Tony Miles

British chess player.

Born April 23rd, 1955 in Birmingham.

Died November 12th, 2001 at 46 years old in Birmingham (myocardial infarction).

Willie Miller

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1955).

Born May 2nd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Glasgow.

Dorji Wangmo

Queenmother of bhutan, author.

Born June 10th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Punakha District.

David Julius

American physiologist and nobel laureate 2021.

Born November 4th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Brighton Beach.

Akira Nishino

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born April 7th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Urawa.

Brad Davis

American professional basketball player born 1955.

Born December 17th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Rochester.

Stephen F. Lynch

U.s. representative from massachusetts.

Born March 31st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Boston.

John Nunn

English chess player.

Born April 25th, 1955 (age 71 years) in London.

Larry Cedar

American actor.

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

Badri Patarkatsishvili

Georgian businessman (1955–2008).

Born October 31st, 1955 in Tbilisi.

Died February 12th, 2008 at 52 years old in Leatherhead (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Fang Fang

Chinese writer.

Born May 11th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Nanjing.

Charles Burns

American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.

Born September 27th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Washington, D.C..

Matti Vanhanen

Finnish politician and the 40th prime minister of finland.

Born November 4th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Jyväskylä. ^[ref]

Jay Acovone

American actor (1955-).

Born August 20th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Mahopac.

Mike Horner

American pornographic actor.

Born February 3rd, 1955 (age 71 years) in Portland.

Oleg Salyukov

Army general, deputy secretary of the security council of russia, and commander-in-chief of the russian ground forces from 2014 to 2025.

Born May 21st, 1955 (age 70 years) in Saratov.

Rod Blum

American politician.

Born April 26th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Dubuque.

Donna Hartley

English sprinter (1955–2013).

Born May 1st, 1955 in Southampton.

Died June 7th, 2013 at 58 years old in Elsecar.

Gregorio Sablan

Northern mariana islander politician.

Born January 19th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Saipan.

Andrew Strominger

American physicist.

Born July 30th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Cambridge.

David Mirkin

American writer, director and producer.

Born September 18th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Philadelphia.

Anne Sofie von Otter

Swedish mezzo-soprano (born 1955).

Born May 9th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Stockholm.

Anatoly Antonov

Russian diplomat and statesman, russian ambassador to the united states (since 2017).

Born May 15th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Omsk.

Steve Roach

American composer and musician.

Born February 16th, 1955 (age 71 years) in La Mesa.

K. Eric Drexler

American engineer (born 1955).

Born April 25th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Oakland, Alameda.