Apr 29
Today In History

Birthdays In History 1955

1955 LaMarr Hoyt American baseball player (d. 2021)

1955 Mary Beard English classicist academic and presenter

1955 Mamata Banerjee Indian lawyer and politician Chief Minister of West Bengal

1955 Mamata Shankar Indian-Bengali actress

1955 Mike Reno Canadian singer and drummer

1955 J. K. Simmons American actor

1955 Tom Ardolino American rock drummer (d. 2012)

1955 Paul Kelly Australian singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1955 Jay McInerney American novelist and critic

1955 Anne Pringle English diplomat British Ambassador to Russia

1955 Nigel Benson English author and illustrator

1955 Andreas Gursky German photographer

1955 Khalid Islambouli Egyptian lieutenant (d. 1982)

1955 Jerry M. Linenger American captain physician and astronaut

1955 Steve Earle American singer-songwriter musician record producer author and actor

1955 Pietro Parolin Italian cardinal

1955 Steve Javie American basketball player and referee

1955 Sir Simon Rattle English orchestral conductor

1955 McKeeva Bush Caymanian politician Premier of the Cayman Islands

1955 Peter Fleming American tennis player

1955 Jeff Koons American painter and sculptor

1955 Nello Musumeci Italian politician and President of Sicily

1955 Thomas David Jones American captain pilot and astronaut

1955 Timothy R. Ferguson American politician

1955 Jim Montgomery American swimmer

1955 Alan Sokal American physicist and author

1955 Lynda Weinman American businesswoman and author

1955 John Tate American boxer WBA heavyweight champion (d. 1998)

1955 John Baldacci American politician 73rd Governor of Maine

1955 Leszek Engelking Polish poet and author (d. 2022)

1955 Bob Schreck American author

1955 Michael Talbott American actor

1955 Kim Zimmer American actress

1955 Mikuláš Dzurinda Slovak politician Prime Minister of Slovakia

1955 Rolf Benirschke American football player and game show host

1955 Miguel Ferrer American actor and director (d. 2017)

1955 Jim Neidhart American wrestler (d. 2018)

1955 Jerry Beck American historian and author

1955 Jimmy Pursey English singer-songwriter and producer

1955 Charles Shaughnessy English actor

1955 Jim Cramer American television personality pundit and author

1955 Joe Birkett American lawyer judge and politician

1955 Carol Kalish American publisher (d. 1991)

1955 Janice Dickinson American model agent and author

1955 Christopher McDonald American actor

1955 Lisa See American writer and novelist

1955 Jeff Daniels American actor and playwright

1955 David Axelrod American journalist and political adviser

1955 Tim Young Canadian ice hockey player

1955 Howard Jones English singer-songwriter

1955 Flip Saunders American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)

1955 Eddie Johnson American basketball player (d. 2020)

1955 Adrian Dantley American basketball player and coach

1955 Dale Bozzio American pop-rock singer-songwriter

1955 Jay Osmond American singer drummer actor and TV/film producer

1955 Ken Salazar American lawyer and politician 50th United States Secretary of the Interior

1955 Steve Small Australian cricketer

1955 Darnell Williams English-American actor and director

1955 Tim Costello Australian minister and politician

1955 Joey Jones Welsh footballer and manager

1955 Tommy Kramer American football player

1955 Teo Fabi Italian race car driver

1955 Józef Pinior Polish academic and politician

1955 Toshio Suzuki Japanese race car driver

1955 Leslie Cliff Canadian swimmer

1955 Nina Hagen German singer-songwriter

1955 Bruno Conti Italian footballer and manager

1955 Glenne Headly American actress (d. 2017)

1955 Olga Rukavishnikova Russian pentathlete

1955 Jonathan Kaufer American director and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1955 Mohsin Khan Pakistani cricketer

1955 Dee Snider American singer-songwriter

1955 Svetlana Alexeeva Russian ice dancer and coach

1955 Rimantas Astrauskas Lithuanian physicist

1955 Bruno Barreto Brazilian director producer and screenwriter

1955 Linda Lepomme Belgian actress and singer

1955 Bob Ley American sports anchor and reporter

1955 Andy Scott Canadian politician (d. 2013)

1955 Jiro Watanabe Japanese boxer

1955 Cynthia McKinney American activist and politician

1955 Paul Overstreet American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Gary Sinise American actor director and bass player

