page_title: 1955
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1955 / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Eugene Jarvis speaks during the Vid Kidz panel at California Extreme 2016.
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: January 1
  Peter Aykroyd, Canadian actor
  Mario Andreacchio, Australian film director
  Mary Beard, English classicist
  Precious, Canadian professional wrestling valet
  Paul Ginsparg, American physicist
  Douglas Kennedy (writer), American novelist
  Al Tantay, Filipino actor and director
  Mulatu Teshome, Ethiopian politician and 8th President of Ethiopia
  January 2
  Tex Brashear, American voice actor
  Michael Lomonaco, American chef
  Edson Leal Pujol, General in the Brazilian Army
  Vivien Savage, French singer
  January 3
  Donald M. Campbell Jr., United States Army lieutenant general
  Vassi Naidoo, South African businessman
  David Pratt (politician), Canadian former politician
  Hal Rayle, American voice actor
  Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver
  Jon Tiven, American composer
  Keith L. T. Wright, American politician
  January 4
  Mark Hollis, English musician (d. 2019)
  Sean J. McLaughlin, American judge
  Gary Lucchesi, American film producer
  Brian Ray, American session musician
  January 5
  Mamata Banerjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
  Marcia Butler, American writer
  Nick Delgado, American public speaker
  Adriana Ocampo,  Colombian planetary geologist
  January 6
  Fulgencio Argüelles, Spanish writer
  Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
  Charles Pratt Jr., American television writer
  Joseph E. Steinmetz, 6th chancellor of the University of Arkansas
  January 7
  Rosie Berger, American politician
  Chuck Connelly, American painter
  Belinda Meuldijk, Dutch actress
  Wintley Phipps, Trinidadian vocal artist
  January 8
  Bruce Boudreau, Canadian ice hockey player
  Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress
  Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State of Michigan
  Mike Reno, Canadian musician
  Thomas G. Waites, American actor
  January 9
  Sabrina Guinness, Irish television producer
  Karnit Flug, Israeli economist
  Michiko Kakutani, American literary critic
  Fernando Sarney, Brazilian football administrator
  J. K. Simmons, American actor
  January 10
  James Alan Gardner, Canadian author
  Michael Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions, UFO, Michael Schenker Group)
  Jimmy Vivino, American guitarist
  January 11
  Max Lucado, Christian author
  Christian Marclay, American visual artist
  Wayne Moses, American football coach
  Jerry Stern, Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  January 12
  Jane Ira Bloom, American saxophonist
  Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Canadian politician
  Thaddeus Kirkland, American politician
  Lele Marchitelli, Italian musician
  January 13
  Ran Ito, Japanese actress
  Paul Kelly, Australian musician
  Jay McInerney, American writer
  January 14
  Peter J. Maassen, Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
  Kim Renders, Canadian writer, director, actor and designer (d. 2018)
  Ardelio Vargas, Mexican politician
  January 15
  Andreas Gursky, German photographer
  Enrico Mentana, Italian journalist
  Peter Schwartzkopf, American politician
  Mayumi Tanaka, Japanese voice actress
  January 16 – Mary Karr, American poet
  January 17
  Steve Earle, American musician
  Mami Koyama, Japanese voice actress
  Frazer Smith, American radio personality
  January 18
  Kevin Costner, American actor, producer and director
  Frankie Knuckles, American disk jockey and record producer (d. 2014)
  Marilyn Mazur, Danish percussionist
  January 19
  Víctor Gaviria, Colombian film director
  Sir Simon Rattle, English orchestral conductor
  Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American comedian and actor
  Gregorio Sablan, United States Representative
  January 20
  Joe Doherty, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
  Wyatt Knight, American actor (d. 2011)
  Donald Moffett, American painter
  Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer
  January 21 – Jeff Koons, American artist
  January 22
  Neil Bush, American businessman and investor
  Sonja Morgenstern, German figure skater
  Keiko Takahashi, Japanese actress
  January 23
  Ruth Haring, American chess player (d. 2018)
  Hoyt Yeatman, American visual effects artist
  January 24
  Warren Limmer, Minnesota politician
  Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
  Alan Sokal, American professor of mathematics
  Grzegorz Stec, American painter
  Lynda Weinman, American author
  January 25
  Rick Adduono, Canadian ice hockey coach
  Olivier Assayas, French film director
  Rick Bow
caption: Eugene Jarvis
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