List of Famous people who died in 1955

Albert Einstein

First Name Albert
Last Name Einstein
Born on March 14, 1879
Died on April 18, 1955 (aged 76)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Emmett Till

First Name Emmett
Last Name Till
Born on July 25, 1941
Died on August 28, 1955 (aged 14)

Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States. Till posthumously became an icon of the civil rights movement.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Frank Hamer

Francis Augustus Hamer
First Name Frank
Last Name Hamer
Born on March 17, 1884
Died on July 10, 1955 (aged 71)

Francis Augustus Hamer was an American law enforcement officer and Texas Ranger who led the 1934 posse that tracked down and killed criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Renowned for his toughness, marksmanship, and investigative skill, he acquired status in the Southwest as the archetypal Texas Ranger.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

James Dean

James Byron Dean
First Name James
Last Name Dean
Born on February 8, 1931
Died on September 30, 1955 (aged 24)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

James Byron Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Margaret Abbott

First Name Margaret
Last Name Abbott
Died on June 10, 1955
Born in India
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Margaret Ives Abbott was an American golfer. She was the first American woman to win an Olympic event: the women's golf tournament at the 1900 Paris Games.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Rukhmabai

Born on November 22, 1864
Died on September 25, 1955 (aged 90)
Born in India

Rukhmabai was an Indian physician and feminist. She is best known for being one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India 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 Consent Act in 1891.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Hubert Cecil Booth

First Name Hubert
Last Name Booth
Born on July 4, 1871
Died on January 14, 1955 (aged 83)

Hubert Cecil Booth was an English engineer best known today for having invented one of the first powered vacuum cleaners.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Charlie Parker

First Name Charlie
Last Name Parker
Born on August 29, 1920
Died on March 12, 1955 (aged 34)

Charles "Charlie" Parker Jr., nicknamed "Bird" and "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. Parker was a blazingly fast virtuoso and introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. Primarily a player of the alto saxophone, Parker's tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Saadat Hasan Manto

First Name Saadat
Died on January 18, 1955
Born in India

Saadat Hasan Manto was a writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana active in British India and later, after the partition, in Pakistan. Writing mainly in the Urdu language, he produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays and two collections of personal sketches. His best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to write about the hard truths of society that no one dared to talk about. He is best known for his stories about the partition of India, which he opposed, immediately following independence in 1947.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Carmen Miranda

María do Carmo Miranda da Cunha
First Name Carmen
Last Name Miranda
Born on February 9, 1909
Died on August 5, 1955 (aged 46)
Born in Portugal, Porto

Carmen Miranda was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was active from the 1930s on. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Miranda is known for her signature fruit hat outfit she wore in her American films. As a young woman, she designed hats in a boutique before making her first recordings with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí ", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.064270973205566s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.054131031036377s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.054033994674683s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.040350914001465s
t_/blocks/person-card: 10x 0.03918719291687s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.010321140289307s
router_page: 1x 0.0080239772796631s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0069069862365723s
headline: 2x 0.0042037963867188s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.0005500316619873s
head-facts: 1x 0.00051498413085938s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00049805641174316s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 0.00013399124145508s
related: 1x 1.1205673217773E-5s
qids: 1.5x 1.0967254638672E-5s
using-qids-cache: 1x 1.9073486328125E-6s
using-file-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2024-03-28 09:28:03)  -----