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In the year 1955

1,578 Notable birthdays

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of apple inc. (1955–2011).

Born February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco.

Died October 5th, 2011 at 56 years old in Palo Alto (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955).

Born October 28th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Seattle. [ref]

Bruce Willis

American actor (born 1955).

Born March 19th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Idar-Oberstein.

Rowan Atkinson

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter.

Born January 6th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Consett.

Kris Jenner

American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman.

Born November 5th, 1955 (age 70 years) in San Diego.

Kevin Costner

American actor.

Born January 18th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Lynwood.

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017).

Born May 17th, 1955 in Fort Worth.

Died February 25th, 2017 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]

Billy Bob Thornton

American actor, filmmaker, and musician.

Born August 4th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Hot Springs.

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality.

Born November 13th, 1955 (age 70 years) in New York City.

Willem Dafoe

American actor (1955-).

Born July 22nd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Appleton.

Kelsey Grammer

American actor.

Born February 21st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Charlotte Amalie.

Dodi Fayed

Princess diana boyfriend (1955–1997).

Born April 17th, 1955 in Alexandria. [ref]

Died August 31st, 1997 at 42 years old in pont de l'Alma (traffic collision).

Reba McEntire

American country singer and actress (born 1955).

Born March 28th, 1955 (age 71 years) in McAlester.

Maria Shriver

First lady of california from 2003 to 2011.

Born November 6th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Chicago.

Eddie Van Halen

Dutch-american rock guitarist (1955–2020).

Born January 26th, 1955 in Amsterdam, Nijmegen.

Died October 6th, 2020 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (laryngeal cancer, cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

J. K. Simmons

American actor (born 1955).

Born January 9th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Detroit.

Dawood Ibrahim

Indian gangster and mafia don.

Born December 26th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Khed. [ref]

Leo XIV

267th pope of the catholic church.

Born September 14th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Chicago. [ref]

Chiranjeevi

Indian actor and former politician.

Born August 22nd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Mogalthur.

Mark David Chapman

John lennon's killer.

Born May 10th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Fort Worth.

Tommy Wiseau

Poland-american director, actor, producer and screenwriter.

Born October 3rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Poznań.

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor.

Born March 29th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Dublin.

Iman

Somali and american muslim supermodel and businesswoman.

Born July 25th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Mogadishu.

Laurie Metcalf

American actress.

Born June 16th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Carbondale.

Billy Idol

English singer.

Born November 30th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Stanmore.

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