Dieter Müller

German footballer.

Born April 1st, 1954 (age 72 years) in Offenbach am Main.

Katharina Thalbach

German actress.

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

Bruno Coulais

French composer.

Born January 13th, 1954 (age 72 years) in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Namadi Sambo

Nigerian politician.

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

Jayanthi Natarajan

Indian politician.

Born June 7th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Chennai.

Enrique Peñalosa

Colombian politician.

Born September 30th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Washington, D.C..

Toni Schumacher

German association football player.

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

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]

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]

Bertín Osborne

Spanish singer.

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

Marta Lucía Ramírez

Colombian politician.

Born July 4th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Zipaquirá.

Paul Franklin

American musician.

Born May 31st, 1954 (age 72 years) in Detroit.

Bill Flores

American politician.

Born February 25th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Cheyenne.

Scott Hamilton

American musician.

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

Hansi Hinterseer

Austrian singer.

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

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager.

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

Dmitry Kiselyov

Russian television presenter.

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

Karlheinz Brandenburg

German audio engineer.

Born June 20th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Erlangen.

Gordon Goodwin

American pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor.

Born December 30th, 1954 in Wichita.

Died December 8th, 2025 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

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]

John Drew

American basketball player (1954–2022).

Born September 30th, 1954 in Vredenburgh.

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

Philip J. Pierre

Prime minister of saint lucia since 2021.

Born September 18th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Castries.

Filip Vujanović

Montenegrin politician.

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

Scott May

American basketball player.

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

Yaşar Güler

Minister of national defense of the republic of turkey.

Born September 18th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Ardahan. ^[ref]