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Famous People Who Died At 55

The list of famous people who died at 55 includes Henry VIII of England, Friedrich Nietzsche, Kate Spade, Vasco da Gama, Claude Debussy. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, emperors & kings, poets and composers and from other domains of life. This list of celebrities who died at 55 includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Germany and many more countries.

This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

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 1 Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII of England.
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: King of England
Birthdate: June 28, 1491
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kent, England
Died: January 28, 1547

 2 Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Philosopher
Birthdate: October 15, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Röcken, Lützen, Germany
Died: August 25, 1900
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

 3 Kate Spade

Kate Spade.
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Listed In: Fashion
Famous As: Fashion designer
Birthdate: December 24, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Died: June 5, 2018

 4 Jack Ruby

Jack Ruby.
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Nightclub Operator
Birthdate: March 25, 1911
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: January 3, 1967

 5 Steve Bing

Steve Bing.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Businessman
Birthdate: March 31, 1965
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: June 22, 2020
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

 6 Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: December 10, 1830
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Amherst
Died: May 15, 1886

 7 Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama.
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Explorer
Birthdate: 1469 AD
Birthplace: Sines, Portugal
Died: December 24, 1524
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 8 Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell.
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Famous As: English statesman
Birthdate: 1485 AD
Birthplace: Putney
Died: July 28, 1540

 9 Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville.
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: British Queen (1464-1483)
Birthdate: 1437 AD
Birthplace: Grafton Regis, United Kingdom
Died: June 8, 1492

 10 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: First Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Birthdate: March 17, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tungipara Upazila
Died: August 15, 1975

 11 Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy.
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Composer
Birthdate: August 22, 1862
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Died: March 25, 1918

 12 Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie.
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer-songwriter
Birthdate: July 14, 1912
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Okemah, Oklahoma, United States
Died: October 3, 1967

 13 Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: September 23, 1959
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Jersey
Died: October 14, 2014
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

 14 Mohammed Rafi

Mohammed Rafi.
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 24, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Amritsar, Punjab, India
Died: July 31, 1980

 15 Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 13, 1926
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Ohio, U.S.
Died: January 10, 1982

 16 Parveen Babi

Parveen Babi
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: April 4, 1949
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Junagadh, Saurashtra, India
Died: January 20, 2005
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 17 Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette.
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: May 5, 1942
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bounds
Died: April 6, 1998
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

 18 Ogedei Khan

Ogedei Khan.
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: King
Birthdate: November 7, 1186
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Khamag Mongol
Died: December 11, 1241

 19 Albert Anastasia

Albert Anastasia.
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Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Criminal
Birthdate: September 26, 1902
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Parghelia, Calabria, Italy
Died: October 25, 1957

 20 Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: November 29, 1832
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 6, 1888

 21 Robert Urich

Robert Urich.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Film Actor
Birthdate: December 19, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Toronto, Ohio
Died: April 16, 2002
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 22 Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt.
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: July 14, 1862
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Baumgarten, Vienna, Austria
Died: February 6, 1918

 23 Lee Remick

Lee Remick.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: December 14, 1935
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 2, 1991
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 24 William Hopper

William Hopper
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 26, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: March 6, 1970
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

 25 Hypatia

Hypatia.
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Mathematician, Philosopher, Astronomer, Writer
Birthdate: 0360 AD
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: 0415 AD

 26 Johnny Ramone

Johnny Ramone
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Guitarist
Birthdate: October 8, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 15, 2004
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

 27 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 11, 1050
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Goslar
Died: August 7, 1106

 28 Aesop

Aesop.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Fabulist
Birthdate: 0620 BC
Birthplace: Greece
Died: 0565 BC

 29 Will Rogers

Will Rogers.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Vaudeville Performer, Humorist
Birthdate: November 4, 1879
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
Died: August 15, 1935

 30 David Angell

David Angell
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Producer
Birthdate: April 10, 1946
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: West Barrington, Rhode Island, USA
Died: September 11, 2001

 31 Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen.
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: The first person to reach the South Pole
Birthdate: July 16, 1872
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Borge, Østfold, Norway
Died: June 18, 1928

 32 Charles Martel

Charles Martel.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military Leader
Birthdate: 0686 AD
Birthplace: Herstal
Died: October 22, 0741

 33 Ali Kemal

Ali Kemal
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Journalist
Birthdate: September 7, 1867
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fatih, Turkey
Died: November 6, 1922

 34 Philip McKeon

Philip McKeon.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: November 11, 1964
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Westbury, New York
Died: December 10, 2019
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

 35 Denmark Vesey

Denmark Vesey
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Carpenters
Birthdate: 1767 AD
Birthplace: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Died: July 2, 1822

 36 Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup.
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: July 10, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Minerva, New York
Died: 1863 AD

 37 Edward Albert

Edward Albert.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: February 20, 1951
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: September 22, 2006
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

 38 Rick Danko

Rick Danko
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Musician
Birthdate: December 29, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Norfolk County, Canada
Died: December 10, 1999

 39 Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata.
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Listed In: Business People
Famous As: Former President & CEO of Nintendo
Birthdate: December 6, 1959
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sapporo
Died: July 11, 2015

 40 Brad Delp

Brad Delp
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: June 12, 1951
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Peabody
Died: March 9, 2007

 41 Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: March 6, 1806
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kelloe, Durham, England
Died: June 29, 1861

 42 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: Holy Roman Emperor
Birthdate: December 26, 1194
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Iesi, Marche, Italy
Died: December 13, 1250

 43 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: June 27, 1838
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kanthalpara, Bengal
Died: April 8, 1894

 44 Dalip Singh

Dalip Singh
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Famous As: Sikh maharaja
Birthdate: September 4, 1838
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lahore, Pakistan
Died: October 22, 1893

 45 Dietrich Eckart

Dietrich Eckart
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: March 23, 1868
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany
Died: December 26, 1923

 46 Andrew the Apostle

Andrew the Apostle
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Apostle
Birthdate: 0005 AD
Birthplace: Galilee, Israel
Died: November 30, 0060

 47 Del Shannon

Del Shannon
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Singer, Singer-songwriter, Songwriter, Guitarist, Musician
Birthdate: December 30, 1934
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Grand Rapids
Died: February 8, 1990

 48 Ronald Lacey

Ronald Lacey
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: September 28, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Harrow, Middlesex, England
Died: May 15, 1991

 49 Herman J. Mankiewicz

Herman J. Mankiewicz.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Screenwriter
Birthdate: November 7, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: March 5, 1953

 50 Cornelius Vanderbilt II

Cornelius Vanderbilt II
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Businessperson
Birthdate: November 11, 1843
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Staten Island, New York, United States
Died: September 12, 1899