1955 Francis G. Slay American lawyer and politician 45th Mayor of St. Louis

1955 Jeff Stelling English journalist and game show host

1955 Nina Kiriki Hoffman American author

1955 Ian Moss Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter

1955 Mariya Takeuchi Japanese singer-songwriter

1955 Fadi Abboud Lebanese economist and politician

1955 Bob Bennett American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Dimitrios Papadimoulis Greek politician

1955 Bärbel Wöckel East German sprinter

1955 Lena Olin Swedish actress

1955 Valdis Zatlers Latvian physician and politician 7th President of Latvia

1955 Daniel Boulud French chef and author

1955 Lee Mazzilli American baseball player coach and manager

1955 Patrick McCabe Irish writer

1955 Lefteris Pantazis Greek singer

1955 Mariano Rajoy Spanish lawyer and politician Prime Minister of Spain

1955 Susan Neiman Jewish American-German philosopher and author

1955 Earl Campbell American football player

1955 Gillian Conoley American poet

1955 Randy VanWarmer American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)

1955 Svetozar Marović President of Serbia and Montenegro

1955 Don Hasselbeck American football player and sportscaster

1955 Humayun Akhtar Khan Pakistani politician 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan

1955 Michael Stone Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary

1955 Charlotte de Turckheim French actress producer and screenwriter

1955 Ricardo Ferrero Argentine footballer (d. 2015)

1955 Christian Gourcuff French footballer and manager

1955 Anthony Horowitz English author and screenwriter

1955 Bernard Longley English prelate

1955 Takayoshi Yamano Japanese footballer

1955 Rob Epstein American director and producer

1955 Michael Rooker American actor director and producer

1955 Cathy Jones Canadian actress comedian and writer

1955 Tim Cochran American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)

1955 Gregg Jarrett American lawyer and journalist

1955 Gerrie Coetzee South African boxer

1955 Ron Johnson American businessman and politician

1955 Barbara Kingsolver American novelist essayist and poet

1955 David Wu Taiwanese-American lawyer and politician

1955 Yamina Benguigui Algerian-French director and politician

1955 Joolz Denby English poet and author

1955 Kevin Brady American lawyer and politician

1955 Michael Callen American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist (d. 1993)

1955 Micheal Ray Richardson American basketball player and coach

1955 Fabian Hamilton English graphic designer engineer and politician

1955 Steve Camp American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Muwenda Mutebi II current King of Buganda Kingdom

