Famous people born in 1954
The best-known people born in 1954, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Angela Merkelchancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
July 17
Photo: EU2017EE Estonian Presidency, CC BY 2.0
François HollandePresident of France from 2012 to 2017 (born 1954)
August 12
Photo: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0
Hugo Chávezpresident of Venezuela (1999–2013)
July 28 · d. 2013
Photo: Roberto Stuckert Filho, CC BY-SA 2.0
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanPresident of Turkey since 2014
February 26
Photo: PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website, CC BY 4.0
Shinzō AbePrime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022)
September 21 · d. 2022
Photo: Prime Minister of Japan Official, CC BY 4.0
Alexander LukashenkaPresident of the Republic of Belarus
August 30
Photo: Пресс-служба Раиса Республики Татарстан, CC BY 4.0
Oprah WinfreyAmerican talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
January 29
Photo: US Embassy South Africa, Public domain
Condoleezza RiceAmerican diplomat and political scientist (born 1954)
November 14
Photo: Department of State, Public domain
Viktor Yushchenko3rd President of Ukraine
February 23
Photo: Secretariat of the President of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0
Abdel Fattah el-SisiPresident of Egypt since 2014
November 19
Photo: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, CC BY 4.0
Jean-Claude JunckerPrime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019)
December 9
Photo: euranet_plus, CC BY-SA 2.0
Serzh SargsyanArmenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
June 30
Photo: Пресс-служба Президента Армении, CC BY-SA 3.0
Masoud Pezeshkian9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)
September 29
Photo: Autor: Sergey Bobylev/RIA Novosti, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ang LeeTaiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)
October 23
Photo: nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0
John Michael TalbotAmerican Roman Catholic singer-songwriter
May 8
Photo: Michael Zabrocki, CC BY-SA 3.0
Emir KusturicaSerbian and French film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and musician
November 24
Photo: Пресс-служба Президента Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0
Aleksander KwaśniewskiPresident of Poland from 1995 to 2005
November 15
Photo: Fot. Zack Masternak/Klub Lewicy, Public domain
Malcolm TurnbullPrime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
October 24
Photo: Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0
Halimah Yacob8th President of Singapore
August 23
Photo: ROBINSON NIÑAL JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO, Public domain
Shuji NakamuraJapanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
May 22
Photo: 文部科学省, CC BY 4.0
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January
- January 5 · László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian novelist and screenwriter
- January 6 · Anthony Minghella, British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954-2008)
- January 17 · Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025
- January 19 · Cindy Sherman, American photographer (born 1954)
- January 20 · Ken Page, American actor (1954–2024)
- January 25 · David Grossman, Israeli author (born 1954)
February
- February 4 · Andrei Karlov, Soviet and Russian diplomat
- February 7 · Dieter Bohlen, German songwriter, producer, singer, and television personality
- February 15 · Matt Groening, American cartoonist (born 1954)
- February 16 · Iain Banks, Scottish writer (1954–2013)
- February 17 · Rene Russo, American actress and model
- February 24 · Sid Meier, Canadian-American game programmer and designer
March
- March 1 · Ron Howard, American film director, producer, and actor
- March 4 · Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress (1954–2026)
- March 5 · João Lourenço, President of Angola since 2017
- March 6 · Toni Schumacher, German association football player
- March 9 · Bobby Sands, Activist of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (1954-1981)
- March 21 · Prayut Chanocha, Prime Minister of Thailand from 2014 to 2023
April
- April 4 · Parveen Babi, Indian actress (1954–2005)
- April 9 · Dennis Quaid, American actor
- April 16 · Ellen Barkin, American actress
- April 27 · Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji from 2007 to 2022 (born 1954)
- April 29 · Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian and actor
- April 30 · Jane Campion, New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)
May
- May 13 · Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
- May 13 · Hideki Maeda, Japanese association football player and manager
- May 14 · Peter J. Ratcliffe, British biologist & Nobel laureate in medicine
- May 20 · Esko Aho, prime minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995
- May 20 · David Paterson, 55th Governor of New York from 2008 to 2010
- May 27 · Lawrence M. Krauss, American particle physicist and cosmologist
June
- June 5 · Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor
- June 13 · Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-General of the World Trade Organization
- June 15 · Jim Belushi, American actor
- June 19 · Kathleen Turner, American actress (born 1954)
- June 20 · Ilan Ramon, Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut
- June 25 · Sonia Sotomayor, US Supreme Court justice since 2009
July
- July 13 · Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1954)
- July 15 · Mario Kempes, Argentine footballer (born 1954)
- July 20 · Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, former President of Vietnam
- July 24 · Jorge Jesus, Portuguese football manager and former player
- July 28 · Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
- July 28 · Steve Morse, American guitarist
August
- August 7 · Valery Gazzaev, Soviet footballer and manager
- August 12 · Pat Metheny, American jazz musician
- August 15 · Stieg Larsson, Swedish author (1954–2004)
- August 17 · Ingrid Daubechies, Belgian physicist and mathematician
- August 25 · Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter (born 1954)
- August 31 · Robert Kocharyan, former leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia
September
- September 1 · Filip Vujanović, Montenegrin politician
- September 2 · Andrej Babiš, Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- September 7 · Francisco Guterres, East Timorese politician (1954-2026)
- September 15 · Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor, journalist, and columnist (1954-2007)
- September 18 · Steven Pinker, Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind
- September 27 · Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
October
- October 2 · Lorraine Bracco, American actress
- October 3 · Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist (1954–1990)
- October 5 · Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)
- October 10 · Rekhā, Indian actress
- October 10 · Fernando Santos, Portuguese football manager
- October 13 · Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli activist
November
- November 5 · Jeffrey Sachs, American economist (born 1954)
- November 5 · Alejandro Sabella, Argentine association football player and manager (1954-2020)
- November 6 · Mango, Italian singer-songwriter (1954–2014)
- November 7 · Kamal Haasan, Indian actor, activist and joker (born 1954 )
- November 14 · Yanni, Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer
- November 14 · Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
December
- December 4 · Tony Todd, American actor (1954–2024)
- December 11 · Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepalese politician and former prime minister
- December 18 · Ray Liotta, American actor (1954–2022)
- December 21 · Chris Evert, American former tennis player (born 1954)
- December 25 · Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1954)
- December 31 · Alex Salmond, Alba Party leader and First Minister of Scotland 2007–2014 (1954–2024)
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