List of Famous people who born in 1955

Mehmet Ocaktan is a Turkish journalist, and a former deputy for the Justice and Development Party. Since June 2013 he is the editor-in-chief of Akşam. Previous journalistic roles include being the founding editor of Yeni Şafak and the managing editor of Star.

Akemi Takada is a Japanese manga artist and anime character designer born in Tokyo, Japan. Her character-design work is one of the more recognizable styles of the 1980s, when she worked on series like Creamy Mami and Kimagure Orange Road. She is also noted for her long collaboration with director Mamoru Oshii. She graduated from Tama Art University, after which she worked for Tatsunoko Pro. She is currently a freelance manga artist with her own studio, though she is also a member of the creative group Headgear. She also has her own designer jewelry store called Diakosmos.

John S. Chen is a Hong Kong-born American businessman serving as executive chairman and chief executive officer of BlackBerry Ltd. Previously, he served as the chief executive officer and president of Sybase, a software vendor specializing in data management, analytics, and mobility technology.

Ai Wenli is a former Chinese politician who served as the Vice-Chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Previously, he served as the head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China Hebei Committee and the Mayor of Shijiazhuang. He was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission shortly after his retirement. Ai is the first leader of vice-ministerial level to spontaneously hand himself in to the anti-corruption agency of China after the implementation of Supervision Law in March 2018.

Ridha Grira is a Tunisian politician.

Luo Shugang is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He has been the Minister of Culture since December 2014. He formerly served as executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China.

Zhao Zongqi is a general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China and the current Commanding Officer of the Western Theater Command.

M. Şükrü Hanioğlu is a Turkish professor of late Ottoman history in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Between 2005 and 2014, he was the department chair.

Wang Ning is a retired general of the People's Liberation Army of China, formerly served as commander of the People's Armed Police. Previously he served as the deputy chief of the Joint Staff. Wang is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Derya Sazak is a prominent Turkish journalist and writer who lost his job because of the Turkish Government's censorship. He has started a new newspaper, Karşı, as editor in chief.