Ulrich Kons

East german rower.

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

Klaus-Dieter Kurrat

East german sprinter.

Born January 16th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Nauen.

Andreas Gregor

East german coxswain.

Born April 27th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Dresden.

Peter Dignan

New zealand rower (1955-2013).

Born March 6th, 1955 in Gibraltar.

Died June 20th, 2013 at 58 years old in Sydney (pancreatic cancer).

Yasser Ayyash

Jordanian archbishop.

Born December 4th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Irbid.

Galina Murašova

Soviet discus thrower.

Born December 22nd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Vilnius.

Yacine Bentalaa

Algerian association football player.

Born September 24th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Algeria.

Thaisa Storchi Bergmann

Brazilian astrophysicist.

Born December 19th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Caxias do Sul. ^[ref]

Hiroshi Hayano

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born November 14th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Kanagawa Prefecture.

David Hammerstein Mintz

Spanish politician.

Born September 23rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Los Angeles.

Romuald Kamiński

Polish roman-catholic priest.

Born February 7th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Janówka, Podlaskie Voivodeship.

William Avenya

Nigerian catholic priest.

Born June 21st, 1955 (age 70 years).

Florența Crăciunescu

Athletics competitor (1955-2008).

Born May 7th, 1955 in Stejaru.

Died June 8th, 2008 at 53 years old in Bucharest.

Anastasios Bountouris

Greek yacht racer.

Born August 2nd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Piraeus.

Bernd Baumgart

East german rower.

Born July 3rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

Bernd Höing

East german rower.

Born March 4th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Berlin.

Frank Uhlig

East german footballer.

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

Sergei Petrenko

Russian footballer and manager.

Born July 7th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Moscow.

Caetano N'Tchama

Prime minister of guinea-bissau.

Born January 23rd, 1955 in Guinea-Bissau.

Died December 15th, 2007 at 52 years old

Vicente Juan Segura

Spanish bishop (1955–2024).

Born May 22nd, 1955 in Tavernes de la Valldigna.

Died October 11th, 2024 at 69 years old in Hospital 9 de Octubre. ^[ref]

Claudio Cipolla

Roman catholic bishop.

Born February 11th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Goito.

Kazuhiko Takemoto

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born November 22nd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Aichi Prefecture.

Pierre Durand, Jr.

Equestrian.

Born February 16th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle.

Gudrun Wegner

East german swimmer (1955-2005).

Born February 28th, 1955 in Görlitz.

Died January 16th, 2005 at 49 years old in Dresden (cancer).

John Stillings

American rower.

Born July 23rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Sedro-Woolley.