List of Famous people who born in 1955

Richard Gary Bowness is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the head coach for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bowness played right wing for the Atlanta Flames, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, and original Winnipeg Jets and Central Hockey League, American Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams. Bowness has been a head coach for the original Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, and Phoenix Coyotes, and associate coach with the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning.

Yasukazu Hamada is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Futtsu and graduate of Senshu University he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993.

Léa Linster is a Luxembourg chef, and a gold medal winner of the 1989 Bocuse d'Or, the first and to date only woman to accomplish this.

Roland Tichy is a German author, economist and journalist.

Richard John Steves Jr. is an American travel writer, author, activist and television personality. His travel philosophy encourages people to explore less-touristy areas of destinations and to become immersed in the local people's way of life. Since 2000, he has hosted Rick Steves' Europe, a travel series on public television. Steves also has a public radio travel show called Travel with Rick Steves (2005−present) and has authored numerous travel guides, the first of which was the popular Europe Through the Back Door. In 2006, he became a syndicated newspaper columnist, and in 2010, his company released a mobile phone application called "Rick Steves’ Audio Europe" containing self-guided walking tours and geographical information.

Birch Evans Bayh III is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and politician of the Democratic Party who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011 and the 46th Governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997.

Donald James "Danny" Wilson is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. A Wales representative stand-off, he played his club rugby for Widnes, Barrow, Swinton, Runcorn Highfield and Springfield Borough.

Pierre Hurmic is a French politician serving as Mayor of Bordeaux since 2020. A member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), he was first elected to the municipal council of Bordeaux in 1995. In 2020, he defeated incumbent Nicolas Florian for the mayorship.

Anthony Horowitz, OBE is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense.

Simon Yam Tat-wah is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as Naked Killer, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Election, Election 2, Exiled, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life and The Thieves.