Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Physicist
1
Emmett Till (1941-1955)
2
James Dean (1931-1955)
Movie Actor
3
Sadako Sasaki (1943-1955)
4
Matthew Henson (1866-1955)
Explorer
5
Cy Young (1867-1955)
Baseball Player
6
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
Civil Rights Leader
7
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)
Biologist
8
Honus Wagner (1874-1955)
9
Carmen Miranda (1909-1955)
Movie Actress
10
Shemp Howard (1895-1955)
11
Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
Saxophonist
12
John Davis (1873-1955)
Politician
13
Theda Bara (1885-1955)
14
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Composer
15
Jerry Ross (1926-1955)
16
Oscar Mayer (1859-1955)
Business Executive
17
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
Entrepreneur
18
Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Sculptor
19
Alberto Ascari (1918-1955)
Race Car Driver
20
Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
Novelist
21
Wardell Gray (1921-1955)
22
Albert F. Polk (1869-1955)
23
Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955)
Screenwriter
24
Celebrities Born in 1955
Deaths by Year
Owen Roberts (1875-1955)
Supreme Court Justice
25
Joseph Freeman (1897-1955)
Journalist
26
James Agee (1909-1955)
27
William Winter (1898-1955)
Chess Player
28
Henry Schwartz (1869-1955)
29
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
Poet
30
Grace Hartman (1907-1955)
Stage Actress
31
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
32
Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955)
33
Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)
Painter
34
William Woodward Jr. (1920-1955)
35
James P. Johnson (1894-1955)
Jazz Singer
36
Ira Hayes (1923-1955)
War Hero
37
Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955)
Engineer
38
Amon G. Carter (1879-1955)
39
Alice Joyce (1890-1955)
40
Eva Moore (1868-1955)
41
Adelaide Johnson (1859-1955)
42
Anwar Wagdi (1904-1955)
43
John Hodiak (1914-1955)
44
Edward Kasner (1878-1955)
Mathematician
45
Sara Martin (1884-1955)
Blues Singer
46
Carlyle Blackwell (1884-1955)
47
Cordell Hull (1871-1955)
48
