Authors born in 1855
- Agnes Repplier Essayist, 1855
- Alice Freeman Palmer Educator, 1855
- Amy Leslie Actress, 1855
- Andrew Mellon Banker, 1855
- Arcturus Z. Conrad Author, 1855
- Arthur Wing Pinero Actor, 1855
- August Spies Activist, 1855
- Barrett Wendell Academic, 1855
- Carl Andreas Koefoed Agronomist, 1855
- Clarence W. Barron Journalist, 1855
- Edgar Saltus Writer, 1855
- Elizabeth Robins Pennell Writer, 1855
- Ellet J. Waggoner Theologian, 1855
- Emile Verhaeren Poet, 1855
- Eugene V. Debs Politician, 1855
- Evelyn de Morgan Artist, 1855
- F. J. Foakes-Jackson Historian, 1855
- Fannie Barrier Williams Educator, 1855
- Frank Harris Editor, 1855
- George Edward Woodberry Critic, 1855
- Georges Rodenbach Poet, 1855
- H. C. Bunner Novelist, 1855
- Josiah Royce Philosopher, 1855
- Marie Corelli Novelist, 1855
- Olive Schreiner Writer, 1855
- Orson F. Whitney Politician, 1855
- T. F. Tout Historian, 1855
- Will Foley Baseball Player, 1855
- William Carey Jones Politician, 1855
- William Cowper Brann Journalist, 1855
- William Mulholland Engineer, 1855
- William Sharp Writer, 1855