Year (''' MCMLV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian Calendar ).
- March 7 - The 1954 Broadway Musical version of '' Peter Pan '', starring Mary Martin , is presented on television for the first time by NBC . It also marks the first time that a stage musical is presented in its entirety on TV exactly as performed onstage. The program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to that time, and becomes one of the first great television classics.
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- August 27 - The first copy of a Guinness World Records book was printed and sold.
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: Tappan Zee Bridge opens.]]
: Cardiff Bay (modern day)]]
: - Asia : 1,541,947,000
: - Europe : 575,184,000
: - Latin-America : 190,797,000
: - Northern America : 186,884,000
: - Oceania : 14,265,000
- January 1 - Mario Andreacchio , Australian film director
- January 2 - Tex Brashear , American voice actor
- January 6 - Rowan Atkinson , English comedian and actor
- January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon , American writer and television producer
- January 13 - Jay McInerney , American writer
- January 15 - Nigel Benson , British author and illustrator
- January 17 - Steve Earle , American musician
- January 18 - Kevin Costner , American actor
- January 19 - Simon Rattle , English conductor
- January 25 - Terry Chimes , British drummer ( The Clash )
- January 26 - Eddie Van Halen , Dutch-born musician
- January 27 - John Roberts , Chief Justice Of The United States
- January 27 - Alexander Stuart , British author
- January 28 - Nicolas Sarkozy , President Of France
- February 3 - Stephen Euin Cobb , American novelist
- February 3 - Kirsty Wark , Scottish television presenter
- February 6 - Michael Pollan , American journalist
- February 7 - Miguel Ferrer , American actor
- February 8 - John Grisham , American novelist
- February 10 - Chris Adams , British professional wrestler and judoka (d. 2001 )
- February 10 - Greg Norman , Australian golfer
- February 12 - Arsenio Hall , American actor and talk show host
- February 15 - Christopher McDonald , American actor
- February 16 - Hunt Block , American actor
- February 17 - Mo Yan , Chinese writer, author of Red Sorghum (novel)
- February 19 - Jeff Daniels , American actor
- February 20 - Kelsey Grammer , American actor
- February 23 - Tom Bodett , American voice actor, radio personality, and writer
- February 23 - Howard Jones , English musician
- February 24 - Alain Prost , French race car driver
- February 24 - Steve Jobs , American computer pioneer
- March 4 - Dominique Pinon , French actor
- March 5 - Penn Jillette , American magician and comedian
- March 6 - Alberta Watson , Canadian actress
- March 7 - Tommy Kramer , American football player
- March 8 - Don Ashby , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 30 May , 1981 )
- March 10 - Youssra , Egyptian actress and singer
- March 11 - Nina Hagen , German pop star
- March 15 - Dee Snider , American singer
- March 16 - Jiro Watanabe , Japanese boxer
- March 16 - Bruno Barreto , Brazilian film director
- March 17 - Gary Sinise , American actor
- March 18 - Guillermo Dávila , Venezuelan actor and singer
- March 19 - Bruce Willis , American actor
- March 22 - Pete Sessions , American politician
- March 22 - Valdis Zatlers , president of Latvia
- March 23 - Moses Malone , American basketball player
- March 26 - Danny Arndt , Canadian ice hockey player
- March 28 - John Alderdice , Irish politician
- March 28 - Reba McEntire , American singer and actress
- March 29 - Earl Campbell , American football player
- March 29 - Brendan Gleeson , Irish actor
- March 31 - Angus Young , Scottish-born guitarist ( AC/DC )
- April 8 - Barbara Kingsolver , American fiction writer
- April 11 - Kevin Brady , American politician
- April 13 - Steve Camp , American musician
- April 15 - Dodi Al-Fayed , Egyptian businessman (d. 1997 )
- April 16 - Grand Duke Henri Of Luxembourg
- April 18 - Albert Einstein , Person Of The Century
- April 20 - Seema Mustafa , Journalist and Indian Politician
- April 21 - Ebiet G Ade , Indonesian singer and songwriter
- April 23 - Tony Miles , English chess player (d. 2001 )
- April 24 - John De Mol , Dutch media tycoon
- April 25 - John Nunn , English Chess player and Mathematician
- April 25 - Parviz Parastui , Iranian actor
- April 29 - Kate Mulgrew , American actress
- April 29 - Wendee Lee , American voice actress
- May 1 - Nick Feldman , English musician
- May 1 - Ray Buttigieg , Maltese composer and poet
- May 2 - Dave Winer , American software pioneer
- May 2 - Willie Miller , Scottish footballer
- May 3 - David Hookes , Australian cricketer (d. 2004 )
- May 4 - Robert Ellis Orrall , American singer
- May 6 - Tom Bergeron , American television host
- May 7 - Kevin Reed , American Presbyterian author, theologian and publisher.
