Lee Child

British thriller writer.

Born October 29th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Coventry. ^[ref]

Cindy McCain

American philanthropist.

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

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

American boxer and actor.

Born May 23rd, 1954 in Newark. ^[ref]

Died March 13th, 2021 at 66 years old in Bartlett. ^[ref]

Stanley A. McChrystal

American general.

Born August 14th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Fort Leavenworth.

Corbin Bernsen

American actor and director.

Born September 7th, 1954 (age 71 years) in North Hollywood.

Kathleen Quinlan

American actress.

Born November 19th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Pasadena.

Bobby Sands

Activist of the provisional irish republican army (1954-1981).

Born March 9th, 1954 in Belfast, Rathcoole. ^[ref]

Died May 5th, 1981 at 27 years old in HM Prison Maze (starvation). ^[ref]

Jeffrey Sachs

American economist (born 1954).

Born November 5th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Detroit.

Velupillai Prabhakaran

Founder of the liberation tigers of tamil eelam, a militant organization in sri lanka (1954-2009).

Born November 26th, 1954 in Valvettithurai.

Died May 19th, 2009 at 54 years old in Nanthi Lagoon.

Joe Bryant

American basketball head coach and retired player (1954–2024).

Born October 19th, 1954 in Philadelphia.

Died July 16th, 2024 at 69 years old in Philadelphia (stroke). ^[ref]

Yanni

Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer.

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

Danny Rolling

American murderer.

Born May 26th, 1954 in Shreveport.

Died October 25th, 2006 at 52 years old in Florida State Prison (lethal injection). ^[ref]

Barry Williams

American actor.

Born September 30th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Santa Monica.

Jon Krakauer

American writer and journalist.

Born April 12th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Brookline.

K. Chandrashekar Rao

Leader of opposition in the telangana legislative assembly.

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

Bob Weinstein

American film executive (born 1954).

Born October 18th, 1954 (age 71 years) in New York City.

Lawrence Summers

American economist and government official (born 1954).

Born November 30th, 1954 (age 71 years) in New Haven.

Catherine Bach

Actress.

Born March 1st, 1954 (age 72 years) in Warren.

Greta Van Susteren

American commentator, television personality, and lawyer.

Born June 11th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Appleton.

Paul Bearer

American professional wrestling manager (1954–2013).

Born April 10th, 1954 in Mobile.

Died March 5th, 2013 at 58 years old in Mobile (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Ted DiBiase

American professional wrestler.

Born January 18th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Omaha.

Arliss Howard

American actor, screenwriter and film director.

Born October 18th, 1954 (age 71 years) in Independence.

Steven Pinker

Canadian-american cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind.

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

Bill Mumy

American actor.

Born February 1st, 1954 (age 72 years) in San Gabriel.

Neal Schon

American guitarist.

Born February 27th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Tinker Air Force Base.