* 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 – Terry Taylor, American wrestler

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

* 1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist

The studio was sold outright by the retiring Paul Terry to CBS in 1955, but 20th Century Fox ( TCF ) continued to distribute the studio's releases.

Terry Lynn Nichols ( born April 1, 1955 ) is a convicted accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing.

That came in the 1955 – 1956 season, when a side containing the likes of Ivor Allchurch, Terry Medwin, Harry Griffiths and Tom Kiley led the table early in the season, before an injury to Kiley, referred to as the linchpin of the side, in mid-November led to a decline in form.

Cortese appeared in Jules Dassin's Thieves ' Highway ( 1949 ), Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa ( 1954 ), Michelangelo Antonioni's Le Amiche ( 1955 ), Gérard Brach's The Boat on the Grass, Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 ), and in the Franco Zeffirelli projects such as the 1972 film Brother Sun, Sister Moon, his 1977 miniseries, Jesus of Nazareth and the 1993 film Sparrow.

He finally made the Red Wings ' lineup as their starting goalie in the 1955 – 56 season, displacing Terry Sawchuk.

* First goaltender since Terry Sawchuk to win Stanley Cups ten years or more apart as a starter ( Sawchuk in 1955 and 1967 )

* In August 1955, US Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield barred Confidential from the mails, citing objectionable content such as a racy description of a strip teasers ’ gyrations and a " questionable " cheesecake photograph of Terry Moore.

* The ampersand in the title was created in 1955 by then Editor Terry Galanoy who replaced the word " and " in the magazine's name because the words Road and Track were graphically too long for newsstand-effective recognition.

Terry Taylor ( born Paul Worden Taylor III on August 12, 1955 ), is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation.

Terry Bollinger ( born February 6, 1955 ) is the author of the 2003 MITRE report Use of Free and Open Source Software ( FOSS ) in the U. S. Department of Defense.

" Memories Are Made of This " is a popular song written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller in 1955.

Terry Pluto ( born June 12, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio ) is an award-winning sportswriter who primarily writes columns for The Plain Dealer, and formerly for the Akron Beacon Journal about Cleveland sports and religion.

* Clark Terry ( EmArcy, 1955 )

" Please, Please, Please " is an R & B song written by James Brown and Johnny Terry and recorded by The Famous Flames initially in Macon, Georgia in 1955.