Earl Campbell

American football player (born 1955).

Born March 29th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Tyler.

Charles Martinet

American actor and voice actor (born 1955).

Born September 17th, 1955 (age 70 years) in San Jose.

Valery Gerasimov

Chief of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation.

Born September 8th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Kazan.

Kevin DuBrow

American singer (1955–2007).

Born October 29th, 1955 in Hollywood.

Died December 25th, 2007 at 52 years old in Las Vegas (drug overdose). ^[ref]

Sergei Shoigu

Secretary of the security council of the russian federation since 2024 and former russian defense minister.

Born May 21st, 1955 (age 71 years) in Chadan.

Mark Boone Junior

American actor (born 1955).

Born March 17th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Cincinnati.

Thomas Newman

American composer and conductor (born 1955).

Born October 20th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Los Angeles.

John Kricfalusi

Canadian animator.

Born September 9th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Chicoutimi.

Michael Steele

American rock musician.

Born June 2nd, 1955 (age 71 years) in Pasadena.

Doug Williams

American football player, coach, and executive (born 1955).

Born August 9th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Zachary.

Alexey Pajitnov

Russian video game designer (born 1955).

Born April 16th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Moscow. ^[ref]

Sam Simon

American television producer (1955–2015).

Born June 6th, 1955 in Los Angeles.

Died March 8th, 2015 at 59 years old in Pacific Palisades (colorectal cancer).

Kane Hodder

American actor and stunt performer.

Born April 8th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Auburn.

Hariharan

Indian playback singer.

Born April 3rd, 1955 (age 71 years) in Thiruvananthapuram.

Thomas Keller

American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer.

Born October 14th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Gwen Ifill

American journalist, television newscaster and author (1955–2016).

Born September 29th, 1955 in New York City.

Died November 14th, 2016 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C. (endometrial cancer, uterine cancer). ^[ref]

Bambi Woods

American pornographic actress.

Born July 12th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Pierre.

Richard Burr

United states senator from north carolina from 2005 to 2023.

Born November 30th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Charlottesville.

Raoul Trujillo

American actor and dancer.

Born May 8th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Santa Fe.

Corey Burton

American voice actor.

Born August 3rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Granada Hills.

Mick Jones

British musician and singer (born 1955).

Born June 26th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Wandsworth.

Björn Andrésen

Swedish actor and musician (1955–2025).

Born January 26th, 1955 in Stockholm.

Died October 25th, 2025 at 70 years old in Södermalm. ^[ref]

Norm Nixon

American basketball player.

Born October 10th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Macon.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

German football executive and former football player.

Born September 25th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Lippstadt.

David A. Kennedy

Fourth of robert f. kennedy's children.

Born June 15th, 1955 in Washington, D.C..

Died April 25th, 1984 at 28 years old in The Brazilian Court (drug overdose).