* 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

* 1955 – Jeff Daniels, American actor

In 1955, Mike Fink ( as portrayed by character actor Jeff York ) appeared in two episodes of the Davy Crockett miniseries of ABC's Disneyland opposite the popular Davy Crockett ( portrayed by Fess Parker ).

* Eleven Major League Baseball players were born in Poughkeepsie: Frank Bahret ( 1858 ), Frank Beck ( 1860 ), Bill Daley ( 1868 ), Buttons Briggs ( 1875 ), Elmer Steele ( 1886 ), Mickey McDermott ( 1929 ), Fred Lasher ( 1941 ), Tommy Boggs ( 1955 ), Ricky Horton ( 1959 ), Frank Cimorelli ( 1968 ), Jeff Pierce ( 1969 ), and Dan Gallagher ( 1982 ).

* 1955 in art-Death of Fernand Léger, Nicolas de Staël, Bradley Walker Tomlin ; Birth of Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns completes Flag, ( American Flag Painting )

Jeffrey Warren " Jeff " Daniels ( born February 19, 1955 ) is an American actor, musician and playwright.

* Jeff Doyle ( born 1955 ), American author

* Jeff Smith ( Wisconsin politician ) ( born 1955 ), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Donna Dubinsky ( born July 4, 1955 ) is a businesswoman who played an integral role in the development of personal digital assistants ( PDAs ) serving as CEO of Palm, Inc. and co-founding Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in 1995.

Tommy Rettig as Jeff Miller with Lassie ( 1954 TV series ) | Lassie ( 1955 ).

Robert Jeffrey " Jeff " Stelling ( born 18 March 1955, Hartlepool, County Durham ) is an English sports journalist and sport television presenter.

* Jeff Daniels ( born 1955 ), American actor

* Guitar: Jeff Mironov ( playing a 1955 Fender Stratocaster )

* 1878 – Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and writer ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Sylvia Hermon, English politician

* 1955 – Paul Simonon, English bassist ( The Clash )

It was unveiled in late 1954, and taken, in January 1955, to UllswaterWestmorland in the English Lake District for its initial trials.

* 1955 – Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director

* 1955 – Miles Tredinnick, English playwright

The Joint Technical Language Service ( JTLS ) was established in 1955, drawing on members of the small Ministry of Defence technical language team and others, initially to provide standard English translations for organisational expressions in any foreign language, discover the correct English equivalents of technical terms in foreign languages and discover the correct expansions of abbreviations in any language.

* 1955 – Nigel Benson, English author

* 1955 – Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, General Public, Carbon / Silicon, and London SS )

* 1955 – Terry Chimes, English musician ( The Clash )

* 1955 – John Waite, English singer-songwriter and musician ( The Babys and Bad English )

* 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist and engineer, invented the World Wide Web

* 1955 – Monty Don, English gardener and writer

* 1955 – Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager

* 1928 – Don Beauman, English race car driver ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Rat Scabies, English drummer ( The Damned )

* 1955 – Annie Whitehead, English trombone player

* 1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor

* 1955 – Simon Rattle, English conductor

* 1955 – Terry Chambers, English drummer ( XTC and Dragon )