* 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 – Steve Steen, English actor

* 1954 – Steve Forbert, American singer-songwriter

* 1954 – Steve Barton, American actor ( d. 2001 )

* 1954 – Steve LaTourette, American politician

* 1954 – Steve Morse, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, Living Loud, Angelfire, Kansas, and Flying Colors )

* 1954 – Steve O ' Donnell, American playwright and author

* 1954 – Steve Dahl, American radio personality

* 1954 – The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen ( The Tonight Show ) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.

Stephen Philip " Steve " Bracks AC ( born 15 October 1954 ) is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria.

Although originally released to vinyl at a running time of 2 minutes and 8 seconds, most digital / CD releases of the original 1954 recording, starting with the " From The Original Master Tapes " compilation of Bill's work with Decca Records, mastered by Steve Hoffman and released in 1985, clock in at 2: 10.

Steve Allen was the first host of The Tonight Show, which began as a local New York show, being picked up by the NBC network in 1954.

* The Tonight Show ( Steve Allen, 1954 – 1957 ; Jack Paar, 1957 – 1962 ).

* Steve Baines ( born 1954 )-League footballer and referee

* Steve Clark ( 1891 – 1954 ), actor

After the 15-month run of Broadway Open House, Weaver further developed his ideas on a local show over NBC's New York station starring Steve Allen, which eventually took to the network in 1954 as The Tonight Show.

Steven Michael " Steve " Largent ( born September 28, 1954 ) is a retired American football player, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a former U. S. Congressman, having served in the U. S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma from 1994 until 2002.

He appeared in more than 200 films, including The Big Trail ( 1930 ), with John Wayne ; The Scarlet Letter ( 1934 ), with Colleen Moore ; Sitting Bull ( 1954 ), as Crazy Horse ; The Light in the Forest ( 1958 ) as Cuyloga ; " The Great Sioux Massacre " ( 1965 ), with Joseph Cotten ; Nevada Smith ( 1966 ), with Steve McQueen ; A Man Called Horse ( 1970 ), with Richard Harris ; and Ernest Goes to Camp ( 1987 ), as Chief St.

Steve Forbert ( born Samuel Stephen Forbert, December 13, 1954 ) is an American pop music singer-songwriter.

In 1954, Steve and Gayle Henson opened Hidden Valley Ranch, a dude ranch near Santa Barbara, California.

* Steve Bullock ( born 1954 ), British mayor

Steve Rodby ( born December 9, 1954 in Joliet, Illinois ) is an American bassist.

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* Steve Smith ( musician ) ( born 1954 ), U. S. jazz and rock drummer