Hermann Tilke

German engineer, racing driver and f1 circuit designer.

Born December 31st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Heggen (Finnentrop).

Mukul Roy

Indian politician.

Born April 17th, 1954.

Died February 23rd, 2026 at 71 years old

Humberto Zurita

Mexican actor.

Born September 2nd, 1954 (age 71 years) in Torreón.

Lee Chang-dong

South korean film director, screenwriter and novelist.

Born July 4th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Daegu.

Jake Burton Carpenter

American snowboarder (1954-2019).

Born April 29th, 1954 in New York City.

Died November 20th, 2019 at 65 years old in Burlington (cancer). ^[ref]

Mike Rounds

United states senator from south dakota.

Born October 24th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Huron.

John Lloyd

British tennis player and tv commentator.

Born August 27th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Leigh-on-Sea.

Kevin Warwick

British robotics and cybernetics researcher.

Born February 9th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Coventry.

Steven Meisel

American photographer (born 1954).

Born June 5th, 1954 (age 71 years) in New York City. ^[ref]

David Wojnarowicz

American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and aids activist (1954-1992).

Born September 14th, 1954 in Red Bank. ^[ref]

Died July 22nd, 1992 at 37 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications).

Craig Wasson

American actor (born 1954).

Born March 15th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Eugene.

Sergej Naryškin

Director of the foreign intelligence service of russian federation.

Born October 27th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Phil Bryant

American politician.

Born December 9th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Moorhead.

Chris Huhne

British politician (born 1954).

Born July 2nd, 1954 (age 71 years) in London.

Thomas Mulcair

Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born October 24th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Laval.

Jim Cooper

American politician.

Born June 19th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Nashville.

Susan Kare

American artist and graphic designer (born 1954).

Born February 5th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Ithaca.

Basia

Polish singer.

Born September 30th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Jaworzno.

Teo Chee Hean

Singaporean politician.

Born December 27th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Singapore.

Deborah Rush

American actress.

Born April 10th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Chatham Borough.

CY Leung

Chinese politician.

Born August 12th, 1954 (age 71 years) in British Hong Kong.

Don "The Dragon" Wilson

American kickboxer.

Born September 10th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Alton.

Kim Darroch

British diplomat (born 1954).

Born April 30th, 1954 (age 71 years) in South Stanley.

Andrei Karlov

Soviet and russian diplomat.

Born February 4th, 1954 in Moscow.

Died December 19th, 2016 at 62 years old in Çankaya district (gunshot wound). ^[ref]

Barrington Pheloung

Australian composer (1954–2019).

Born May 10th, 1954 in Manly.

Died July 31st, 2019 at 65 years old in Australia. ^[ref]