What were famous people doing at age 55?

32 events at age 55, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Alessandro Volta: Invented the voltaic pile (first battery) (1800)
• Irena Sendler: Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations (1965)
• Ahab: Led the Pequod on the final hunt for the white whale
• Hatshepsut II: Defeated Spanish Armada (1588)
• All Might (My Hero Academia): Passed torch to Deku
• Gabriel García Márquez: Won Nobel Prize in Literature (1982)
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Won Nobel Prize (1982)
• Captain Marvel (MCU): Helped defeat Thanos
• Cyrus the Great: Established human rights charter (-539)
• James Cameron: Directed "Avatar", highest-grossing film (2009)
• Ginni Rometty: Became the first female CEO of IBM (2012)
• Giovanni Ferrero: Acquired Kellogg cookie business (2019)
• Steve Jobs: Launched iPad (2010)
• Dante Alighieri: Completed Divine Comedy (1320)
• Doraemon (Doraemon): Changed Nobita's future
• Hulk (Marvel): Helped reverse the Snap
• Ho Chi Minh: Declared independence (1945)
• Paul Krugman: Won Nobel Prize in Economics (2008)
• Paul Samuelson: First American to win Nobel in Economics (1970)
• Meg Whitman: Became HP CEO (2011)
• Monkey D. Dragon (One Piece): Most wanted man alive
• Julius Caesar: Became dictator of Rome (-44)
• Johannes Gutenberg: Printed Gutenberg Bible (1455)
• Rachel Carson: Published Silent Spring (1962)
• Rachel Carson: Published 'Silent Spring', launching environmental movement (1962)
• Leonardo da Vinci: Designed flying machine (1507)
• Toyo Ito: Designed Sendai Mediatheque (2001)
• Akira Kurosawa: Directed Red Beard (1965)
• Isoroku Yamamoto: Appointed Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet (1939)
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Launched first invasion of Korea (1592)
• Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird): Became moral exemplar
• Saladin: Signed Treaty of Jaffa (1192)

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