Curated category
1955 births
- Coke La RockCoke La Rock was born on the 24th of April 1955 in The Bronx, New York City. His family roots traced back to North Carolina before he arrived in the city.
- Peter Hedström (sociologist)Peter Hedström arrived in the world on the 14th of July 1955. His birthplace was the small town of Norsjö in Sweden. This northern Swedish setting marked the…
- Bill GatesIn 1970, a group of students at Lakeside School in Seattle gathered around a Teletype Model 33 ASR terminal. Bill Gates was one of them.
- Eric SchmidtEric Emerson Schmidt was born on the 27th of April 1955 in Falls Church, Virginia. He spent part of his childhood in Italy while his father worked for the…
- J. K. SimmonsJonathan Kimble Simmons was born on the 9th of January 1955, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. His father Donald William Simmons taught music at Parcells Middle…
- John GrishamJohn Ray Grisham Jr. was born on the 8th of February 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His family moved to Southaven, Mississippi when he was four years old.
- Moses MaloneMoses Eugene Malone Sr. was born on the 23rd of March 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia. He grew up as an only child raised primarily by his mother Mary.
- K. T. S. SaraoKaram Tej Singh Sarao entered the world on the 1st of April 1955 in the village of Chatha Gobindpura. This small settlement sits within the Sangrur district…
- DJ Kool HercClive Campbell was born on the 16th of April 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica. He grew up surrounded by sound systems at neighborhood dance halls where DJs known as…
- David ChaumDavid Lee Chaum was born in 1955 to a Jewish family living in Los Angeles, California. He pursued his doctoral studies at the University of California…
- Kelsey GrammerAllen Kelsey Grammer was born on the 21st of February 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. His mother Sally Cranmer worked as a dancer under the name…
- Roland EmmerichRoland Emmerich was born on the 10th of November 1955 in Stuttgart, West Germany. He grew up in the nearby town of Sindelfingen while his father Hans ran a…
- Jeremy Black (historian)Jeremy Black entered the academic world through a specific sequence of institutions. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge, before moving to St John's…
- Mark David ChapmanMark David Chapman was born on the 10th of May 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas. His father served as a staff sergeant in the United States Air Force while his…
- James S. ShapiroJames S. Shapiro was born in 1955 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Midwood High School before earning his bachelor's degree from Columbia…
- Raymond BensonRaymond Benson was born in Midland, Texas, in 1955, a place known for its oil fields and wide-open skies, far removed from the smoky London clubs and exotic…
- Maria DowlingMaria Dowling was born in 1955. She died in 2011 after a career dedicated to the study of Tudor England. Her life spanned fifty-six years, yet her influence…
- Lee SmolinLee Smolin was born on the 6th of June 1955 in New York City. His father Michael worked as an environmental and process engineer while his mother Pauline…
- Michel PlatiniMichel François Platini was born on the 21st of June 1955 in the small town of Jœuf, Meurthe-et-Moselle. His parents were Aldo and Anna Platini, both of…
- Vladimir SorokinVladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin was born on the 7th of August 1955 in Bykovo, a small town within the Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast.