page_title: 1955
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1955 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Tuvalu Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia in New York in 2009.
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: August 1 – Paul Shrubb, English professional footballer, coach and scout (d. 2020)
  August 2
  John Battaglia, American convicted murderer (d. 2018)
  Caleb Carr, American writer
  August 3
  Corey Burton, American voice actor
  Roger Gifford, Lord Mayor of London 2013
  August 4
  Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer, 1983-1984 WBA heavyweight champion.
  Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter
  August 6
  Gordon J. Brand, English golfer
  Ron Davis, American baseball player
  Earl Smith, Jamaican Reggae guitarist
  August 7
  Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian
  Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer
  August 8 – Diddú (Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir), Icelandic soprano and songwriter
  August 9 – Doug Williams, American football quarterback
  August 10 – Mel Tiangco, Filipina television anchor, journalist and humanitarian
  August 12
  Heintje Simons, Dutch singer and actor
  Gish Jen, American fiction writer
  August 13 – Daryl, American magician (d. 2017)
  August 14 – Gillian Taylforth, English television actress
  August 17 – Richard Hilton, American businessman
  August 19
  Peter Gallagher, American actor
  Terry Harper, American baseball player
  Apisai Ielemia, 10th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
  August 20 – Agnes Chan, Hong Kong-born TV personality in Japan
  August 22
  Chiranjeevi, Indian actor
  Gordon Liu, Chinese actor
  August 23 – David Learner, British actor, Stephen M.Papuzek
  August 24 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor and 2008 Presidential candidate
  August 25 – John McGeoch, Scottish musician (d. 2004)
  August 27
  Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
  Diana Scarwid, American actress
  Sergey Khlebnikov, Soviet speed skater (d. 1999)
  August 30
  Mayumi Muroyama, Japanese manga artist
  Andy Pask, English bass player and composer (Landscape)
  Helge Schneider, comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director
  August 31 – Edwin Moses, American athlete
caption: Apisai Ielemia
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