1955 Bruce Bochy American baseball player and manager

1955 Henri Grand Duke of Luxembourg

1955 Murathan Mungan Turkish author poet and playwright

1955 Judy Davis Australian actress

1955 Tony Miles English chess player (d. 2001)

1955 Urmas Ott Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)

1955 Marion Caspers-Merk German politician

1955 John de Mol Jr. Dutch businessman co-founded Endemol

1955 Eamon Gilmore Irish trade union leader and politician 25th Tánaiste of Ireland

1955 Margaret Moran British politician and criminal

1955 Guy Nève Belgian race car driver (d. 1992)

1955 Michael O'Keefe American actor

1955 Bill Osborne New Zealand rugby player

1955 Américo Gallego Argentinian footballer and coach

1955 Parviz Parastui Iranian actor and singer

1955 Zev Siegl American businessman co-founded Starbucks

1955 Kurt Bodewig German politician

1955 Gudrun Berend German hurdler (d. 2011)

1955 Eric Schmidt American engineer and businessman

1955 Saeb Erekat Chief Palestinian negotiator (d. 2020)

1955 Eddie Jobson English keyboard player and violinist

1955 Dieter Rubach German bass player

1955 Don McKinnon Australian rugby league player

1955 Kate Mulgrew American actress

1955 Nicolas Hulot French journalist and environmentalist

1955 David Kitchin English lawyer and judge

1955 Zlatko Topčić Bosnian writer and screenwriter

1955 Alex Cunningham Scottish politician

1955 Martin O'Donnell American composer

1955 Ray Searage American baseball player and coach

1955 Willie Miller Scottish footballer

1955 Donatella Versace Italian fashion designer

1955 Stephen D. M. Brown British geneticist

1955 Colin Deans Scottish rugby player

1955 Seishirō Nishida Japanese actor

1955 Jon Butcher American singer-songwriter guitarist and freelance multimedia producer

1955 Nicholas Alexander 7th Earl of Caledon English politician Lord Lieutenant of Armagh

1955 Tom Bergeron American television host

1955 John Hutton Baron Hutton of Furness English academic and politician Secretary of State for Defence

1955 Clément Gignac Canadian politician

1955 Axel Zwingenberger German pianist and songwriter

1955 Stephen Furst American actor and director (d. 2017)

1955 Mladen Markač Croatian general

1955 Keith Osgood English footballer

1955 Mark David Chapman American murderer

1955 John DeStefano Jr. American politician 49th Mayor of New Haven

1955 Kix Brooks American country music singer-songwriter and musician

1955 Marie Chouinard Canadian dancer and choreographer

1955 Alasdair Fraser Scottish fiddler

1955 Peter Kirsten South African cricketer and rugby player

1955 Jens Sparschuh German author and playwright

1955 Mohamed Brahmi Tunisian politician (d. 2013)

1955 Lia Vissi Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician

1955 Hazel O'Connor English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress

1955 Páidí Ó Sé Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)

1955 Debra Winger American actress

1955 Bill Paxton American actor and director (d. 2017)

1955 David Townsend American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)

1955 James Gosling Canadian-American computer scientist created Java

1955 Steve George American keyboard player and songwriter

1955 Zbigniew Preisner Polish composer and producer

1955 Paul Barber English field hockey player

1955 Stan Lynch American drummer songwriter and producer

1955 Iva Davies Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Luka Bloom Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Philippe Lafontaine Belgian singer and songwriter

1955 Rajesh Roshan Indian composer

1955 Alistair Burt English lawyer and politician

1955 Masaharu Morimoto Japanese-American chef

1955 Paul Stoddart Australian businessman

1955 Eric Bischoff American wrestler manager and producer

1955 Richard Schiff American actor director and producer

1955 Ian Tracey English organist and conductor

1955 Laura Amy Schlitz American author and librarian

1955 Mark Howe American ice hockey player and coach

1955 Frank Baumgartl German runner (d. 2010)

1955 John Hinckley Jr. American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan

1955 David Kirschner American animator producer and author

1955 Gordon Rintoul Scottish historian and curator

1955 Ken Schrader American race car driver and sportscaster

1955 Topper Headon English drummer and songwriter

1955 Jacqueline McGlade English-Canadian biologist ecologist and academic

1955 Caroline Swift English lawyer and judge

1955 Colm Tóibín Irish novelist poet playwright and critic

1955 Tommy Emmanuel Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Susie Essman American actress comedian and screenwriter

1955 Dana Carvey American comedian and actor

1955 Nandan Nilekani Indian businessman co-founded Infosys

1955 Mani Ratnam Indian director producer and screenwriter

1955 Michael Steele American singer-songwriter and bass player

1955 Val McDermid Scottish author

1955 Mary Testa American singer and actress

1955 Edino Nazareth Filho Brazilian footballer and manager

1955 Sam Simon American director producer and screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons (d. 2015)

1955 José Antonio Camacho Spanish footballer and manager

1955 Griffin Dunne American actor director and producer

1955 Annette Schavan German theologian and politician

1955 Andrew Stevens American actor and producer

1955 Yuriy Sedykh Ukrainian hammer thrower (d. 2021)

1955 Duncan Steel English-Australian astronomer and author

1955 Alan Hansen Scottish footballer and sportscaster

1955 Leah Ward Sears German-American lawyer and jurist

1955 Paul O'Grady English television host producer and drag performer

1955 Kirron Kher Indian theatre film and television actress TV talk show host and politician

1955 Polly Draper American actress producer and screenwriter

1955 Julie Hagerty American model and actress

1955 Grete Faremo Norwegian politician Norwegian Minister of Defence

1955 Laurie Metcalf American actress

1955 Artemy Troitsky Russian journalist and critic

1955 Mati Laur Estonian historian author and academic

1955 Bob Sauvé Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1955 Cem Hakko Turkish fashion designer and businessman

