January - Actor Imelda Staunton was born.
 * 11 January - Actor Phyllis Logan was born.
 * 21 January - Actor William Gaminara was born.
 * 30 January - Actor Jeremy Gittins was born.
 * 6 February - Actor Daniel Hill was born.
 * 7 February - Actor Bhasker Patel was born.
 * 9 March - Actor Mark Straker was born.
 * 10 March - Actor Lesley Dunlop was born.
 * 12 March - Actor Lesley Manville was born.
 * 13 March - Actor Dione Inman was born.
 * 18 April - Actor Eric Roberts was born.
 * 26 April - Actor Ron Donachie was born.
 * 27 April - Actor Kevin McNally was born.
 * 12 May - Actor Christopher Good was born.
 * 18 June - Actor Dominic Guard was born.
 * 1 July - Writer Matthew Jacobs was born.
 * 16 July - Actor Adrian Mills was born.
 * 17 July - Animatronic designer Tim Rose was born.
 * 8 August - Actor Jim Sweeney was born.
 * 18 August - Composer John Debney was born.
 * 20 August - Actor Simon Shepherd was born.
 * 18 September - Actor Tim McInnerny was born.
 * 8 October - Actor James Coombes was born.
 * 8 November - Writer Richard Curtis was born.
 * 16 November - Director Karl Zwicky was born.
 * 16 November - Controller of BBC One Lorraine Heggessey was born.
 * 29 November - Actor Owen Aaronovitch was born.
 * 29 December - Actor Bernard Padden was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Joanna Munro was born.