* 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

Benched at Tulsa in 1955, he told manager Dutch Meyer: `` I can't play for you.

* 1955 – John de Mol, Dutch media businessman

* 1955 – Dick Mol, Dutch paleonthologist

* 1955 – Henk van Gerven, Dutch politician

* 1955 – Connie Palmen, Dutch writer

* Jan Pijnenburg ( 1955 ), musician, drummer of famous Dutch ' 80s band Doe Maar

She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became captain of the Dutch female track and field team.

On 7 August 1955, Fanny Blankers-Koen was victorious for the last time, winning the national title in the shot put, her 58th Dutch title.

* Charley Toorop ( 1891 – 1955 ), Dutch painter

The Dutch historian Pieter Geyl, writing in 1955, considered Macaulay's Essays as " exclusively and intolerantly English ".

In 1955 the first book was published in the Miffy series by Dutch author and illustrator Dick Bruna.

* in Germany there were also four major occupation zones: the British Zone ( after three consecutive Military governors from 22 May 1945, the last stayed on as first of three consecutive High Commissioners 21 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ), the US Zone ( after five Military governors from 8 May 1945, four High Commissioners 2 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ), the Soviet Zone ( after a military commander April 1945 – 9 June 1945 who stayed as first of three Military governors 9 June 1945 – 10 October 1949, the last of whom stayed on as only Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission 10 October 1949 – 28 May 1953, two High commissioners 28 May 1953 – 20 September 1955 ) and the French Zone ( after a Military commander from May 1945 and a Military governor from July 1945, a single High commissioner 21 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ); the Nazi capital, Berlin, enclaved in the Soviet zone, is separately quartered under four military City Commanders ; only the small Dutch zone by the border is destined for annexation in 1949, so it is divided up in two districts, each under a landdrost ( Tudderen, attached to the province of ( Dutch ) Limburg and Elten, attached to Gelderland province ), but returned to Germany after compensation payments and minor border corrections on 11 August 1963

In 2003, it emerged that the first inventors were two Dutch naval officers, Theo A. van Hengel ( 1875 – 1939 ) and R. P. C. Spengler ( 1875 – 1955 ) in 1915 ( De Leeuw, 2003 ).

Willy van Hemert directed a 1955 adaptation for Dutch television, and NBC aired another TV production in 1977.

Between 1955 and 1965, he held professional and managerial jobs in three different Dutch industrial companies.

Johannes Peter " Honus " Wagner (; February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955 ), nicknamed " The Flying Dutchman " due to his superb speed and German heritage (" Dutch " in this instance being an alteration of " Deutsch "), was an American Major League Baseball shortstop.