Namadi Sambo

Nigerian politician.

Born August 2nd, 1954 (age 71 years) in Zaria.

Marta Lucía Ramírez

Colombian politician.

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

Jide Kosoko

Nigerian actor and film producer.

Born January 12th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Nigeria.

Katharina Thalbach

German actress.

Born January 19th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Berlin.

Jayanthi Natarajan

Indian politician.

Born June 7th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Chennai.

Bertín Osborne

Spanish singer.

Born December 7th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Madrid.

Scott Hamilton

American musician.

Born September 12th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Providence.

Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness

Scottish politician (1954–2026).

Born August 25th, 1954 in Annan.

Died January 29th, 2026 at 71 years old in Edinburgh. ^[ref]

Dmitry Kiselyov

Russian television presenter.

Born April 26th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Moscow. ^[ref]

Ricky Lawson

American drummer (1954–2013).

Born November 8th, 1954 in Detroit.

Died December 23rd, 2013 at 59 years old in Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (intracranial aneurysm). ^[ref]

Karlheinz Brandenburg

German audio engineer.

Born June 20th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Erlangen.

Filip Vujanović

Montenegrin politician.

Born September 1st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Belgrade.

Benoît Sokal

Belgian comic writer, video game developer (1954–2021).

Born June 28th, 1954 in Schaerbeek.

Died May 28th, 2021 at 66 years old in Witry-lès-Reims (disease). ^[ref]

Scott May

American basketball player.

Born March 19th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Sandusky.

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager.

Born December 1st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Dossenheim.

Toni Schumacher

German association football player.

Born March 6th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Düren. ^[ref]

Bibiana Fernández

Spanish actress, singer, presenter and model.

Born February 13th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Tangier.

Hansi Hinterseer

Austrian singer.

Born February 2nd, 1954 (age 72 years) in Kitzbühel.

Paul Franklin

American musician.

Born May 31st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Detroit.

John Drew

American basketball player (1954–2022).

Born September 30th, 1954 in Vredenburgh.

Died April 10th, 2022 at 67 years old in Houston. ^[ref]

Abdelilah Benkirane

Moroccan politician.

Born April 8th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Rabat.

Mariam Vattalil

Indian activist and nun, murdered (1954–1995).

Born January 29th, 1954 in Ernakulam district.

Died February 25th, 1995 at 41 years old in Indore.

Marie-Astrid, Archduchess Carl Christian of Austria

Born 1954; eldest child of jean, grand duke of luxembourg, and joséphine-charlotte of belgium.

Born February 17th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Betzdorf Castle.

David Barron

British film producer.

Born February 21st, 1954 (age 72 years) in Ipsden.

Vladimir Smirnov

Ukrainian soviet fencer (1954–1982).

Born May 20th, 1954 in Rubizhne. ^[ref]

Died July 28th, 1982 at 28 years old in Rome. ^[ref]