E. Allen Emerson

American computer scientist (1954–2024).

Born June 2nd, 1954 in Dallas.

Died October 15th, 2024 at 70 years old in Austin. ^[ref]

Edward Natapei

Prime minister of vanuatu (1954–2015).

Born July 17th, 1954 in Futuna Island.

Died July 28th, 2015 at 61 years old in Port Vila (asthma). ^[ref]

Juan Ramón Rocha

Argentine footballer and manager.

Born March 8th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Santo Tomé.

Pichi Alonso

Spanish football player/manager.

Born December 17th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Benicarló.

Carmen Boullosa

Mexican poet (born 1954).

Born September 4th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Mexico City.

Klaus Ernst

German politician.

Born November 1st, 1954 (age 71 years) in Munich.

Uffe Elbæk

Danish politician.

Born June 15th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Ry.

Eleni Vitali

Greek singer and composer.

Born September 19th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Athens. ^[ref]

Kurt Albert

German rock climber and mountaineer (1954–2010).

Born January 28th, 1954 in Nuremberg.

Died September 28th, 2010 at 56 years old in Erlangen.

Florin Cioabă

Romanian romani pentecostal minister.

Born November 17th, 1954 in Târgu Cărbunești.

Died August 18th, 2013 at 58 years old in Antalya (myocardial infarction).

Andrea Barrett

American novelist and short story writer.

Born November 6th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Boston.

Andrei Sannikov

Belarusian pro-democracy activist.

Born March 8th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Minsk.

Oleg Romantsev

Russian footballer and manager.

Born January 4th, 1954 (age 72 years).

Jimmy Hartwig

German footballer (born 1954).

Born October 5th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Offenbach am Main.

Ivo Van Damme

Belgian athlete (1954–1976).

Born February 21st, 1954 in Brussels metropolitan area.

Died December 29th, 1976 at 22 years old in Orange (traffic collision).

Peter Pilz

Austrian politician and journalist.

Born January 22nd, 1954 (age 72 years) in Kapfenberg.

Dermot Farrell

Metropolitan archbishop of dublin.

Born November 22nd, 1954 (age 71 years) in Castletown Geoghegan.

Liana Kanelli

Greek journalist and politician.

Born March 20th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Athens. ^[ref]

Thomas Schütte

German artist (born 1954).

Born November 16th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Oldenburg.

Jeffrey Ashby

American astronaut.

Born June 16th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Dallas.

Didier Barbelivien

French author, lyricist, songwriter and singer.

Born March 10th, 1954 (age 72 years) in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Ibrahima Kassory Fofana

Prime minister of guinea (2018–2021).

Born April 15th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Forécariah.

Ramón Maradiaga

Honduran footballer.

Born October 30th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Amapala.

Wang Anyi

Chinese writer.

Born March 6th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Nanjing.

Susan Landau

American mathematician and engineer.

Born June 3rd, 1954 (age 72 years) in New York City.