* 1955 – Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist

* 1955 – Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian serial killer

* 1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian

* 1955 – Blind Mississippi Morris, American blues musician

* 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor

* 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.

* 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist

* 1955 – Dimitra Liani, Greek air hostess, widow of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou

* 1955 – Laura Fygi, Dutch singer

* 1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

* 1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress

* 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

* 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet ( d. 1955 )

* 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )

* 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1955 – Peter Schmuck, American columnist

* 1955 – John E. Sweeney, American politician

* 1955 – Keith Ahlers, English race car driver

* 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver

* 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director

* 1865 – John Radecki, Australian artist ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Caleb Carr, American author and historian

* 1955 – Tim Dunigan, American actor

* 1955 – Tony Godden, English footballer

< center > In Daddy Long Legs ( 1955 )</ center > However, he soon returned to the big screen to replace the injured Kelly in Easter Parade opposite Judy Garland, Ann Miller and Peter Lawford, and for a final reunion with Rogers in The Barkleys of Broadway ( 1949 ).

Maggie Ann Bowers argues that it first emerged in the 1955 essay " Magical Realism in Spanish American Fiction " by critic Angel Flores.

After more than 12, 000 responses from people aged 4 to 85, the paper ultimately hired two: Jeffrey Zaslow, then a 28-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter, and Diane Crowley, a 47-year-old lawyer, teacher and daughter of Ruth Crowley, who had been the original Ann Landers columnist from 1943 until 1955.

Ann Bancroft ( born September 29, 1955 ) is an American author, teacher, and adventurer.

Cynthia Ann McKinney ( born March 17, 1955 ) is an American politician and activist.

On December 24, 1955, Cullen married former dancer and model Ann Roemheld Macomber, daughter of composer Heinz Roemheld ; this marriage would last until his death.

Kingston was born April 24, 1955 in Bryan, Texas, the son of Martha Ann ( née Heddens ) and Albert James Kingston, Jr., an author who founded the National Readers Association.

The 6th and present Marquess is Christopher George Charles Nevill ( b. 23 April 1955 ), the son of the late Lord Rupert Charles Montecute Nevill and Lady Ann Camilla Evelyn Wallop.

Mary Ann Horton, formerly Mark R. Horton ( born November 21, 1955 ), is a Usenet and Internet pioneer.

In 1955, he appeared as an irate husband suing his wife, played by Ann Doran, for alimony in an episode of CBS's sitcom The Ray Milland Show.

* Mary Ann Horton ( formerly Mark R. Horton, born 1955 ), Usenet and Internet pioneer

In 1954, Schlesinger married Rachel Line Mellinger ( born February 27, 1930 – died October 11, 1995 ); they had eight children: Cora ( 1955 ), Charles ( 1956 ), Ann ( 1958 ), William ( 1959 ), Emily ( 1961 ), Thomas ( 1964 ), Clara ( 1966 ), and James ( 1970 ).

The musical was made into a Cinemascope film in 1955 by MGM, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Howard Keel as Hajj, Ann Blyth as Marsinah, Dolores Gray as Lalume, and Vic Damone as the Caliph.

* Teresa Ann Savoy ( born 1955 ), British-born actress

Lee Ann Meriwether ( born May 27, 1935 ) is an American actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant.

She also played nurse Lt. Ann Girard ( the main female character ) in the all-star cast of the classic film Mister Roberts ( 1955 ), which starred Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and James Cagney.

** Roy E. married Patricia Ann Dailey in 1955 ; they had 2 sons, 2 daughters

*" Hallelujah "-Tony Martin, Ann Miller, Vic Damone, Debbie Reynolds, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn, and Ensemble from Hit the Deck ( 1955 )

* Ann Bancroft ( born 1955 ), American explorer

Dame Sally Ann Powell, DBE ( née Vickers ; born 2 October 1955 ) is a local councillor in Great Britain for the Labour Party, where she is deputy leader of the Local Government Association's Labour Group.

He married Elizabeth Ann ( Betty-Ann ) McNicoll in 1955.

With long-term husband Robert Sterling, who was first married to Ann Sothern, she appeared in the CBS sitcom Topper ( 1953 – 1955 ), in which she was billed in a voiceover as " the ghostess with the mostest ".

He had three daughters, Bridget Catherine ( born April 26, 1955 ), Erin Patricia ( born July 21, 1956 ), and Dolly Ann ( born September 10, 1957 ).

Tryon married Ann Noyes in 1955 ; they divorced in 1958.