People who died at the age of 55

• Woody Guthrie
• Rudolf Diesel
• Albert Anastasia
• Mo Mowlam
• Robert Urich
• John Smith (UK politician)
• Tigran Petrosian
• Gaston Suarez
• Alexis Korner
• Paul Lynde
• James Jones (author)
• Errol Garner
• Anita Louise
• Giulio Racah
• J. H. C. Whitehead
• Kurt Alder
• Yves Tanguy
• Fletcher Henderson
• Elise Rivet
• Thomas Midgley