Personalities who died at 55

Famous people grouped by age of death

There are 43 personalities from all nationalities who died at the age of 55
Among them, are for example Teddy Vrignault, Yves Mourousi, Farid Chopel, Luis Mariano, Christophe Colomb, Henri VIII, Roland Blanche, Robert Urich, Maurice Ronet, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gustav Klimt, Claude Debussy, ...

† at 55 years

1872 • 1928

† at ~55 years

~1400 • 1455

† at 55 years

1926 • 1982

Henri Becquerel

† at 55 years

Henri Becquerel

1852 • 1908

† at 55 years

1943 • 1999

† at 55 years

1940 • 1996

† at ~55 years

~941 • 996

French monarchs

† at 55 years

1952 • 2008

Christophe Colomb

† at ~55 years

Christophe Colomb

~1451 • 1506

Michel Corringe

† at 55 years

Michel Corringe

1946 • 2001

† at 55 years

1495 • 1550

Catholic saints

Died 500 years ago in 2024

† at ~55 years

~1469 • 1524

François de Sales

† at 55 years

François de Sales

1567 • 1622

Catholic saints

Ferdinand de Saussure

† at 55 years

Ferdinand de Saussure

1857 • 1913

Grégoire de Tours

† at 55 years

Grégoire de Tours

538 • 594

† at 55 years

1862 • 1918

Classic composers

Aristide Denfert-Rochereau

† at 55 years

Aristide Denfert-Rochereau

1823 • 1878

Emily Dickinson

† at 55 years

Emily Dickinson

1830 • 1886

† at 55 years

1858 • 1913

† at 55 years

1776 • 1831

† at 55 years

1912 • 1967

Born 100 years ago in 2025

† at 55 years

1925 • 1981

Jacques II de Chabannes de La Palice

Died 500 years ago in 2025

† at ~55 years

Jacques II de Chabannes de La Palice

~1470 • 1525

† at 55 years

1160 • 1216

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 55 years

1959 • 2015

Video game designers

† at 55 years

1862 • 1918

Jean-Pierre Lazzerini

† at 55 years

Jean-Pierre Lazzerini

1956 • 2012

† at 55 years

1892 • 1947

Francisco Macías Nguema

† at 55 years

Francisco Macías Nguema

Equatorial Guinea

1924 • 1979

† at 55 years

1914 • 1970

Jean-Pierre Melville

† at 55 years

Jean-Pierre Melville

1917 • 1973

† at 55 years

1942 • 1998

Friedrich Nietzsche

† at 55 years

Friedrich Nietzsche

1844 • 1900

† at 55 years

1948 • 2004

† at 55 years

1935 • 1991

† at 55 years

1927 • 1983

† at 55 years

1911 • 1967

† at ~55 years

~1138 • 1193

† at 55 years

1936 • 1992

† at 55 years

1946 • 2002

Louis VI le Gros

† at 55 years

Louis VI le Gros

1081 • 1137

French monarchs

† at 55 years

1491 • 1547

Kings of England

Teddy Vrignault

† at 55 years

Teddy Vrignault

1928 • 1984