The year was
1955
Here's everything we logged from 1955 — 2 worldwide and 1 from India.
Someone born this year is around 15 today.
Famous people born in 1955 Indra, Steve, Tim…
Notable figures who share this birth year.
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Indra Nooyi
Former PepsiCo CEO.
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Steve Jobs
Apple co-founder.
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Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor of the World Wide Web.
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Bill Gates
Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist.
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Nicolas Sarkozy
23rd president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012.
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Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–).
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Guillermo Lasso
55th President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023.
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Jair Bolsonaro
38th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (2019–2023).
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Disneyland opens
Walt Disney's theme park opened in Anaheim, California. The 'happiest place on earth' welcomed its first visitors.
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Civil Rights Movement begins
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
India
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Pather Panchali released
Satyajit Ray's debut film put Indian cinema on the world map. Critics worldwide called it a masterpiece.
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