Héctor Cúper

Argentine footballer.

Born November 16th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Chabás.

Steve Lillywhite

English record producer.

Born March 15th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Egham.

Simon Yam

Hong kong actor.

Born March 19th, 1955 (age 71 years) in British Hong Kong.

Robin Yount

American baseball player/coach.

Born September 16th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Danville.

Betsy Brantley

American actress.

Born September 20th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Rutherfordton.

Raghubar Das

Indian politician.

Born May 3rd, 1955 (age 71 years) in Jamshedpur.

Nathan East

American jazz, r&b and rock bassist, guitarist and singer (born 1955).

Born December 8th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Philadelphia.

Micheal Ray Richardson

American basketball player and coach (1955–2025).

Born April 11th, 1955 in Lubbock.

Died November 11th, 2025 at 70 years old in Lawton. ^[ref]

Tony Snow

American white house press secretary (1955-2008).

Born June 1st, 1955 in Berea.

Died July 12th, 2008 at 53 years old in Georgetown (colorectal cancer). ^[ref]

James Saito

American actor.

Born March 6th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Los Angeles.

Mary Landrieu

United states senator from louisiana.

Born November 23rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Arlington County.

Hazel O'Connor

English singer-songwriter and actress.

Born May 16th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Coventry.

Michelle Park Steel

U.s. representative from california.

Born June 21st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Seoul.

François Cluzet

French actor.

Born September 21st, 1955 (age 70 years) in Paris.

Guillermo Lasso

55th president of ecuador from 2021 to 2023.

Born November 16th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Guayaquil. ^[ref]

Teresa Ann Savoy

British-born actress (1955-2017).

Born July 18th, 1955 in London.

Died January 9th, 2017 at 61 years old in Milan. ^[ref]

Binali Yıldırım

Prime minister of turkey (born 1955).

Born December 20th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Sivas Province.

Aaron Pryor

American boxer (1955-2016).

Born October 20th, 1955 in Cincinnati. ^[ref]

Died October 9th, 2016 at 60 years old in Cincinnati. ^[ref]

Martin O'Donnell

American video game composer.

Born May 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Westchester.

Denis Mukwege

Congolese gynecologist and nobel peace prize laureate.

Born March 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Bukavu.

Ziad Rahbani

Lebanese musician and writer.

Born December 31st, 1955 in Antelias.

Died July 26th, 2025 at 69 years old in Beirut (liver cirrhosis). ^[ref]

Farhad Moshiri

British-iranian businessman.

Born May 18th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Iran.

Israel Katz

Minister of defense of israel (born 1955).

Born September 21st, 1955 (age 70 years) in Ashkelon. ^[ref]

Ken Salazar

United states ambassador to mexico since 2021.

Born March 2nd, 1955 (age 71 years) in Alamosa.

Geraldine Brooks

Australian-american journalist and author.

Born September 14th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Sydney.