page_title: 1955
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1955 / Births / July
caption_attribution_description: Jen Su with Hollywood supermodel and businesswoman Iman during the launch of her cosmetics range in South Africa. Iman is also the wife of singer David Bowie. Iman launched her cosmetics line for women of colour, at Stuttaford's Sandton City.
context_page_description: 1955 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: July 1
  Sanma Akashiya, Japanese comedian and actor
  Nikolai Demidenko, Russian born British classical pianist
  Christian Estrosi, French sportsman and politician
  Li Keqiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China
  Lisa Scottoline, American novelist
  Keith Whitley, American country music singer (d. 1989)
  July 2
  Stephen Walt, American political scientist
  Sylvie Le Noach, French swimmer
  Randy Burchell, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
  Chau Giang, Vietnamese-born American professional poker player
  Proceso Alcala, Filipino politician
  July 3
  Bruce Altman, American actor
  John Cramer, American game show announcer
  Matt Keough, American baseball player
  July 4 – Víctor Reymundo Nájera, Mexican politician
  July 5
  Sebastian Barry, Irish playwright, novelist and poet
  Shannon Bell, Canadian performance philosopher** Mia Couto, Mozambican writer
  Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani, Pakistani politician
  Henry Lee Summer, American singer
  July 7
  Paul Bahoken, Cameroonian footballer
  Rolf Saxon, American actor
  Ludo Vika, Dominican actress
  July 8
  Vladislava Milosavljević, Serbian actress
  Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress
  July 9
  Lindsey Graham, American politician, lawyer, U.S. Army soldier, U.S. Senator (R-Sc.) and unsuccessful 2016 presidential candidate
  Fred Norris, American radio personality
  Jimmy Smits, American actor
  July 10
  Andrea Bruce, Jamaican athlete
  Vinnie Curto, American professional boxer
  Ray Goff, American football player and coach
  Dan Newhouse, American politician
  July 11
  Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon
  Søren Sætter-Lassen, Danish actor
  July 12
  Timothy Garton Ash, English modern historian
  Nina Gunke, Swedish actress
  Tadashi Miyazawa, Japanese voice actor
  July 13 – Yoshitaka Tamba, Japanese actor
  July 14 – Ramon Jimenez Jr., Filipino attorney
  July 15
  Didier Etumba, Congolese Army general
  Željko Burić, Croatian politician and doctor
  Pooran Prakash, Indian politician
  July 16
  Saw Swee Leong, Malaysian badminton player
  Ritva Elomaa, Finnish professional female bodybuilding champion, pop singer and politician
  Patrick Bernasconi, French business executive
  Janet Huckabee, American politician
  Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (d. 1987)
  July 17
  Fei Yu-ching, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
  Sylvie Léonard, French-Canadian actress
  Alvin Slaughter, American gospel singer-songwriter and worship leader
  Janina Buzūnaitė-Žukaitienė, Lithuanian painter, poet, creator of accessories and metal sculptures
  July 18
  Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
  György Matolcsy, Hungarian politician and economist
  Sergey Zimov, Russian geophysicist and creator of Pleistocene Park
  July 19 – Karen Cheryl, French singer, actress, radio and television presenter
  July 21
  Adrienne King, American actress
  Dannel Malloy, American politician
  Howie Epstein, American musician and producer (d. 2003)
  Béla Tarr, Hungarian film director
  July 22
  Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa, Nigerian politician
  Willem Dafoe, American actor
  July 25 – Iman, Somalian model
  July 26
  Michele Pillar, American Christian musician
  Asif Ali Zardari, 11th President of Pakistan
  July 27 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
  July 31 – Jakie Quartz, French singer
caption: Iman
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