Miki Berkovich

Israeli professional basketball player.

Born February 17th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Kfar Saba.

Fumiyo Kohinata

Japanese actor (1954-).

Born January 23rd, 1954 (age 72 years) in Mikasa.

Graham Joyce

British writer (1954–2014).

Born October 22nd, 1954 in Coventry.

Died September 9th, 2014 at 59 years old in Leicester (lymphoma).

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

American mezzo-soprano (1954-2006).

Born March 1st, 1954 in San Francisco. ^[ref]

Died July 3rd, 2006 at 52 years old in Santa Fe (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Takao Doi

Japanese astronaut.

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

Hideyuki Hori

Japanese actor and voice actor.

Born March 23rd, 1954 (age 72 years) in Setagaya.

Leonora Fani

Actress.

Born February 18th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Cornuda.

Eric Mazur

Dutch physicist.

Born November 14th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Amsterdam.

Miriam Peretz

Israeli educator and politician.

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

Júnior

Brazilian footballer and manager.

Born June 29th, 1954 (age 72 years) in João Pessoa.

Emma Bull

American writer.

Born December 13th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Torrance.

Lionel Zinsou

French investment banker, economist and private banker.

Born October 23rd, 1954 (age 71 years) in Paris. ^[ref]

Steve Rodby

American jazz musician.

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

Paul Di Filippo

American science fiction writer (born 1954).

Born October 29th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Rhode Island.

Youri Egorov

Soviet pianist (1954-1988).

Born May 28th, 1954 in Kazan.

Died April 16th, 1988 at 33 years old in Amsterdam (death from AIDS-related complications).

James F. Reilly

American astronaut.

Born March 18th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Kader Abdolah

Iranian-dutch columnist, poet, writer.

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

Peter Walter

German-american biochemist and molecular biologist (born 1954).

Born December 5th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Berlin.

Fred Chichin

French singer-songwriter and guitarist (1954–2007).

Born May 1st, 1954 in Clichy.

Died November 27th, 2007 at 53 years old in Villejuif (liver cancer).

Simon Chang

Engineer and mayor of taoyuan since 2022.

Born June 24th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Taipei.

Valery Gazzaev

Soviet footballer and manager.

Born August 7th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Vladikavkaz.

François Van der Elst

Belgian footballer (1954–2017).

Born December 1st, 1954 in Opwijk.

Died January 11th, 2017 at 62 years old in Aalst (cardiac arrest). ^[ref]

Clifford Taubes

American mathematician.

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

Moshe Vardi

American computer scientist.

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

Volker Wieker

German general.

Born March 1st, 1954 (age 72 years) in Delmenhorst. ^[ref]