255001–255100
|-id=019
| 255019 Fleurmaxwell || || Fleur Maxwell (born 1988), Luxembourg's 2005 national champion figure skater. || |-id=073 | 255073 Victoriabond || || Victoria Bond, popular Australian science radio presenter of "Diffusion Science Radio" || |}
255101–255200
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255201–255300
|-id=257
| 255257 Mechwart || || András Mechwart (1834–1907), a Hungarian industrialist || |}
255301–255400
|-id=308
| 255308 Christianzuber || || (1930–2005), a French journalist, writer, film producer and lecturer. || |}
255401–255500
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255501–255600
|-id=587
| 255587 Gardenia || || Gardenia, a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae. The genus was named after Alexander Garden, a Scottish-born American naturalist. || |-id=598 | 255598 Paullauterbur || || Paul Lauterbur (1929–2007), an American chemist and Nobel Laureate || |}
255601–255700
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255701–255800
|-id=703
| 255703 Stetson || || Peter B. Stetson (born 1952), a Canadian astronomer and developer of freely-available software for the analysis of CCD images and spectra, who is a co-discoverer of minor planets || |}
255801–255900
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255901–256000
|-id=989
| 255989 Dengyushian || || Teng Yu-hsien (1906–1944), a Taiwanese musician, known as the Father of Taiwanese Folk Music. He wrote many famous melodies which are considered to be the symbols of Taiwan's mind and spirit. || |}