* 1954 – Jon Krakauer, American author

* 1954 – Pat Travers, Canadian singer and musician

* 1954 – Thom Bray, American actor

* 1954 – Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer

* 1954 – John Lloyd, English tennis player

* 1954 – Derek Warwick, English race car driver

* 1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sportscaster

* 1954 – Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach

* 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the " Qaumī Tarāna ", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.

* 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player ( d. 2001 )

In 1954 – 55, Australia's batsmen had no answer to the pace of Frank Tyson and Statham.

* 1954 – James Charles Kopp, American murderer of Barnett Slepian

* 1954 – Sammy McIlroy, Irish footballer and manager

* 1993 – Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver ( b. 1954 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS ( ; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954 ), was a British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist.

* 1954 – James Gleick, American author, journalist, and biographer

* 1954 – Benno Möhlmann, German footballer

* 1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer

* Jane Avril of the Moulin Rouge ( 1954 ), by Jose Shercliff-Publisher: Macrae Smith Co

* Mary Jane Clark ( born 1954 ), suspense novelist.

Success and recognition came in 1954 with Magnificent Obsession in which Hudson plays a bad boy who is redeemed opposite the popular star Jane Wyman.

* Jane J. Boyle ( born 1954 ), District judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Novak began her career in a brief, uncredited role as a model in The French Line ( 1954 ) starring Jane Russell.

* Jane Herrick The historical thought of Fustel de Coulanges, Catholic University of America, Washington D. C 1954.

* Athena ( film ), a 1954 MGM musical film starring Jane Powell, Edmund Purdom, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone and Louis Calhern

in 1954, where Jane Russell can be seen dancing to " Cherry Pink ".

* " The Phoenix and the Laurel " ( 1954 ), a historical novel by Jane Lane ( author ) also takes the story of Claverhouse as its subject

Peta Jane Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe ( née O ' Flynn, born 12 March 1954 ) is an English barrister, regulator and politician.

In 1954, Marjorie Main played her last roles for the studio ; Mrs. Hittaway in The Long, Long Trailer and Jane Dunstock in Rose Marie.

Jane Campion ( born 30 April 1954 ) is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director based out of Australia.

Rooum lived with Irene Brown from 1954 to 1983 and they had four children: Josephine Anne ( born 1956 ), Penelope Jane ( born 1958 died 1960 ), Mathew Donald ( born 1960 ) and Rebecca Jane ( born 1962 ).

* 1954 Impunity Jane: The Story of a Pocket Doll

Jane Swinnerton ( born May 7, 1954 ) is a former British field hockey player who won 100 caps for England between 1977 to 1987.

He was nominated for the best Original Song Oscar nine times, winning twice, with " Secret Love " from Calamity Jane in 1954 and with " Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing " from the movie of the same title in 1955.

Carey also made appearances in films such as I Was a Communist for the FBI ( 1951 ), This Woman is Dangerous with Joan Crawford ( 1952 ) Calamity Jane with Doris Day ( 1953 ), Pushover ( 1954 ), The Long Gray Line ( 1955 ) and Monster ( 1979 ).

After Pearse's death in 1902, Pearse's second wife, Sarah Jane Pearse resided there until her death in 1954.

In 1954 he had a small role in his first major motion picture, the musical Athena playing the boyfriend of Jane Powell's character.

* Athena ( 1954 ) with Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds

Rose Tremain was born Rosemary Jane Thomson on August 2, 1943 in London and attended Francis Holland School then Crofton Grange School from 1954 to 1961 ; the Sorbonne from 1961 – 1962 ; and graduated from the University of East Anglia in 1965, where she taught creative writing from 1988 to 1995.

Martin's other film work included songs for the films Athena ( 1954 ) starring Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, and Vic Damone, and The Girl Most Likely ( 1957 ) starring Jane Powell as well as the film version of his Broadway hit Best Foot Forward which starred Lucille Ball.