page_title: 1956
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1956 / Births / July
caption_attribution_description: Star of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Speed, Twister, Star Trek Generations, and Succession. NYC April '19.
context_page_description: 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: July 1
  Alan Ruck, American actor
  Gregg L. Semenza, American cellular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  July 2
  Jerry Hall, American model and actress
  Cynthia Kadohata, Japanese-American children's writer
  July 3 – Dorota Pomykała, Polish actress
  July 4 – Bárbara Bruno, Brazilian actress, director and producer
  July 5
  Sapawi Ahmad, Malaysian politician
  Horacio Cartes, President of Paraguay
  Louis Herthum, American actor and producer
  Sheila Walsh, Scottish Christian artist and talk-show hostess
  July 7
  Janet Cruz, American politician
  Mullah Krekar, Iraqi Kurdish scholar and militant
  Ryuho Okawa, Japanese religious leader
  Giam Swiegers, South African-Australian business executive
  July 9 – Tom Hanks, American actor and director
  July 10 – K. Rajagopal, Malaysian football manager and national player
  July 11
  Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American fiction writer
  Sela Ward, American actress
  July 12 – Mel Harris, American actress
  July 13
  Günther Jauch, German television host
  Koffi Olomide, Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer and composer
  Michael Spinks, African-American boxer
  July 14
  Dragan Despot, Croatian actor
  Vladimir Kulich, Czechoslovakian actor
  July 15
  Ian Curtis, English rock musician (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
  Barry Melrose, Canadian hockey player, coach and commentator
  Steve Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
  Toshihiko Seko, Japanese long-distance runner
  July 16
  Jerry Doyle, American talk show host and actor (d. 2016)
  Tony Kushner, American playwright
  Pratibha Singh, Indian politician
  July 17 – Robert Romanus, American actor and musician
  July 18 – Sheila Aldridge, American singer
  July 19
  Peter Barton, American actor
  Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese professional wrestler
  July 20 - Thomas N'Kono, Cameroonian footballer
  July 24
  Charlie Crist, American politician, 44th Governor of Florida
  Pat Finn, American game show host and producer
  Carmen Nebel, German television presenter
  July 25 – Frances Arnold, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  July 26
  Andy Goldsworthy, British sculptor and photographer
  Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater, Olympic gold medalist
  July 30
  Delta Burke, American actress
  Anita Hill, African-American lawyer and academic
  July 31
  Michael Biehn, American actor
  Deval Patrick, American politician, first African-American Governor of Massachusetts
  Laura Zapata, Mexican television actress
caption: Alan Ruck
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