List of Famous people who born in 1955

Miroslav Knapek is a retired Czech rower. He competed in the coxless pairs at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and placed sixth and fifth, respectively. His daughter Miroslava Knapková also became a rower and won the single sculls event at the 2012 Olympics.

Pierre Wolper is a Belgian computer scientist at the University of Liège. His research interests include verification methods for reactive and concurrent programs, as well as temporal databases. He is the co-recipient of the 2000 Gödel Prize, along with Moshe Y. Vardi, for his work on temporal logic with finite automata. He also received the 2005 Paris Kanellakis Award for this work.

David Carl Turnley is an American photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, two World Press Photos of the Year, and the Robert Capa Award for Courage.

Pascal Morand is the Executive President of the Fédération française de la couture. He is also a professor at ESCP Europe Business School, a member of Académie des Technologies, a member of the Commission d'évaluation des formations et diplômes de gestation and, a member of the Conseil national éducation-économie, an organization established by the French National Education Ministry to foster greater cooperation between business and higher education.