- May 9 - Anne-Sofie Von Otter , Swedish mezzo-soprano
- May 10 - Chris Berman , American sports broadcaster
- May 10 - Mark David Chapman , American assassin of John Lennon
- May 16 - Olga Korbut , Russian gymnast
- May 16 - Jack Morris , baseball player
- May 16 - Hazel O'Connor , British singer
- May 16 - Debra Winger , American actress
- May 17 - Bill Paxton , American actor
- May 18 - Chow Yun-Fat , Hong Kong actor
- May 19 - James Gosling , Canadian software engineer
- May 20 - Zbigniew Preisner , Polish film composer
- May 21 - Paul Barber , British field hockey player
- May 21 - Stan Lynch , American drummer, songwriter, and producer
- May 22 - Dale Winton , English radio DJ and television presenter
- May 22 - Jimmy Lyon , American guitarist
- May 24 - Rosanne Cash , American entertainer
- May 26 - Masaharu Morimoto , Japanese chef
- May 26 - Doris Dörrie , German actress and screenplay writer
- May 28 - John McGeoch , Scottish musician ( Siouxsie And The Banshees and Public Image Ltd. ) (d. 2004 )
- May 30 - Topper Headon , British drummer ( The Clash )
- June 2 - Dana Carvey , American actor and comedian
- June 2 - Michael Steele , Bassist for The Bangles
- June 7 - Tim Richmond , American race car driver (d. 1989 )
- June 8 - Tim Berners-Lee , English inventor of the World Wide Web
- June 13 - Larry Mike Garmon , American author
- June 14 - Paul O'Grady , English talk show host and comedian
- June 14 - Gillian Bailey , British actor
- June 16 - Laurie Metcalf , American actress
- June 20 - Tor Norretranders , Danish author
- June 22 - Glenn Danzig , American singer and founder of The Misfits , Samhain and Danzig
- June 22 - Green Gartside , Welsh singer songwriter
- June 23 - Alan J. Gow , motorsport executive
- June 21 - Tim Bray , Canadian computer programmer
- June 24 - Gurumayi Chidvilasananda , head of Siddha Yoga
- June 26 - Mick Jones , British guitarist ( The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite )
- June 27 - Isabelle Adjani , French actress
- June 30 - David Alan Grier , American actor and comedian
- July 1 - Sanma Akashiya , Japanese comedian and actor
- July 1 - Lisa Scottoline , American novelist
- July 9 - Fred Norris , American radio personality
- July 18 - Bernd Fasching , Austrian painter and sculptor
- July 21 - Howie Epstein , American musician and producer (d. 2003 )
- July 27 - Allan Border , Australian cricket player
- August 2 - Caleb Carr , American writer
- August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton , American actor
- August 7 - Vladimir Sorokin , Russian writer
- August 19 - Peter Gallagher , American actor
- August 27 - Laura Fygi , Dutch singer
- August 31 - Edwin Moses , American athlete
- September 1 - Bruce Foxton , English musician
- September 2 - Robert Duncan , American astrophysicist
- September 3 - Steve Jones , English guitarist (Sex Pistols)
- September 9 - John Kricfalusi , Canadian cartoonist
- September 10 - Pat Mastelotto , American musician
- September 12 - Harsha Makalande , Sri Lankan musician
- September 12 - Peter Scolari , American actor
- September 15 - Željka Antunović , Croatian politician
- September 16 - Robin Yount , baseball player
- September 19 - Richard Burmer , American composer, sound designer, and musician (d. 2006 )
- September 21 - Richard Hieb , American astronaut
- September 23 - Don Graham , American journalist
- November 2 - Chris Burnett , American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader
- November 3 - Phil Simms , American football player
- November 4 - Matti Vanhanen , Prime Minister Of Finland
- November 6 - Maria Shriver , American journalist
- November 7 - Detlef Ultsch , German judo athlete
- November 9 - Karen Dotrice , English actress
- November 11 - Jigme Singye Wangchuk , King Of Bhutan
- November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg , American actress and comedienne
- November 20 - Ray Ozzie , Chief Software Architect
