1955 deaths

Chinese architect and writer (1904-1955)

NKVD officer and chief executioner (1895-1955)

Swedish sculptor (1875–1955)

American mathematician (1878–1955)

Ukrainian model and dancer (1891-1955)

Prime Minister of Iran (1876-1955)

American baseball player (1867–1955)

American physicist and inventor (1868–1955)

Danish sportsman (1866–1955)

Prime Minister of Denmark (1903–1955)

Rukhmabai (22 November 1864 – 25 September 1955) was an Indian physician and feminist. She is best known for being one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India (the first being Dr. Kadambini Ganguly who started practicing in 1886) as well as being involved in a landmark legal case involving her marriage as a child bride between 1884 and 1888. The case raised significant public debate across several topics, which most prominently included law vs tradition, social reform vs conservatism and feminism in both British-ruled India and England. This ultimately contributed to the Age of

Australian triple jumper (1894–1955)

Liberian politician (1882-1955)

Belgian princess (1872-1955)

French football administrator (1883-1955)

Lithuanian politician (1887-1955)

Aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers

British engineer (1871–1955)

American writer (1897–1955)

American explorer (1866–1955)

French racing driver (1905-1955)

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1892-1955)

athletics competitor (1892-1955)

French writer (1878–1955)

(1869-1955) Prince of Liechtenstein

American pianist and composer (1894–1955)

Russian revolutionary (1873-1955)

American swimmer

German general (1892–1955)

Azerbaijani philanthropist and women's rights activist (1873-1955)

American racing driver

American writer (1896–1955)

Austrian writer (1873–1955)

English tennis player (1870-1955)

British politician and journalist (1873-1955)

American baseball player (1874-1955)

American actress (1903-1955)

Dutch painter (1891-1955)

American racecar driver (1921–1955)

French mountain climber (1921–1955)

Japanese writer (1906–1955)

German actor (1885-1955)

Czech discus thrower (1878–1955)

middle daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1904–1955)

Russian artist (1871-1955)

German painter, scenic designer, and typographer (1889–1955)

swimmer (1883–1954)

Bosnian writer (1889–1955)

American comedian and actor (1895–1955)

American actor of Ukrainian descent (1914–1955)

psychoanalyst and writer (1882-1955)

German duke (1871–1955)

German politician (1875–1955)

German politician (1875-1955)

American actress (1890-1955)

soviet pathologist

Russian painter (1914-1955)

boxer

German soldier (1892–1955)

American screenwriter and film director (1878-1955)