* 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 – Roger Binny, Indian cricketer

However, the first modern three point seat belt ( the so-called CIR-Griswold restraint ) used in most consumer vehicles today was patented in 1955 ( US Patent 2, 710, 649 ) by the Americans Roger W. Griswold and Hugh DeHaven, and developed to its modern form by Nils Bohlin for Swedish manufacturer Volvo — who introduced it in 1959 as standard equipment.

After touring in the early 1950s in several theater productions, his first motion picture appearance came in 1955 and the following year he gained stardom with his performance opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman.

Edward Fry was the father of the art critic and artist Roger Fry and the social reformers, Joan Mary Fry ( 1862 – 1955 ), Margery Fry ( 1874 – 1958 ) and Ruth Fry ( 1878 – 1962 ).

* Tunisia, known as the Régence ( since 3 June 1955 autonomous ), where France had a Resident-general ( posted with the Basha bey of Tunis, who once the French protectorate was terminated on 20 March 1956 restyled his realm al-Mamlaka at-Tunisiyya ' Tunisian Kingdom '), in stead got a High commissioner from 13 September 1955 to 20 March 1956: Roger Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne ( b. 1908 – d. 1985 ); in continued shortly as independent monarchy, but on 25 July 1957 became the Tunisian Republic.

The most widely known type of matrix pseudoinverse is the Moore – Penrose pseudoinverse, which was independently described by E. H. Moore in 1920, Arne Bjerhammar in 1951 and Roger Penrose in 1955.

He suffered from mononucleosis the following season, but returned strong beating Roger Moens's 1955 national 800 m record.

* Wild America ( 1955 ) by Roger Tory Peterson & James Fisher

His earliest recordings were as a soloist with the Roger Wagner Chorale ( Capitol ) in the 1950s with the Chorale in the background particularly in the LP Joy to the World where he sang in " O Holy Night " and the LPs Folk Songs of the New World P8324 ( 1955 ) and Folk Songs of the Frontier P8332 ( 1956 ), where he sang, among other songs, " Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie " and " Streets of Laredo ".

The locomotive, originally built as a mechanically similar D < sup > H </ sup >, had been purchased on withdrawal by the later Roger Redward in 1983 for his proposed ' Southern Rail ' museum along with another D < sup > G </ sup >, D < sup > G </ sup > 790 ( TMS DG 2451, EE2294 / D373 of 1955 ).

Roger Adam was a French aircraft designer and manufacturer who produced light aircraft in kit from 1948 to 1955.

Roger Lowenstein ( born in 1955 ) is an American financial journalist and writer.

Garry Christian ( born 27 February 1955, Liverpool ) ( lead vocals ), Roger Christian ( born 13 February 1950-died 8 March 1998 from brain tumour ) ( vocals, instrumentalist ), Russell Christian ( born 8 July 1956 ) ( keyboards, saxophone, vocals ), and Henry Priestman ( born Henry Christian Priestman, 21 July 1955, in Kingston upon Hull, brought up in Liverpool ) ( keyboards, guitars, vocals ) formed the band in 1985.

In September 1955, Nate was joined by his teammates, Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Roger Youderian.

* Roger Genebrier: November 21, 1955 – December 16, 1957

From 1955 to 1956 Roger attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design where he received a Masters of Architecture degree under professors Josep Lluís Sert and Sigfried Giedion, while studying with classmates Fumihiko Maki and Ben Weese.

Roger Bordier-Catalogue " LE MOUVEMENT ", Paris, 1955

Patterson teamed with Russell Mockridge and Roger Arnold to win the Paris six-day race in 1955.

In 1955 Roger Williams made the song a number-one hit in the United States, the only piano instrumental to reach number one and remain in that position for four weeks.

Roger Michael Humphrey Binny ( born 19 July 1955, Bangalore, Karnataka ) is an Indian former cricket all-rounder who is best known for his impressive bowling performance in the 1983 Cricket World Cup where he was the highest wicket-taker ( 18 wickets ), and in the 1985 World Series Cricket Championship in Australia where he repeated this feat ( 17 wickets ).

Roger Mais ( 11 August 1905 Kingston − 21 June 1955 Kingston ) was a Jamaican journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright.

Swamp Women ( 1955 ) was one of the first films directed by Roger Corman.