List of Famous people who are 55

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov is a Russian historian and liberal politician, a former co-chair of political party RPR-PARNAS (2006–2014) and former Russian State Duma member (1993–2007), First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and the leader of parliamentary group Our Home – Russia. He is a candidate of historical sciences and a professor of the Higher School of Economics. Anchorman of a number of Echo of Moscow radio programs.

Gustavo Bolívar Moreno is a Colombian author, screenwriter, journalist, and elected senator from 2018 to 2022. He published several books before the best-seller Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso brought him international fame. There are three adaptations for television: a series produced by the Colombian company Caracol (2006), a version by RTI Colombia–Telemundo and a version by Spain's Telecinco. The novel also was adapted to a film directed by Bolívar himself.

Margarita Valeryevna Shubina is a Soviet and Russian actress and director. She was awarded Honored Artist of Russia (2009).

Jun Tsushima is a Japanese politician. He is affiliated with Liberal Democratic Party. He is member of House of Representatives of Japan from Aomori 1st district since December 16, 2012. He previously served as Vice-Minister of Land, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism and also served as Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office in Third Abe Cabinet.

Heinrich Gersmeier known as Schäfer Heinrich is a German farmer, who was looking for a woman in the German TV show Bauer sucht Frau. He sang a song about his life as shepherd.

Hans Jürgen "Hansi" Kürsch is a German singer, songwriter, record producer and former bass guitarist, best known as a member of the power metal band Blind Guardian. One of the founders of the band, he has been its lead vocalist since its creation in 1984, and also acted as the band's bass guitarist until 1996.

Oleg Viktorovich Rylkov, known as The Tolyatti Ripper, is a Russian serial killer, rapist and pedophile. Between 1992 and 1997, he raped 37 underage girls and killed 6 people in the city of Tolyatti, in the Samara Oblast.

Trịnh Xuân Thanh is a former Vietnamese politician and businessman. He is the former head of the state-owned Petrovietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation, and the former Deputy-Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee of Hậu Giang. In 2016, he was accused of causing massive losses at the state-owned company and fled the country. While in Berlin, as an asylum-seeker, he was allegedly kidnapped and repatriated to Vietnam on 23 July 2017. This led to diplomatic scandal resulting in Germany to expel a Vietnamese diplomat.

Ümit Kocasakal is a Turkish lawyer and academic who served as the president of the Istanbul Bar Association between 7 November 2010 and 23 October 2016. He is a Professor, Doctor of law and has been a political commentator critical of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and their alleged encroachments on judicial independence in Turkey.

Mostafa Kamal Madbouly is the Prime Minister of Egypt, serving since 2018. He was appointed by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to succeed Sherif Ismail following his government's resignation in the wake of Sisi's re-election. Madbouly also served in Sherif Ismail's cabinet as a Minister of Housing and Urban Utilities, and had also briefly served as interim Prime Minister.