page_title: 1955
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1955 / Births / April
caption_attribution_description: English: Kate Mulgrew at the 2009 premiere of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Photographer's blog post about event and photograph.
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: April 1
  Jesse Bogdonoff, Bank of America financial advisor
  Jim Forbes (journalist), American writer
  Kevin Langan, American operatic bass
  Ockie Oosthuizen, South African rugby union player (d. 2019)
  April 2
  Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand
  Dave Nutter, American politician
  Chellie Pingree, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
  April 3
  Tomas Arana, American actor
  Michael Burleigh, British historian
  Paul Koretz, American politician
  Mick Mars, American rock guitarist (Mötley Crüe)
  Gregg Marx, American actor
  John Mooney, American blues guitarist
  Nandita Roy, Indian filmmaker and screenwriter
  April 4 – Casey Biggs, American actor
  April 5
  Anthony Horowitz, English novelist
  Janice Long, English radio disc jockey
  Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
  Jay Wolfe, American senator
  April 6 – Michael Rooker, American actor
  April 7
  Bruno Zaremba, French footballer (d. 2018)
  Grace Hightower, American philanthropist, actress and singer
  Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer turned journalist
  Akira Nishino, Japanese soccer player and manager
  Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
  April 8
  Kane Hodder, American actor
  Barbara Kingsolver, American fiction writer
  April 9 – Kate Heyhoe, American food writer
  April 10 – Philip J. Hanlon, President of Dartmouth College
  April 11 – Kevin Brady, American politician
  April 12 – Fred Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of The Washington Post
  April 13
  Steve Camp, American Christian musician
  Hideki Saijo, Japanese singer and actor (d. 2018)
  April 14 – Don Roos, American screenwriter
  April 15
  Tommy Castro, American blues guitarist
  Dodi Fayed, Egyptian businessman (d. 1997)
  Jeff Golub, American jazz guitarist (d. 2015)
  April 16
  Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
  DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American DJ
  April 17
  Rob Bolland, Dutch musician, songwriter and music producer (Bolland & Bolland)
  Pete Shelley, English singer-songwriter, musician (Buzzcocks) (d. 2018)
  Dave VanDam, American voice actor and impressionist (d. 2018)
  April 18 – Bobby Castillo, American baseball player (d. 2014)
  April 19 – Aldo Cornejo, Chilean Politician
  April 20 – Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Nigerian-born British photographer (d. 1989)
  April 21
  Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer and songwriter
  Toninho Cerezo, Brazilian footballer and coach
  April 23
  Judy Davis, Australian actress
  Ludovikus Simanullang, Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2018)
  Fumi Hirano, Japanese voice actress and essayist
  Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
  April 24
  Margaret Moran, British politician and criminal
  John de Mol, Dutch media tycoon
  April 25
  Karon O. Bowdre, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
  John Nunn, English chess player and mathematician
  Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
  April 26 – Chen Daoming, Chinese actor
  April 27
  James Risen, American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author
  Eric Schmidt, American software engineer and businessman, CEO of Google (2001-2011)
  Jing Yidan, Chinese former television host
  April 28 – Eddie Jobson, English musician
  April 29
  Richard Epcar, American voice actor
  Kate Mulgrew, American actress
  Yūko Tanaka, Japanese actress
  April 30 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
caption: Kate Mulgrew
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