1955 suicides

American actress (1903-1955)

Russian painter (1914-1955)

German film and stage actress (1909-1955)

Czechoslovak-Mexican actress (c. 1926-1955)

French writer and business woman (1892-1955)

physicist (1905-1955)

American film director and writer (1894–1955)

Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1897-1955)

American comic strip writer and cartoonist (1900–1955)

Israeli soldier

Czech sculptor (1892-1955)

American mathematician

Dutch ornithologist (1915-1955)

American actress and screenwriter (1880-1955)

Japanese jazz pianist (1924-1955)

American police chief