List of Famous people who born in 1955

Ming Hsieh is a billionaire Chinese-born American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of Cogent Systems in 1990. In 2011, he founded Fulgent Genetics, a genetic testing technology company that provides comprehensive genetic testing solutions. According to Forbes magazine, his estimated net worth exceeds $1.6 billion, ranking him the 198th richest person in America and 562nd among The World's Richest People In 2006.

Mitsu Shimojo is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Matsumoto, Nagano and graduate of Shinshu University, he was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.

René Schoof is a mathematician from the Netherlands who works in Algebraic Number Theory, Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, Computational Number Theory and Coding Theory.