1956 (people)


 * 9 January - Actor Imelda Staunton was born.
 * 11 January - Actor Phyllis Logan was born.
 * 21 January - Actor William Gaminara was born.
 * 25 January - Presenter Bill Turnbull was born.
 * 30 January - Actor Jeremy Gittins was born.
 * 2 February - Actor Philip Franks was born.
 * 3 February - Actor Ellen Thomas 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.
 * 16 March - Actor Melanie Kilburn was born.
 * 18 April - Actor Eric Roberts was born.
 * 26 April - Actor Ron Donachie was born.
 * 27 April - Actor Kevin McNally was born.
 * 9 May - Actor Jane Booker was born.
 * 12 May - Actor Christopher Good was born.
 * 15 May - Controller of BBC One Peter Salmon 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.
 * 26 July - Controller of BBC One Peter Fincham 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.
 * 28 September - Actor Chris Jury was born.
 * 28 September - Actor Kiran Shah was born.
 * 8 October - Actor James Coombes was born.
 * 16 October - Actor Anna Savva was born.
 * 30 October - Actor Juliet Stevenson was born.
 * 8 November - Writer Richard Curtis was born.
 * 16 November- Controller of BBC One Lorraine Heggessey was born.
 * 16 November - Director Karl Zwicky was born.
 * 29 November - Actor Owen Aaronovitch was born.
 * 17 December - Actor Owen Brenman was born.
 * 29 December - Actor Bernard Padden was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Joanna Munro was born.