Mikey Dread

Jamaican musician (1954–2008).

Born June 4th, 1954 in Port Antonio.

Died March 15th, 2008 at 53 years old in Stamford (brain cancer). ^[ref]

François Kevorkian

French-armenian record producer and dj.

Born January 10th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Rodez.

Graziano Rossi

Italian motorcycle racer.

Born March 14th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Pesaro.

Alberto Malesani

Italian football manager.

Born June 5th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Verona.

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]

Dafydd Williams

Canadian astronaut and physician.

Born May 16th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Saskatoon.

John Ousterhout

Creator of the tcl/tk development environment.

Born October 15th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Solano County.

Joep Lange

Dutch clinical researcher specializing in hiv therapy.

Born September 25th, 1954 in Nieuwenhagen.

Died July 17th, 2014 at 59 years old in Hrabove (aviation accident). ^[ref]

Anita Ratnam

Indian dancer and choreographer (1954-).

Born May 21st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Madurai.

Mark Edmondson

Australian tennis player.

Born July 24th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Gosford.

Tom Coyne

American mastering engineer (1954–2017).

Born December 10th, 1954 in Union.

Died April 12th, 2017 at 62 years old in United States (multiple myeloma). ^[ref]

Dragan Vasiljković

Serbian paramilitary commander.

Born December 12th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Belgrade.

Erwin Wurm

Austrian artist (born 1954).

Born July 27th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Bruck an der Mur.

Paul McNamee

Australian tennis coach and former tennis player.

Born November 12th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Melbourne.

Mary GrandPré

American illustrator.

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

Judith Weir

British composer.

Born May 11th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Cambridge.

Eva Brunne

Swedish bishop.

Born March 7th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Malmö.

Lo Ta-yu

Taiwanese singer, composer and songwriter.

Born July 20th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Taipei.

Alfredo Evangelista

Uruguayan boxer.

Born December 3rd, 1954 (age 71 years) in Montevideo.

Philip J. Pierre

Prime minister of saint lucia since 2021.

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

Alice

Italian singer.

Born September 26th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Forlì.

Luis Royo

Spanish artist.

Born May 20th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Olalla.

Joseph Ngute

Prime minister of cameroon.

Born March 12th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Ndian. ^[ref]

Tim Parks

British writer.

Born December 19th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Manchester.

Marika Lagercrantz

Swedish actress.

Born July 12th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Solna.