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Celebrities born in 1955

79 famous people born in 1955. Those still living turn 71 this year.

Whoopi GoldbergActor · November 13Rowan AtkinsonActor · January 6Kevin CostnerActor · January 18Michel PlatiniSoccer player · June 21Gilbert GottfriedComedian · February 28Isabelle AdjaniActor · June 27Gary SiniseActor · March 17Reba McEntireSinger · March 28Willem DafoeActor · July 22Eddie Van HalenMusician · January 26Ornella MutiActor · March 9J. K. SimmonsActor · January 9Bill PaxtonActor · May 17Billy Bob ThorntonActor · August 4Karl-Heinz RummeniggeSoccer player · September 25Roland EmmerichFilm director · November 10Nina HagenSinger · March 11Kelsey GrammerActor · February 21Richard SchiffActor · May 27Chow Yun-fatActor · May 18Billy IdolSinger · November 30ImanModel · July 25Brendan GleesonActor · March 29Jeff DanielsActor · February 19Akira NishinoSoccer player · April 7Debra WingerActor · May 16Marcelo BielsaSoccer player · July 21Jorge ValdanoSoccer player · October 4ZuccheroSinger · September 25Béla TarrFilm director · July 21Mira FurlanActor · September 7Lena OlinActor · March 22Michael RookerActor · April 6Moses MaloneBasketball player · March 23Kate MulgrewActor · April 29Laurie MetcalfActor · June 16Anupam KherActor · March 7Judy DavisActor · April 23François CluzetActor · September 21Marina SirtisActor · March 29Peter GallagherActor · August 19Udit Narayan JhaSinger · December 1Thomas NewmanMusician · October 20Tommy WiseauActor · October 3Dee SniderSinger · March 15Mani RatnamFilm director · June 2Simon RattleMusician · January 19Sandra BernhardActor · June 6Tommy EmmanuelMusician · May 31Kirron KherActor · June 14Catherine HardwickeFilm director · October 21Olivier AssayasFilm director · January 25Jimmy SmitsActor · July 9Christopher McDonaldActor · February 15Fernando MeirellesFilm director · November 9Charles MartinetActor · September 17Kevin ConroyActor · November 30Björn AndrésenActor · January 26Griffin DunneActor · June 8Leslie JordanActor · April 29Janice DickinsonModel · February 15Verónica ForquéActor · December 1Zbigniew PreisnerMusician · May 20Ildikó EnyediFilm director · November 15Fernando TruebaFilm director · January 18Jane KaczmarekActor · December 21William ForsytheActor · June 7Kevin Peter HallActor · May 9Steven WrightComedian · December 6Anton CorbijnFilm director · May 20Kane HodderActor · April 8Smita PatilActor · October 17Mariya TakeuchiSinger · March 20Pino DanieleSinger · March 19Mark Boone JuniorActor · March 17Clarence GilyardActor · December 24Frankie KnucklesMusician · January 18Bill CondonFilm director · October 22Andrew DivoffActor · July 2

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Born in 1955, by the numbers

Celebrities7964 still living, 15 no longer with us
Oldest livingRowan Atkinsonborn January 6, 1955
YoungestJane Kaczmarekborn December 21, 1955
Most common roleActor57% of stars born in 1955, then film directors
Top countryUnited States39 people, then United Kingdom and France
Top birthplaceNew York City4 celebrities born there
GenerationBaby Boomers
Living stars turn71 this year
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