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1955: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Goat 🐐 · Born in 1955 turn 71 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.29

Median home

$9,550

Minimum wage

$0.75/hr

Movie ticket

$0.50

US population

2.77B

US president

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Top song

"Rock Around the Clock" — Bill Haley & His Comets

Top film

Lady and the Tramp

Top TV show

The $64,000 Question

Best Picture

Marty

In the news: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat

What happened in 1955

1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.

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Born in 1955

298 people in our data · most viewed first

Eminem

Eminem

1955–2024 · January 6

American rapper

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

b. 1955 · August 4

American actor, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter

Bill Gates

Bill Gates

b. 1955 · October 28

American businessman and philanthropist

Billy Idol

Billy Idol

b. 1955 · November 30

English singer

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton

1955–2017 · May 17

American actor

Clarence Gilyard

Clarence Gilyard

1955–2022 · December 24

American actor

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

b. 1955 · March 29

Irish actor and director

Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen

1955–2020 · January 26

American rock guitarist

Angus Young

Angus Young

b. 1955 · March 31

Australian musician; lead guitarist of AC/DC

John Hinckley Jr.

John Hinckley Jr.

b. 1955 · May 29

Attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan

Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi

b. 1955 · August 22

Indian actor and philanthropist

Dee Snider

Dee Snider

b. 1955 · March 15

American heavy metal singer

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Akira Toriyama

1955–2024 · April 5

Japanese manga artist

Bill Nye

Bill Nye

b. 1955 · November 27

American science communicator

Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald

b. 1955 · February 15

American actor

Dana Carvey

Dana Carvey

b. 1955 · June 2

American comedian and actor

Andrew Stevens

Andrew Stevens

b. 1955 · June 10

American actor, film producer and director

Alain Prost

Alain Prost

b. 1955 · February 24

French racing driver

Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt

b. 1955 · April 27

American businessman and software engineer

Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam

b. 1955 · June 2

Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter

Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz

b. 1955 · April 5

English novelist and screenwriter

Donatella Versace

Donatella Versace

b. 1955 · May 2

Italian fashion luxury designer

Charles Martinet

Charles Martinet

b. 1955 · September 17

American actor

Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín

b. 1955 · May 30

Irish novelist and writer

Died in 1955

  • Albert Einstein1879–1955 · German-born theoretical physicist
  • Emmett Till1941–1955 · American lynching victim
  • Charlie Parker1920–1955 · American jazz saxophonist
  • Alexander Fleming1881–1955 · Scottish physician and microbiologist
  • Cy Young1867–1955 · American baseball player
  • Alberto Ascari1918–1955 · Italian racing driver
  • Calouste Gulbenkian1869–1955 · British-Armenian businessman
  • Cordell Hull1871–1955 · American politician and diplomat
  • António Egas Moniz1874–1955 · Portuguese neurologist
  • Fernand Léger1881–1955 · French painter
  • Arthur Honegger1892–1955 · Swiss composer
  • Adolfo de la Huerta1881–1955 · President of Mexico in 1920
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