1955 Ed Fast Canadian lawyer and politician

1955 Mary O'Connor New Zealand runner

1955 Mary Schapiro American lawyer and politician

1955 E. Lynn Harris American author (d. 2009)

1955 Tim Bray Canadian software developer and businessman

1955 Green Gartside Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Christine Orengo British academic and educator

1955 Pierre Corbeil Canadian dentist and politician

1955 Glenn Danzig American singer-songwriter and producer

1955 Jean Tigana French footballer and manager

1955 Chris Higgins English geneticist and academic

1955 Edmund Malura German footballer and manager

1955 Loren Roberts American golfer

1955 Vic Marks English cricketer and sportscaster

1955 Mick Jones English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Gedde Watanabe American actor

1955 Isabelle Adjani French actress

1955 Shirley Cheriton British actress

1955 Charles J. Precourt American colonel pilot and astronaut

1955 Brian Vollmer Canadian singer

1955 Egils Levits Latvian judge jurist 10th President of Latvia

1955 Nikolai Demidenko Russian pianist and educator

1955 Lisa Scottoline American lawyer and author

1955 Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi Tongan politician and military officer Deputy Prime Minister (d. 2021)

1955 Kim Carr Australian educator and politician 31st Australian Minister for Human Services

1955 Claude Rajotte Canadian radio and television host

1955 Eero Heinäluoma Finnish politician

1955 Kevin Nichols Australian cyclist

1955 Tony Hadley English footballer

1955 Peter McNamara Australian tennis player and coach (d. 2019)

1955 Len Barker American baseball player and coach

1955 Steve Coppell English footballer and manager

1955 Lindsey Graham American lawyer and politician

1955 Jimmy Smits American actor and producer

1955 Willie Wilson American baseball player and manager

1955 Nic Dakin English educator and politician

1955 Geoff Gerard Australian rugby league player

1955 Balaji Sadasivan Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician Singaporean Minister of Health (d. 2010)

1955 Sylvie Léonard Canadian actress and screenwriter

1955 Paul Stamets American mycologist and author

1955 Bernd Fasching Austrian painter and sculptor

1955 Roger Binny Indian cricketer and sportscaster

1955 Dalton McGuinty Canadian lawyer and politician 24th Premier of Ontario

1955 Desmond Douglas Jamaican-English table tennis player

1955 René-Daniel Dubois Canadian actor and playwright

1955 Jem Finer English banjo player and songwriter

1955 Howie Epstein American bass player songwriter and producer (d. 2003)

1955 Dannel Malloy American lawyer and politician 88th Governor of Connecticut

1955 Taco Indonesian-b. Dutch singer and entertainer

1955 Béla Tarr Hungarian director producer and screenwriter

1955 Richard J. Corman American businessman founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (d. 2013)

1955 Willem Dafoe American actor

1955 Iman Somalian-English model and actress

1955 Randall Bewley American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)

1955 Aleksandrs Starkovs Latvian footballer and coach

1955 Asif Ali Zardari Pakistani businessman and politician 11th President of Pakistan

1955 Cat Bauer American journalist author and playwright

1955 John Howell English journalist and politician

1955 Bobby Rondinelli American drummer

1955 Jean-Hugues Anglade French actor director and screenwriter

1955 Dave Stevens American illustrator (d. 2008)

1955 Stephen Timms English politician Minister of State for Competitiveness

1955 Rat Scabies English drummer and producer

1955 Christopher Warren-Green English violinist and conductor

1955 Caleb Carr American historian and author

1955 Tony Godden English footballer and manager

1955 Butch Vig American drummer songwriter and record producer

1955 Alberto Gonzales American soldier lawyer and politician 80th United States Attorney General

1955 Billy Bob Thornton American actor director and screenwriter

1955 Eddie Ojeda American guitarist and songwriter

1955 Wayne Knight American actor comedian and voice actor

1955 Greg Nickels American lawyer and politician 51st Mayor of Seattle

1955 Vladimir Sorokin Russian author and playwright

1955 Diddú Icelandic singer-songwriter

1955 Herbert Prohaska Austrian footballer and manager

1955 Michael Roe Irish racing driver

1955 John E. Sweeney American lawyer and politician

