Alberto Iglesias

Spanish composer.

Born October 21st, 1955 (age 70 years) in San Sebastián.

Joice Mujuru

Zimbabwean politician.

Born April 15th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Mount Darwin.

Betsy Baker

American actress.

Born May 8th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Cedar Rapids.

Anthony Dod Mantle

British cinematographer.

Born April 14th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Denmark, Oxford.

Yuriy Sedykh

Soviet athletics competitor, hammer thrower.

Born June 11th, 1955 in Novocherkassk.

Died September 14th, 2021 at 66 years old in Pontoise (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

John Baldacci

American politician (born 1955).

Born January 30th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Bangor.

Richard Benson

British musician (1955–2022).

Born March 10th, 1955 in Woking.

Died May 10th, 2022 at 67 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

Carmen Reinhart

American economist.

Born October 7th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Havana.

Masao Yoshida

Plant manager during the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster.

Born February 17th, 1955 in Osaka.

Died July 9th, 2013 at 58 years old in Shinjuku (esophageal cancer).

Alistair Burt

British politician (born 1955).

Born May 25th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Bury.

John Whitaker

British equestrian.

Born August 5th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Huddersfield.

Rebecca Blank

American economist (1955–2023).

Born September 19th, 1955 in Columbia. ^[ref]

Died February 17th, 2023 at 67 years old in Madison (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Rolf Løvland

Norwegian composer, song lyricist, arranger, and pianist.

Born April 19th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Kristiansand.

Raymond Benson

American short story writer and novelist.

Born September 6th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Texas.

Joaquín Caparrós

Spanish association football manager.

Born October 13th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Utrera.

Barbara Oakley

Translator, writer, engineer and teacher..

Born November 24th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Lodi.

John X of Antioch

Patriarch of antioch.

Born January 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Latakia. ^[ref]

Fred Hersch

American jazz pianist.

Born October 21st, 1955 (age 70 years) in Cincinnati.

Jaume Plensa

Spanish artist and sculptor (born 1955).

Born August 23rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Barcelona.

Mad Professor

Guyanese reggae singer.

Born March 27th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Georgetown.

Edward Burtynsky

Canadian photographer (born 1955).

Born February 22nd, 1955 (age 71 years) in St. Catharines.

Baltasar Garzón

Spanish former judge.

Born October 26th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Torres. ^[ref]

Kenny Kirkland

American musician (1955–1998).

Born September 28th, 1955 in New York City.

Died November 13th, 1998 at 43 years old in New York City.

Peter McNamara

Australian tennis player (1955-2019).

Born July 5th, 1955 in Melbourne.

Died July 20th, 2019 at 64 years old in Sonthofen (prostate cancer). ^[ref]

Yasmina Khadra

Algerian writer.

Born January 10th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Kénadsa.