Yuji Horii

Japanese video game designer.

Born January 6th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Sumoto.

Lindiwe Sisulu

South african politician.

Born May 10th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Johannesburg.

Jimmy Crespo

American musician.

Born July 5th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Brooklyn.

Louis de Bernières

English novelist.

Born December 8th, 1954 (age 71 years) in London.

Dana Boente

American lawyer.

Born February 7th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Illinois.

Rainer Bock

German actor.

Born July 31st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Kiel.

Robert M. Price

American theologian.

Born July 7th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Jackson.

David Wilkie

British swimmer, olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder.

Born March 8th, 1954 in Colombo. ^[ref]

Died May 22nd, 2024 at 70 years old (cancer). ^[ref]

Townsend Coleman

American voice actor and dj.

Born May 28th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Cleveland Heights.

Keith Scott

Canadian guitarist.

Born July 20th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Vancouver.

Ross the Boss

American guitarist (1954-2026).

Born January 3rd, 1954 in The Bronx.

Died March 26th, 2026 at 72 years old (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ^[ref]

Viktor Zolotov

Head of the russian presidential security service.

Born January 27th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Sasovo.

DeWayne McKnight

American guitarist.

Born April 17th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Los Angeles.

Joshua Bolten

American lawyer; former director of the office of management and budget.

Born August 16th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Washington, D.C..

Mike Kelley

American artist (1954–2012).

Born October 17th, 1954 in Detroit, Wayne.

Died January 31st, 2012 at 57 years old in Los Angeles, South Pasadena (carbon monoxide poisoning). ^[ref]

Raphael Ravenscroft

British musician, composer and author (1954–2014).

Born June 4th, 1954 in Stoke-on-Trent.

Died October 19th, 2014 at 60 years old in Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (myocardial infarction).

Derek Warwick

British racecar driver.

Born August 27th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Hampshire.

Jack Sonni

American musician (1954-2023).

Born December 9th, 1954 in Indiana.

Died August 30th, 2023 at 68 years old ^[ref]

Augustus Pablo

Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist (1954-1999).

Born June 21st, 1954 in Saint Andrew Parish.

Died May 18th, 1999 at 44 years old in Kingston (respiratory failure).

James Gleick

American author and historian of science (born 1954).

Born August 1st, 1954 (age 71 years) in New York City.

Francis Buchholz

German bass guitarist (1954–2026).

Born February 19th, 1954 in Hanover.

Died January 22nd, 2026 at 71 years old (cancer). ^[ref]

Alan Kennedy

English association football player.

Born August 31st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Sunderland.

Jōji Nakata

Japanese voice actor.

Born April 22nd, 1954 (age 72 years) in Tokyo.

Quinn Buckner

American basketball player and coach (born 1954).

Born August 20th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Phoenix.

Yumi Matsutoya

Japanese singer-songwriter.

Born January 19th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Hachiōji-shi.