1955 Jim Mees American set designer (d. 2013)

1955 Mel Tiangco Filipino journalist and talk show host

1955 Marc Bureau Canadian politician 16th Mayor of Gatineau

1955 Sylvia Hermon Northern Irish academic and politician

1955 Keith Ahlers English race car driver

1955 Hideo Fukuyama Japanese race car driver

1955 Paul Greengrass English director and screenwriter

1955 James Reilly Irish surgeon and politician Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

1955 Colin Moulding English singer-songwriter and bassist

1955 Bruce Benedict American baseball player and coach

1955 Taher Elgamal Egyptian-American cryptographer

1955 Mary-Anne Fahey Australian actress

1955 Peter Gallagher American actor

1955 Patricia Scotland Baroness Scotland of Asthal Dominica-born English lawyer and politician Attorney General for England and Wales

1955 Ned Yost American baseball player and manager

1955 Agnes Chan Hong Kong singer and author

1955 Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon English politician Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1955 Chiranjeevi Indian film actor producer and politician

1955 David Learner British actor

1955 Mike Huckabee American minister and politician 44th Governor of Arkansas

1955 John McGeoch Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)

1955 Gerd Müller German businessman and politician

1955 Ian Dejardin English historian and curator

1955 Giuseppe Resnati Italian chemist and educator

1955 Robert Richardson American cinematographer

1955 Diana Scarwid American actress

1955 Diamanda Galás American singer-songwriter and pianist

1955 Jack Lew American lawyer and politician 25th White House Chief of Staff

1955 Jamie Moses English-American guitarist

1955 Aleksander Krupa Polish-American actor

1955 Julie Maxton Scottish lawyer and academic

1955 Edwin Moses American hurdler

1955 Anthony Thistlethwaite English saxophonist and bass player

1955 Gary Webb American journalist and author (d. 2004)

1955 Bruce Foxton English singer-songwriter and bass player

1955 David Broza Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Garth Le Roux South African cricketer

1955 Brian Schweitzer American politician 23rd Governor of Montana

1955 Raymond Benson American author and playwright

1955 Mira Furlan Croatian-American actress (d. 2021)

1955 David O'Halloran Australian footballer (d. 2013)

1955 Terry Tempest Williams American environmentalist and author

1955 John Kricfalusi Canadian voice actor animator director and screenwriter

1955 Pat Mastelotto American rock drummer

1955 Sharon Lamb American psychologist and academic

1955 Brian Smith English footballer (d. 2013)

1955 Colin Moynihan 4th Baron Moynihan English rower and politician Minister for Sport and the Olympics

1955 Joe Morris American guitarist and composer

1955 Steve Berlin American saxophonist keyboard player and producer

1955 Geraldine Brooks Australian-American novelist and journalist

1955 William Jackson Scottish harp player and composer

1955 Edu Manzano American-Filipino actor and politician

1955 Željka Antunović Croatian politician 9th Croatian Minister of Defence

1955 Bruce Reitherman American voice actor singer cinematographer and producer

1955 Renzo Rosso Italian fashion designer and businessman co-founded Diesel Clothing

1955 Ron Brewer American basketball player

1955 Robin Yount American baseball player and coach

1955 Scott Simpson American golfer

1955 Charles Martinet American actor

1955 Mike Parson American politician 57th Governor of Missouri

1955 Paul Butler English bishop

1955 Keith Morris American singer-songwriter

1955 Richard Burmer American composer and engineer (d. 2006)

1955 Betsy Brantley American actress

1955 Johnny Kidd English wrestler

1955 José Rivero Spanish golfer

1955 Richard Hieb American engineer and astronaut

1955 Israel Katz Israeli politician

1955 Mika Kaurismäki Finnish director producer and screenwriter

1955 Jeffrey Leonard American baseball player and coach

1955 Riccardo Illy Italian businessman and politician President of Friuli Venezia Giulia

1955 Ludo Coeck Belgian footballer (d. 1985)

1955 Zucchero Fornaciari Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Amyr Klink Brazilian sailor and explorer

1955 Luanne Rice American author and activist

1955 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge German footballer and manager

