* 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 – 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

* Guthrie, William Keith Chambers, The Greeks and their Gods, 1955.

* 1955 – Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1989 )

* 1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter ( Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!

* May 9 – Keith Whitley, American singer ( b. 1955 )

In 1955, former trucking company owner Malcom McLean worked with engineer Keith Tantlinger to develop the modern intermodal container.

* Guthrie, William Keith Chambers, The Greeks and their Gods, 1955.

Keith Morris ( born September 18, 1955 ) is an American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, and Off!

Aileen had an older brother named Keith, who was born in February 1955.

Also filmed partly in Chatsworth by Roy Rogers Productions was the western series Brave Eagle starring Keith Larsen as a young Cheyenne chief, which ran on CBS in the 1955 – 1956 season and was shot largely at Iverson.

Ashley Laminates was founded in 1955 by Peter Pellandine and Keith Waddington.

Schonely moved to Seattle in 1955 and joined KOMO radio and then moved over to KOMO-TV, where he worked with future ABC Sports broadcaster Keith Jackson.

** Agriculture, Keith A. H. Murray, 1955

However, with champion ruckman Merv McIntosh desperate to see his team with a premiership, Perth under experienced former Carlton centreman Ern Henfry and captain Keith Harper, improved in 1955 to win fourteen of twenty minor round games and defeat the Cardinals in the first semi-final.

* Keith Comstock, ( born 1955 ), major league baseball player

Dale Connelly ( born 4 October 1955 ) was co-host ( with Tom Keith, aka Jim Ed Poole ) of The Morning Show on Minnesota Public Radio.

Keith Ahlers ( born 13 August 1955 ) is a British race car driver.

* Keith McCune ( b. 1955 ), American author

He appeared in the first Brian Keith CBS series, Crusader, a 1955 – 1956 Cold War drama.

* Keith Faulkner CBE ( 1955 – 62 ), Chairman, Working Links, Manpower

Sir Arthur Keith ( 5 February 1866 – 7 January 1955 ) was a Scottish anatomist and anthropologist, who became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London ( not to be confused with the Hunterian Museum Glasgow Scotland ; the two were founded by brothers ).

In 1955 Wheeler co-starred with Keith Larsen in the CBS western series Brave Eagle ; Wheeler played the halfbreed Smokey Joe, known for his tall tales and tribal wisdom.

Dwayne Keith Murphy ( born on March 18, 1955, in Merced, California ) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career playing for the Oakland Athletics as an outfielder.

The team included Frank Tyson and Keith Andrew, and Australians Jock Livingston, Jack Manning and George Tribe, and enjoyed a successful period under his leadership, coming seventh in the County Championship in 1954 and 1955, fourth in 1956, and achieving its highest-ever placing, second, in 1957.