Rob Tapert

American film producer.

Born May 14th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Royal Oak.

Taher Elgamal

American cryptographer.

Born August 18th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Cairo. ^[ref]

Toshimitsu Motegi

Japanese politician (born 1955).

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

Patrick Lefevere

Cycling team manager and former road bicycle racer.

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

Rob Epstein

Film director, producer.

Born April 6th, 1955 (age 71 years) in New Brunswick.

Fernando Trueba

Spanish film director (born 1955).

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

Mary Beard

English classicist (born 1955).

Born January 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Much Wenlock.

Pépé Kallé

Prominent congolese soukous singer (1951–1998).

Born November 23rd, 1955 in Kinshasa.

Died November 29th, 1998 at 43 years old in Paris. ^[ref]

Philip H. Dybvig

American economist.

Born May 22nd, 1955 (age 71 years) in Gainesville.

Mike Michaud

U.s. representative for maine's 2nd district, and 2014 gubernatorial candidate.

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

Richard Shirreff

British army general.

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

Iain Pears

British writer and art historian.

Born August 8th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Coventry.

Christian Estrosi

French politician.

Born July 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Nice.

José Rivera

Puerto rican playwright and screenwriter.

Born March 24th, 1955 (age 71 years) in San Juan.

Laura Fygi

Dutch jazz singer.

Born August 27th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Amsterdam.

Alberto Tarantini

Argentine footballer.

Born December 3rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Ezeiza.

Lance E. Nichols

American actor.

Born July 13th, 1955 (age 71 years) in New Orleans.

Dušan Savić

Serbian footballer.

Born June 1st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Ub.

Enric Miralles

Spanish architect (1955–2000).

Born February 12th, 1955 in Barcelona.

Died July 3rd, 2000 at 45 years old in Sant Feliu de Codines (brain cancer).

Stephen Smith

Australian politician.

Born December 12th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Narrogin.

Eric Lévi

French musician.

Born December 23rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Niort. ^[ref]

Dominique Rocheteau

French association football player.

Born January 14th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Saintes.

Marianne Rosenberg

German singer.

Born March 10th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Berlin.

Mulgrew Miller

American pianist (1955-2013).

Born August 13th, 1955 in Greenwood.

Died May 29th, 2013 at 57 years old in Allentown (stroke). ^[ref]

Daniel Bertoni

Argentine footballer.

Born March 14th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Bahía Blanca.