1955 Steven Severin English bass player songwriter and producer

1955 Stéphane Dion Canadian sociologist and politician 15th Canadian Minister of the Environment

1955 Mercy Manci Xhosa sangoma and HIV activist from South Africa

1955 Kenny Kirkland American pianist (d. 1998)

1955 Ann Bancroft American explorer and author

1955 Joe Donnelly American politician and lawyer

1955 Gwen Ifill American journalist (d. 2016)

1955 Andy Bechtolsheim German engineer co-founded Sun Microsystems

1955 Frankie Kennedy Northern Irish flute player (d. 1994)

1955 Howard Hewett American R&B singer-songwriter

1955 Morten Gunnar Larsen Norwegian pianist and composer

1955 Jeff Reardon American baseball player

1955 Philip Oakey English singer-songwriter keyboard player and producer

1955 Moshe Kam American engineering educator

1955 John S. Lesmeister American educator and politician 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006)

1955 Allen Woody American bass player and songwriter (d. 2000)

1955 Buket Uzuner Turkish author

1955 John Rutherford Scottish rugby player

1955 Jorge Valdano Argentinian footballer coach and manager

1955 John Alexander English footballer

1955 Jean-Jacques Lafon French singer-songwriter

1955 Adair Turner Baron Turner of Ecchinswell English academic and businessman

1955 Tony Dungy American football player and coach

1955 Ralph Johnson American computer scientist and author

1955 Bill Henson Australian photographer

1955 Yo-Yo Ma French-American cellist and educator

1955 Alain Ferté French race car driver

1955 Darrell Hammond American comedian and actor

1955 Paul Lennon Australian politician 42nd Premier of Tasmania

1955 Lonnie Pitchford American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)

1955 Linwood Boomer Canadian actor producer and screenwriter

1955 Steve Ovett English runner and sportscaster

1955 Peter Saville English graphic designer and art director

1955 Norm Nixon American basketball player and sportscaster

1955 Einar Jan Aas Norwegian footballer

1955 Pat DiNizio American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

1955 Ante Gotovina Croatian general

1955 Jane Siberry Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

1955 John Ferenzik American keyboard player guitarist and composer

1955 Iwona Blazwick English curator and critic

1955 Arleen Sorkin American actress producer and screenwriter

1955 Kulbir Bhaura Indian field hockey player

1955 Emma Chichester Clark English author and illustrator

1955 Kieran Doherty Irish Republican hunger striker and politician (d. 1981)

1955 Ellen Dolan American actress

1955 Georgios Alogoskoufis Greek economist academic and politician Greek Minister of Finance

1955 Mike Bratz American basketball player

1955 Jean-Pierre Hautier Belgian journalist and television host (d. 2012)

1955 Vanessa Briscoe Hay American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1955 Timmy Mallett English radio and television host

1955 Stu Mead American painter and illustrator

1955 David Twohy American director producer and screenwriter

1955 Rita Verdonk Dutch journalist and politician Dutch Minister of Justice

1955 Denis Watson Zimbabwean golfer

1955 Mark Welland English physicist and academic

1955 Dan Gutman American author

1955 LaSalle Ishii Japanese actor and director

1955 Thomas Newman American composer and conductor

1955 David Profumo English author and academic

1955 Aaron Pryor American boxer (d. 2016)

1955 Sheldon Whitehouse American politician

1955 Dick DeVos American businessman

1955 Fred Hersch American pianist and composer

1955 Rich Mullins American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)

1955 Cheryl Studer American soprano and actress

1955 Debra Bowen American lawyer and politician 31st Secretary of State of California

1955 Indra Nooyi Indian-American businesswoman

1955 Kevin DuBrow American heavy metal singer-songwriter (d. 2007)

1955 Heidi Heitkamp American lawyer and politician 28th Attorney General of North Dakota

1955 Michalis Chrisochoidis Greek lawyer and politician Greek Minister of Public Order

1955 Susan Orlean American journalist and author

1955 Beth Leavel American actress and singer

1955 Thomas Grunenberg German footballer and manager

1955 Teresa De Sio Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Anne Milton English nurse and politician

1955 Phil Simms American football player and sportscaster

1955 Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah Indian author poet and scholar

