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.
Henry VIII of England28 June 1491, British
King of England
Friedrich Nietzsche15 October 1844, German
Philosopher and Philologist
Elizabeth Woodville1437 AD, British
British Queen (1464-1483)
Kate Spade24 December 1962, American
Fashion designer
Jack Ruby25 March 1911, American
Nightclub Operator
Vasco da Gama1469 AD, Portuguese
Explorer
Claude Debussy22 August 1862, French
Composer
Thomas Cromwell1485 AD, British
English statesman
Emily Dickinson10 December 1830, American
Poet
Woody Guthrie14 July 1912, American
American singer-songwriter
Mohammed Rafi24 December 1924, Indian
Gustav Klimt14 July 1862, Austrian
Painter
Paul Lynde13 June 1926, American
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman17 March 1920, Bangladeshi
First Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Robert Urich19 December 1946, American
Film Actor
Louisa May Alcott29 November 1832, American
Writer
Tammy Wynette05 May 1942, American
Singer
Elizabeth Peña23 September 1959, Cuban, American
Actress
Charles Martel0686 AD, Belgian, French
Military Leader
Satoru Iwata06 December 1959, Japanese
Former President & CEO of Nintendo
Angela Raiola30 June 1960, American
Reality TV Star
Will Rogers04 November 1879, American
Vaudeville Performer, Humorist
Lee Remick14 December 1935, American
Actress
Edward Albert20 February 1951, American
Actor
Roald Amundsen16 July 1872, Norwegian
The first person to reach the South Pole
Solomon Northup10 July 1807, American
Author
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor26 December 1194, Italian
Holy Roman Emperor
Gauri Lankesh29 January 1962, Indian
Activist, Journalist
William M. Tweed03 April 1823, American
Politician
Elizabeth Barrett Browning06 March 1806, British
Poet
Birendra of Nepal28 December 1945, Nepalese
11th King of Nepal
Mikhail Tal09 November 1936, Latvian
Chess Player
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Elizabeth Gaskell29 September 1810, British
Novelist
Mary Frann27 February 1943, American
Actress
Zerelda Mimms21 July 1845, American
Jesse James' Wife
Henri Becquerel15 December 1852, French
Physicist, Discoverer of Radioactivity
James Wilson14 September 1742, American, Scottish
Founding Fathers of the United States
Joseph Brodsky24 May 1940, Russian
Essayist & Poet
Sophie Germain01 April 1776, French
Mathematician
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Caesar Rodney07 October 1728, American
Former Governor of Delaware
Garret Hobart03 June 1844, American
24th Vice President of the U.S.A
Charles Kingsley12 June 1819, British
Priest
Henry Lawson17 June 1867, Australian
Writer
Theodore Roethke25 May 1908, American
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet
Robert Benchley15 October 1889, American
Humorist
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay27 June 1838, Indian
Giovanni Gabrieli1557 AD, Italian
Italian composer
Abigail Fillmore13 March 1798, American
First Lady of America
William Adams24 September 1564, British
First ever Western Samurai
Anthony De Mello04 September 1931, Indian
Authored books related to spirituality, lectures
Kurt Alder10 July 1902, German
Chemist
Aleksa Šantić27 May 1868, Bosnian
Poet
Parveen Babi04 April 1949, Indian
Actress
Brad Delp12 June 1951, American
Singer
Albert Anastasia26 September 1902, American
criminal
Ferdinand de Saussure26 November 1857, Swiss
Linguist, Educationist, University teacher,
Del Shannon30 December 1934, American
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Songwriter, Guitarist,
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor01 October 1685, Austrian, Spanish, Hungarian
Emperor
Pope Innocent III22 February 1161, Italian
Pope
Rudolf Diesel18 March 1858, German, French
Engineer, Entrepreneur, Inventor
Prince George of Denmark02 April 1653, Danish
prince consort
David Angell10 April 1946, American
Producer
Bill Haley06 July 1925, American
Singer, bandleader, conductor,yodeler
Michael Kamen15 April 1948, American
Composer, Conductor, Oboist, Pianist, Film score
Oswald Spengler29 May 1880, German
Writer, Historian, Philosopher, Sociologist,
Gustavo Cerati11 August 1959, Argentinian
Musician
Lu Xun25 September 1881, Chinese
Writer, Essayist, Poet, Literary critic,
George Whitefield16 December 1714, British
Minister, Theologian
Anthony Allen Shore25 June 1962, American
American serial killer
Frederick I of Prussia11 July 1657, Russian
King
Louis VI of France01 December 1081, French
King
Robert Ley15 February 1890, German
Politician
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor11 November 1050, German
Friedrich Olbricht04 October 1888, German
Military personnel, Officer
Boris Nemtsov09 October 1959, Russian
Politician, Physicist
Francis de Sales16 August 1567, French, Italian
Theologian, Priest, Writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz07 November 1897, American
Screenwriter, Film producer, Journalist
Steve Strange28 May 1959, British
Singer, Actor, Businessperson
Andrew Kehoe01 February 1872, American
Spree killer
Murry Wilson02 July 1917, American
Musician, Pianist, Songwriter, Record producer,
Francisco Macías Nguema01 January 1924, Spanish
Former President of Equatorial Guinea
Ludovico Sforza27 July 1452, Italian
Statesman
Tigran Petrosian17 June 1929, Georgian
Chess player, Writer, Journalist
Erroll Garner15 June 1921, American
pianist, composer, jazz musician
Christian I of Denmark31 January 1426, Danish
King
Kalki Krishnamurthy09 September 1899, Indian
Screenwriter, Journalist, Writer
Ernst Lubitsch29 January 1892, German, American
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Jean-Pierre Melville20 October 1917, French
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Frederick VII of Denmark06 October 1808, Danish
King
John III of Portugal07 June 1502, Portuguese
King
Muhammad al-Baqir10 May 0677, Saudi Arabian
Imam
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti17 February 1951, Iraqi
Politician, Diplomat
Harry Dexter White09 October 1892, American
Economist
Christian III of Denmark12 August 1503, Danish
King
Robert Stephenson16 October 1803, British
Engineer, Civil engineer, Politician
Otto Rank22 April 1884, Austrian
Psychologist