Famous People Born in 1955

Steve Jobs

Co-founder of Apple who led the creation of the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone and iPad and also built Pixar Animation Studios

Co-founder of Apple who introduced the Macintosh, iPod and iPhone.

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Tim Berners-Lee

British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989 and gave it to the world for free

Computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN.

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Bill Gates

Co-founder of Microsoft who made Windows the world's dominant software, and later a leading global philanthropist

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen.

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Nicolas Sarkozy

Centre-right politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012 and was later convicted in corruption cases

Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa ( sar-KOH-zee; French:; born 28 January 1955) is a French former politician who served as the president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012. Sarkozy was born in Paris.

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Leo XIV

Chicago-born Augustinian who became pope in 2025, the first leader of the Catholic Church from the United States

Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, pronounced PREE-vohst; September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. Born in Chicago, United States, Prevost became a friar in the Order of Saint Augustine in 1977 and was ordained as a priest in 1982.

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Guillermo Lasso

Banker and conservative politician who served as President of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023 before calling early elections

Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza (Latin American Spanish:; born 16 November 1955) is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker and politician who served as the 47th president of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023. Lasso served as Superminister of Economy during the Jamil Mahuad presidency briefly in 1999.

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Jair Bolsonaro

Former army captain and far-right politician who served as President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Brazilian Portuguese:; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019.

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Rowan Atkinson

English comedian and actor who created Mr Bean and starred as Blackadder in the classic BBC comedy

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He first gained success on the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), before going on to play the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr.

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