Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Physicist
1
Emmett Till (1941-1955)
2
James Dean (1931-1955)
Movie Actor
3
Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
Saxophonist
4
Cy Young (1867-1955)
Baseball Player
5
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)
Biologist
6
Sadako Sasaki (1943-1955)
7
Carmen Miranda (1909-1955)
Movie Actress
8
Shemp Howard (1895-1955)
9
Honus Wagner (1874-1955)
10
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
Civil Rights Leader
11
Matthew Henson (1866-1955)
Explorer
12
Theda Bara (1885-1955)
13
Alice Joyce (1890-1955)
14
Eva Moore (1868-1955)
15
Oscar Mayer (1859-1955)
Business Executive
16
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
Entrepreneur
17
Marquis James (1891-1955)
Non-Fiction Author
18
Alberto Ascari (1918-1955)
Race Car Driver
19
Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955)
Screenwriter
20
Celebrities Born in 1955
Deaths by Year
Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955)
Novelist
21
John Davis (1873-1955)
Politician
22
Adelaide Johnson (1859-1955)
Sculptor
23
Albert F. Polk (1869-1955)
24
Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
25
Grace Hartman (1907-1955)
Stage Actress
26
Jerry Ross (1926-1955)
Composer
27
Sara Martin (1884-1955)
Blues Singer
28
Paul Claudel (1868-1955)
Poet
29
William Winter (1898-1955)
Chess Player
30
William Woodward Jr. (1920-1955)
31
Dan Sherman (1890-1955)
32
Ira Hayes (1923-1955)
War Hero
33
George Enescu (1881-1955)
34
Carlyle Blackwell (1884-1955)
35
James P. Johnson (1894-1955)
Jazz Singer
36
Owen Roberts (1875-1955)
Supreme Court Justice
37
Anwar Wagdi (1904-1955)
38
Miroslava (1925-1955)
39
Amon G. Carter (1879-1955)
40
Clark Griffith (1869-1955)
41
Sol White (1868-1955)
42
Cordell Hull (1871-1955)
43
John Mott (1865-1955)
Religious Leader
44
Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955)
Engineer
45
Henry Schwartz (1869-1955)
46
Daniel Sutherland (1869-1955)
47
Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
48
