List of Famous people who born in 1955

Wayne Elliot Knight is an American actor, comedian and former private investigator. In television, he is known for playing Newman in Seinfeld (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville in 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001).

Keiko Takahashi is a Japanese actress. Prior to marrying director Banmei Takahashi in 1982, she went by her maiden name Keiko Sekine (関根恵子). She debuted in the 1970 film High School Student Blues. Her second film, おさな妻, earned her the Golden Arrow Award for Newcomer of the Year.

Daniel Fernando Filmus is an Argentine politician and academic, currently serving as the country's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, since 2021.

Hiroshi Kajiyama is a Japanese politician who has represented the Ibaraki 4th District in the House of Representatives since 2000. He has served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry since October 2019. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

David Schultz is an American former professional wrestler. Although he is known for competing in North American regional promotions such as Stampede Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during the late 1970s and early 1980s, he is perhaps best remembered for his short stint in the World Wrestling Federation in 1984, where he gained notoriety after assaulting 20/20 reporter John Stossel during a report on the legitimacy of professional wrestling.

Mathieu Lindon is a French journalist and writer. He is the youngest son of the publisher Jérôme Lindon, and the first cousin of actor Vincent Lindon. He won the Médicis Prize in 2011.

Gisela "Gigi" Oeri is a Swiss-German football chairwoman and philanthropist born 8 November 1955 in Schopfheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was the chairwoman of FC Basel from 2006 until 2012. At the club’s Extraordinary General Assembly on 16 January 2012 the 601 attending members appointed Oeri as honorary president.

Shaleen Surtie-Richards was a South African television, stage, and film actress. She is perhaps best known for her starring roles in the 1988 film Fiela se Kind and the long-running series Egoli: Place of Gold. She has performed in both Afrikaans and English.

Michael Stone is an ex-member of the Loyalist Ulster Defence Association paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, convicted of three counts of murder committed at an IRA funeral in 1988. In 2000 he was released from prison on licence under the Good Friday Agreement. In November 2006, Stone was charged with attempted murder of Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams, having been arrested attempting to enter the parliament buildings at Stormont while armed. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to a further 16 years' imprisonment.

Stéphane Maurice Dion is a Canadian diplomat, political scientist and retired politician who has been the Canadian Ambassador to Germany and special envoy to the European Union since 2017. Dion was Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from 2015 until he was shuffled out of Cabinet in 2017. He was also the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons from 2006 to 2008.