List of Famous people who died in 1955

George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon, KG GCMG GCVO PC DL, styled Lord Hyde from 1877 to 1914, was a British Conservative politician from the Villiers family. He served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1931 to 1937.

Dmitry Ivanovich Abramovich was a Soviet historian and writer.

Sir Arthur Keith FRS was a Scottish anatomist and anthropologist, and a proponent of scientific racism. He was a fellow and later the Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was a strong proponent of Piltdown Man, which was proved to be a forgery shortly before his death.

Tjipke Visser was a Dutch sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Visser's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Sir Francis Grenville Clarke was an Australian politician.

Theo Shall (1896–1955) was a German stage and film actor. He was born in Metz when it was part of the German Empire but left following its occupation by France following the First World War.

Tit Liviu Chinezu was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.

Karapet Sarkisovich Agadzhanian was a Russian-Armenian psychiatrist, neurologist and neuroanatomist.

Bertram Clewley Freeman was an English footballer. He played as a centre forward for clubs Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough. Freeman was one of the most prolific goal-scorers of his time, winning one First Division and two Second Division Golden Boots. He was also capped at the senior level for England.