1955 Matti Vanhanen Finnish journalist and politician 40th Prime Minister of Finland

1955 Bernard Chazelle French computer scientist and academic

1955 Karan Thapar Indian journalist and author

1955 Mark Donaldson New Zealand rugby player

1955 Maria Shriver American journalist and author

1955 Patricia Barber American singer-songwriter and pianist

1955 Jeffrey Ford American author and educator

1955 Fernando Meirelles Brazilian director producer and screenwriter

1955 Bob Nault Canadian lawyer and politician

1955 Jack Clark American baseball player coach and manager

1955 Roland Emmerich German director producer and screenwriter

1955 Dave Alvin American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Jigme Singye Wangchuk King of Bhutan

1955 Teri York Canadian diver

1955 Les McKeown Scottish pop singer (d. 2021)

1955 Robert Aaron Canadian jazz musician

1955 Bill Britton American golfer

1955 Philip Egan English bishop

1955 Jack Sikma American basketball player and coach

1955 Joe Leeway English pop singer-songwriter and percussionist

1955 Pierre Larouche Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1955 Guillermo Lasso President-elect of Ecuador

1955 Héctor Cúper Argentinian footballer coach and manager

1955 Jun Kunimura Japanese actor

1955 Esteban Trapiello Venezuelan businessman

1955 Peter Cox English singer-songwriter

1955 Yolanda King American actress and activist (d. 2007)

1955 Dennis Maruk Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player

1955 Sam Hamm American screenwriter and producer

1955 Angela Finocchiaro Italian actress

1955 Toshio Matsuura Japanese footballer

1955 Ray Ozzie American software industry entrepreneur

1955 Peter Koppes Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Cedric Maxwell American basketball player coach and sportscaster

1955 Glenn Ridge Australian radio and television host and producer

1955 George Alagiah British journalist

1955 James Edwards American basketball player

1955 Steven Brust American singer-songwriter drummer and author

1955 Ludovico Einaudi Italian pianist and composer

1955 Mary Landrieu American politician

1955 Scott Hoch American golfer

1955 Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth Swedish politician Swedish Minister for Culture

1955 Najib Mikati Lebanese businessman and politician 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon

1955 Takashi Yuasa Japanese lawyer and author

1955 Don Hahn American director and producer

1955 Kurt Niedermayer German footballer and manager

1955 Connie Palmen Dutch author

1955 Bruno Tonioli Italian dancer and choreographer

1955 Jelko Kacin Slovenian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament

1955 Gisela Stuart German-English academic and politician

1955 Pierre Mondou Canadian ice hockey player

1955 Alessandro Altobelli Italian footballer and sportscaster

1955 Adem Jashari Kosovan commander (d. 1998)

1955 Howie Mandel Canadian comedian actor and television host

1955 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Somali politician 8th president of Somalia

1955 Michael Beschloss American historian and author

1955 Richard Burr American businessman academic and politician

1955 Kevin Conroy American actor (d. 2022)

1955 Andy Gray Scottish footballer and sportscaster

1955 Billy Idol English singer-songwriter guitarist and actor

1955 Veikko Aaltonen Finnish actor director and screenwriter

1955 Verónica Forqué Spanish actress

1955 Pat Spillane Irish footballer and sportscaster

1955 Karen Tumulty American journalist

1955 Udit Narayan Indian playback singer

1955 Philip Hammond English businessman and politician former Chancellor of the Exchequer

1955 Dave Taylor Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

1955 Cassandra Wilson American singer-songwriter and producer

1955 Miyuki Kawanaka Japanese singer

1955 Juha Tiainen Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003)

1955 Anne Begg Scottish educator and politician

1955 Rick Buckler English drummer songwriter and producer

1955 Graeme Hughes Australian cricketer rugby league player and sportscaster

1955 Tony Woodcock English footballer

1955 Steven Wright American actor comedian and screenwriter

1955 John Watkins Australian educator and politician 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales

1955 Milenko Zablaćanski Serbian actor director and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1955 Otis Birdsong American basketball player and radio host