- November 21 - Kyle Gann , American composer and music critic
- November 23 - Steven Brust , American author
- November 24 - Ian Botham , British cricketer
- November 30 - Kevin Conroy , American voice actor
- November 30 - Billy Idol , British singer
- November 30 - Gordon Liu , Chinese actor
- December 3 - Steven Culp , American actor
- December 4 - Maurizio Bianchi , Italian musician
- December 7 - Priscilla Barnes , American actress
- December 8 - Ian Greig , English cricketer
- December 12 - Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki , Greek politician and businesswoman
- December 15 - Paul Simonon , British bassist ( The Clash )
- December 17 - Brad Davis , American basketball player
- December 16 - Rob Levin , founder of the Freenode IRC network
- December 18 - Ray Liotta , American actor
- December 21 - Jane Kaczmarek , American actress
- December 23 - Carol Ann Duffy , British poet
- December 24 - Clarence Gilyard , American actor
- December 27 - Barbara Olson , American television commentator (d. 2001 )
::''(See 1955 list of deaths by name: .)''
- January 2 - Jose Antonio Remon , President Of Panama (assassinated) (b. 1908 )
- January 15 - Yves Tanguy , French painter (b. 1900 )
- January 21 - Archie Hahn , American athlete (b. 1880 )
- January 24 - Ira Hayes , U.S. Marine (b. 1923 )
- January 31 - John Mott , American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865 )
- March 11 - Sir Alexander Fleming , Scottish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1881 )
- March 12 - Charlie Parker , American saxophonist (b. 1920 )
- April 7 - Theda Bara , American film actress (b. 1885 )
- April 18 - Albert Einstein , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879 )
- May 4 - Georges Enescu , Romanian composer (b. 1881 )
- May 10 - Tommy Burns , American boxer (b. 1881 )
- May 10 - John Radecki , Australian stained glass artist (b. 1865 )
- May 11 - Gilbert Jessop , English cricketer (b. 1874 )
- May 16 - James Agee , American writer (b. 1909 )
- May 18 - Mary McLeod Bethune , American educator (b. 1875 )
- May 26 - Alberto Ascari , Italian race car driver (b. 1918 )
- June 5 - Pattillo Higgins , American oil pioneer and businessman (b. 1863 )
- June 24 - Carlos Gardel , Argentine singer (b. 1890 )
- July 23 - Cordell Hull , United States Secretary Of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1871 )
- August 2 - Wallace Stevens , American poet (b. 1879 )
- August 5 - Carmen Miranda , Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1909 )
- August 12 - Thomas Mann , German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875 )
- August 12 - James B. Sumner , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887 )
- August 13 - Florence Easton , English opera soprano (b. 1882 )
- September 30 - James Dean , American actor (automobile accident) (b. 1931 )
- October 1 - Charles Christie , American film studio owner (b. 1880 )
- October 9 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer , Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1875 )
- November 4 - Cy Young , baseball player (b. 1867 )
- November 5 - Maurice Utrillo , French artist (b. 1882 )
- November 12 - Alfréd Hajós , Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878 )
- November 22 - Shemp Howard , American actor (b. 1895 )
- November 27 - Arthur Honegger , French-born Swiss composer (b. 1892 )
- December 6 - Honus Wagner , baseball player (b. 1874 )
- December 13 - Egas Moniz , Portuguese neurologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1874 )
- December 25 - Elizabeth Harrison , daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and Mary Dimmick Harrison (b. 1897 )
- December 25 - Thomas J. Preston, Jr. , professor of Archeology at Princeton University ; he married Frances Cleveland , widow of President Grover Cleveland (b. 1862 )
- December 27 - Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter , English soldier (b. 1881 )
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