* 1954 – Jon Krakauer, American author

* 1954 – Pat Travers, Canadian singer and musician

* 1954 – Thom Bray, American actor

* 1954 – Jane Campion, New Zealand director

* 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

* 1954 – The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan.

On April 17, 1953, Nazimuddin was dismissed and forced out of the government, and conceded his defeat in 1954 general elections, and was succeeded by another Bengali statesman Muhammad Ali Bogra.

Thereafter, he obtained his Master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta in 1954.

Nawabzada Mohammed Ali Bogra (; October 19, 1909 — January 23, 1963 ) was a well-known and notable Pakistani Foreign service officer of Bengali origin, serving as the third Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955, and prior to that, was also the Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1954 to 1955.

After the central government of Pakistan dissolved the United Front, Mostaq Ahmad was jailed in 1954 with other Bengali leaders.

During the 1954 parliamentary elections, the United Front's 21 point manifesto stated that, " The prime minister from the United Front will dedicate the Bardhaman House for establishing a research centre for Bengali language ".

Noteworthy among his books are Sindabad Saodagarer Galpa ( The stories of the merchant Sindbad, 1922 ), Bhasa O Sahitya ( Language and literature, essays, 1931 ), Bangala Byakaran ( Bengali grammar, 1936 ), Diwan-i-Hafiz ( Poems of Hafiz, translation, 1938 ), Shikwah O Jawab-i-Shikwah ( Questions and their answers, translation from Iqbal, 1942 ), Rubaiyat-i-Omar Khaiyam ( Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, translation, 1942 ), Essays on Islam ( 1945 ), Amader Samasya ( Our problems, essays, 1949 ), Padmavati ( Volume I ed, 1950 ), Bangla Sahityer Katha ( History of Bengali literature, Volume I in 1953, Volume II in 1965 ), Vidyapati Shatak ( Collection of Vidyapati's songs, text analysis, 1954 ), Bangla Adab Ki Tarikh ( History of Bengali literature, essays, in Urdu, 1957 ), Bangla Sahityer Itihas ( History of Bengali literature, 1957 ), Bangala Bhasar Itibrtta ( History of Bengali language ', 1959 ), Qur ' an Sharif ( The Qur ' an, 1963 ), Amarkabya ( Unforgettable poetical works, 1963 ), Sekaler Rupkatha ( Fairy tales of ancient time, 1965 ), etc.

Alfred William Lawson ( March 24, 1869 – November 29, 1954 ) was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals.

* 1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player ( d. 2009 )

* 1954 – Archie Griffin, American football player

* 1954 – Randy Cross, American football player

* 1954 – Tony Dorsett, American football player

In late 1954, he teamed up with harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold, drummer Clifton James, and bass player Roosevelt Jackson, and recorded demos of " I'm A Man " and " Bo Diddley ".

Longtime infielder / manager Phil Cavarretta, who had been a key player during the ' 45 season, was fired during spring training in 1954 after admitting the team was unlikely to finish above fifth place.

* 1954 – Gary Roenicke, American baseball player

* 2004 – Teo Peter, Romanian rock musician and bass player ( b. 1954 )

* 1954 – Ozzie Smith, American baseball player

* 1954 – Henk ten Cate, Dutch football player and manager

* 1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player

In the 1954 World Cup, two goals by Ivor Broadis saw him become the first England player to score two goals in a game at the World Cup finals.

The son of an Iranian diplomat, he travelled widely as a child, living in 17 countries by age 11 ; then, as a young man, he represented Iran as a basketball player in the 1948 Olympic Games and served on the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine from 1952 to 1954.

* 1896 – Roy Parker, baseball player ( d. 1954 )

* 1954 – Bob Sirois, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1954 – Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game

* 1954 – Donnie Moore, American baseball player ( d. 1989 )

* 1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player

* Nico Landeweerd ( 1954 ), water polo player

* 1954 – Andre Dawson, American baseball player

* 1954 – Richard Finch, American bass player ( KC and the Sunshine Band )