1955 Chamras Saewataporn Thai singer-songwriter

1955 Gene Grossman American economist and academic

1955 Stu Jackson American basketball player coach and manager

1955 Ray Kelvin British fashion designer

1955 Christian Sackewitz German footballer and manager

1955 Eddy Schepers Belgian cyclist

1955 Jane Crafter Australian golfer

1955 Jill Pipher American mathematician and academic

1955 Hector Sants English banker

1955 Paul Simonon English singer-songwriter and bass player

1955 Xander Berkeley American actor and producer

1955 Carol Browner American lawyer and environmentalist 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

1955 Prince Lorenz of Belgium Archduke of Austria-Este

1955 Chiharu Matsuyama Japanese singer-songwriter

1955 Brad Davis American basketball player coach and sportscaster

1955 Vijay Mallya Indian businessman and politician

1955 Bogusław Mamiński Polish runner

1955 Lincoln Hall Australian mountaineer and author (d. 2012)

1955 Rob Portman American lawyer and politician

1955 David Breashears American mountaineer director and producer

1955 Binali Yıldırım Turkish lawyer and politician Turkish Minister of Transport

1955 Martin Schulz German politician

1955 Jane Kaczmarek American actress

1955 Kazuyuki Sekiguchi Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player

1955 Galina Murašova Lithuanian discus thrower

1955 Lonnie Smith American baseball player

1955 Thomas C. Südhof German-American biochemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate

1955 Carol Ann Duffy Scottish poet and playwright

1955 Grace Knight English-Australian singer-songwriter

1955 Scott Fischer American mountaineer and guide (d. 1996)

1955 Clarence Gilyard American actor and educator (d. 2022)

1955 Evan Bayh American lawyer and politician 46th Governor of Indiana

1955 Brad Murphey American race car driver

1955 Barbara Olson American journalist and author (d. 2001)

1955 Stephen Frost English comedian actor and screenwriter

1955 Chris Goodall English businessman and author

1955 Donald D. Hoffman American quantitative psychologist and author

1955 Brian Engblom Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1955 John Roberts American lawyer and judge 17th Chief Justice of the United States

1955 Vinod Khosla Indian-American businessman co-founded Sun Microsystems

1955 Avram Grant Israeli football manager

1955 Michael Pollan American journalist author and academic

1955 Bruno Stolorz French rugby player and coach

1955 Bill Laswell American bass player and producer

1955 Chet Lemon American baseball player and coach

1955 Andreas Maislinger Austrian historian and academic founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service

1955 Cyprien Ntaryamira Burundian politician 5th President of Burundi (d. 1994)

1955 Alberta Watson Canadian actress (d. 2015)

1955 Doug Jarvis Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1955 Pat Price Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1955 Lesley Garrett English soprano and actress

1955 Timothy Garton Ash English historian and author

1955 Jimmy LaFave American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

1955 Susan Wheeler American poet and academic

1955 Saw Swee Leong Malaysian badminton player

1955 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2016)

1955 Lorraine Moller New Zealand runner

1955 Tony Snow American journalist 26th White House Press Secretary (d. 2008)

1955 Chow Yun-fat Hong Kong actor and screenwriter

1955 Meles Zenawi Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012)

1955 Anne Sofie von Otter Swedish soprano and actress

1955 Donald Pettit American engineer and astronaut

1955 Svante Pääbo Swedish geneticist and Nobel Laureate

1955 Dodi Fayed Egyptian film producer (d. 1997)

1955 Joice Mujuru Zimbabwean politician

Abdul Qadir

Profession - Cricketer

Born - Sep 15,1955

Died - Sep 06,2019

Pakistani

Akira Toriyama

Profession - Artist

Born - Apr 05,1955

Japanese

Alain Prost

Profession -

Born - Feb 24,1955

French

Allan Border

Profession - Cricketer

Born - Jul 27,1955

Australian

Angus Young

Profession - Guitarist

Born - Mar 31,1955

Australian

Betsy King

Profession - Golfer

Born - Aug 13,1955

American

Bill Elliott

Profession - Auto Racer

Born - Oct 08,1955

American

Bill Gates

Profession - Computer Scientist

Born - Oct 28,1955

American

Bill Nye

Profession - TV Host

Born - Nov 27,1955

American

Brendan Gleeson

Profession - Actor

Born - Mar 29,1955

Irish

Brian Kobilka

Profession - Physiologist

Born - May 30,1955

American

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