page_title: 1955
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1955 / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Tom Bergeron at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
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: May 1
  Ray Buttigieg, Maltese composer and poet
  Nick Feldman, English musician (Wang Chung)
  May 2
  Willie Miller, Scottish footballer
  Donatella Versace, Italian designer
  Dave Winer, American software pioneer
  May 3 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
  May 4
  Avram Grant, Israeli football manager
  Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
  May 5
  Melinda Culea, American actress
  Jim Mathers, American cinematographer and director of photography
  May 6 – Tom Bergeron, American television host
  May 7
  Mayra Alejandra, Venezuelan actress (d. 2014)
  Peter Reckell, American actor
  May 8
  Betsy Baker, American actress
  Meles Zenawi, 10th Prime Minister of Ethiopia and 3rd President of Ethiopia (d. 2012)
  May 9
  Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
  Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
  May 10
  Chris Berman, American sports broadcaster
  Mark David Chapman, American murderer of musician John Lennon
  Rick Steves, American author and television personality; host of Rick Steves' Europe
  May 14
  Big Van Vader, American professional wrestler and football player (d. 2018)
  Dave Hoover, American comic book artist and animator (d. 2011)
  Robert Tapert, American television producer
  May 15
  Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (assassinated 2013)
  Lee Horsley,  American film, television and theater actor
  Hege Skjeie, Norwegian political scientist and feminist (d. 2018)
  May 16
  Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
  Olli Kortekangas, Finnish composer
  Jack Morris, American baseball player
  Hazel O'Connor, British rock musician
  Richard Phillips, American merchant mariner and captain of the MV Maersk Alabama
  Debra Winger, American actress
  May 17 – Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017)
  May 18 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
  May 19
  Mark Staff Brandl, American and Swiss artist and art historian
  James Gosling, Canadian software engineer
  Th. Emil Homerin, American theologian
  May 20
  Diego Abatantuono, Italian actor
  Steve George, American keyboardist and singer
  Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
  May 22
  Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American jazz guitarist (d. 2008)
  Iva Davies, Australian singer and musician; lead singer of Icehouse
  Dale Winton, English radio DJ and television presenter (d. 2018)
  May 24
  Rosanne Cash, American entertainer
  Rumiko Ukai, Japanese voice actress
  May 25
  Suguru Egawa, Japanese baseball player
  Connie Sellecca, American actress
  May 26
  Doris Dörrie, German actress and screenplay writer
  Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
  May 27 – Richard Schiff, American actor and comedian
  May 29
  John Hinckley Jr., attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
  Mike Porcaro, American bass guitarist (Toto) (d. 2015)
  May 30
  Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Japanese Kabuki actor
  Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
  Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist
  May 31
  Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist
  Susie Essman, American actress
  Lynne Truss, English writer
caption: Tom Bergeron
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