Edgar Chagwa Lungu (born 11 November 1956) is a Zambian politician who served as the sixth president of Zambia from 25 January 2015 to 24 August 2021. Under President Michael Sata, Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence. Following Sata's death in October 2014, Lungu was adopted as the candidate of the ruling Patriotic Front in a Convention of the Patriotic Front in Kabwe, for the January 2015 presidential by-election, which was to determine who would serve out the remainder of Sata's term. In the election, he narrowly defeated opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema and took office on 25 January 2015.
Talat Aziz (Urdu: طلعت عزیز; born 11 November 1956) is a popular ghazal singer from Hyderabad, India.
Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, he played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a novel. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer. His G minor masterpiece was introduced in a book called "a story like the wind".
Sir Dieter Robin Helm CBE (born 11 November 1956) is a British economist and academic.
Fred J. Luter Jr. (born 1956 November 11 in New Orleans) is a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). He was elected on 2012 June 19, and was SBC's first African-American president. According to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary president Daniel L. Akin, ". . . the most significant event to happen in our [SBC's] history since our formation" is Luter's election. Luter cited "to improve racial harmony" as his goal on his reelection to the second (and final) year of SBC presidency.
Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed, called Mohammed Polo and popularly known as the "Dribbling Magician", is a former Ghanaian international football player and arguably the most technically gifted player ever to emerge from Ghana. He was in the Ghana squad that won the 1978 African Cup of Nations held in Ghana. He was a left winger and played for Hearts of Oak in the Ghana premier league.
Julian Lombardi (born November 11, 1956) is an American inventor, author, educator, and computer scientist known for his work with socio-computational systems, scalable virtual world technologies, and in the design and deployment of deeply collaborative virtual learning environments.
Peter "Pedro" Richards (11 November 1956 – 23 December 2001) was an English footballer who played in defence for Notts County. The son of a Black British father and a Spanish mother, Richards was taken by his mother at an early age to Laguardia, Álava and lived there until the age of 11 when they moved to Nottingham. Richards was taken on as an apprentice at County and signed professional for them in November 1974. He made 399 league appearances for County, his sole Football League club. He was a home crowd favorite particularly because of his sure tackling and consistency.
Martin Sarmiento Jumoad (born November 11, 1956, in Cebu City), is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Archbishop of Ozamiz in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
Carlos Alberto Tejada Noriega (born 11 November 1956 in Lima, Peru) is a former Peruvian Minister of Health between 2011 and 2012. He was also a urologist and later a football referee.
Mike Stankovic (born November 11, 1956) is a retired Serbian-American soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League.
Richard Ledes is an American filmmaker and writer based in New York City, best known for his 2012 feature film drama Fred Won't Move Out about Alzheimer's disease starring Elliott Gould and Fred Melamed.
John Douglas "Jack" Hobbs (born November 11, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins in 1981. He played in the minor leagues from 1978 to 1983. Hobbs is also a radio broadcasting industry executive. Jack Hobbs is a graduate of Lynchburg College, where he majored in Political Science / Pre Law. While at Lynchburg, Hobbs was named All-American in 1978 - and subsequently drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 7th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Vijay Singh Soy is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Singhbhum, Bihar in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress
Jeffrey Alan Byrd (born November 11, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher in 1977 for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Emanuel Hana Shaleta (born November 11, 1956) is a prelate of the Chaldean Catholic Church and serves as eparch for the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego.
Scott Gregory Loucks (born 1956) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played parts of five seasons in the majors between 1980 and 1985. In none of those seasons did he accumulate more than 49 at bats or 11 hits. Both of those high-water marks came in 1982 for the Houston Astros, when he was used in 44 games, mainly as a pinch hitter, pinch runner and/or defensive replacement.
Oleksandr Horin (Ukrainian: Олександр Олегович Горін; born 11 November 1956) is a Ukrainian diplomat, who was a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (in 2008) and he was Ukraine's ambassador to the Netherlands from March 2011 until March 2017 (a post he combined with being the permanent representative of Ukraine in the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons). Horin has a wife and two children.
Kevin Sait (born 11 November 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Sait, a rover from Yarraville, was a star in the second division of the Victorian Football Association, where he won the Field Trophy, which was awarded to the best and fairest player in the second division, in 1980; he placed second for the same award in 1977, and third in 1979. From 1982 to 1987, Sait played for Williamstown, back in the Victorian Football Association. He made 94 appearances for the club and was a member of their 1986 premiership team.
Terry Wight (born 11 November 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
John Hill (Queensland cricketer)
John Hill (born 11 November 1956) is an Australian cricketer. He played in seven first-class matches for Queensland in 1986/87.