* 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

* Chinta Mohan ( born 1954 ), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing the Tirupathi constituency of Andhra Pradesh, and a member of the Indian National Congress

The university progressed and expanded through the 19th century to span the whole of South India, giving birth to universities like Mysore University ( 1916 ), Osmania University ( 1918 ), Andhra University ( 1926 ), Annamalai University ( 1929 ), Travancore University ( 1937 ) presently University of Kerala, Sri Venkateswara University ( 1954 ), Madurai Kamaraj University ( 1966 ), Bharathidasan University ( 1982 ), Bharathiar University ( 1982 ), Manonmaniam Sundaranar University ( 1990 ), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University ( 1971 ), Anna University ( 1978 ), Tamil University ( 1981 ), Mother Teresa Women's University ( 1984 ), The Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R.

* Jairam Ramesh ( b. 1954 ), a Vadakalai ( Hebbar ) Iyengar, Indian politician of Indian National Congress who is MP of Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha since June 2004.

It was set up on 5 July 1954 under the Andhra State Act, 1953.

in 1954 ), both in Uttar Pradesh.

Vinay Katiyar was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Devi Charan Katiyar and Shyam Kali on November 22, 1954 .< ref >

Tests on the Earth's magnetic field — studied in India since the establishment of the observatory at Colaba in 1823 — and aspects of meteorology continued to yield valuable information and in 1954, Uttar Pradesh state observatory was established at the foothills of the Himalayas.

Mukut Mithi ( born 1954 ) is the former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

of 1950 ) with later merger of the State of Bilaspur on 1 April 1954 by the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur ( New State ) Act, 1954.

The small state of Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 July 1954, and Chandernagore, a former enclave of French India, was incorporated into West Bengal in 1955.

The state of Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 July 1954, and became Bilaspur District.

He became the president of the Uttara Kannada District Congress Committee from 1954 to 1957 and rose to become the general secretary of the Mysore Pradesh Congress Committee in 1958, a post he held until 1962.

Moving to London in 1945, following the repeal of the Witchcraft Act of 1736 he became intent on propagating this religion, attracting media attention and writing about it in High Magic's Aid ( 1949 ), Witchcraft Today ( 1954 ) and The Meaning of Witchcraft ( 1959 ).

Hinkle hosted the Indiana High School Athletic Association Championships for many years ( including Milan's 1954 championship ), Butler University also is notable for its men's and women's basketball teams.

In 1954 while attending Northwestern High School, he began working for WTOP-TV, creating puppets for a Saturday morning children's show called The Junior Morning Show.

* 1954 – Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio.

In 1954, Lim Chin Siong, along with his Chinese High senior, Fong Swee Suan, was introduced to Lee Kuan Yew.

It is loosely based on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship.

Milan High School Basketball Team, 1954. The film is very loosely based on the story of the 1954 Indiana state champions, Milan High School ( ), but the term " inspired by a true story " may be more appropriate, as there was little the two teams had in common.

* Low Notes on a High Level ( 1954 )

The Smithdon High School ( formerly known as Hunstanton Secondary Modern School ) is an early building designed by the architects Peter and Alison Smithson, built between 1949 and 1954 and of international architectural significance and a quite extraordinarily radical building to have been commissioned in north-west Norfolk.

Yates Elementary was built in 1954, followed by Mann Junior High School in 1957.

The film is loosely based on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 Indiana state championship.

See 1954 Milan High School basketball team.

Milan High School won the Indiana state basketball championship against Muncie Central High School in 1954, the victory being significant as Milan was the smallest town to win a state championship in the United States at that time.

* Pat Roberts, U. S. Senator and 1954 graduate of Holton High School.

* Charles E. McConnell, mayor of Springhill, Louisiana, from 1954 to 1958, twice unsuccesssful candidate for the Louisiana House of Representatives, graduate of Rayville High School

Allen Bares, who served in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1972 to 1992, was born in Vermilion Parish and graduated from Erath High School in 1954.

Sudbury students in kindergarten through eighth grade attend Sudbury Public Schools, while high school students attend schools in the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District, which was established in 1954, integrating the former Sudbury High School with that of the nearby town of Lincoln, Massachusetts.

* Filmmaker Michael Moore was born 1954 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Flint, Michigan, spent most of his childhood in Davison, and graduated from Davison High School in 1972.

Ralston High School opened in 1954, it was first placed on Lakeview Drive, but then relocated to its current address on 8969 Park Drive.

* Al Di Meola ( born 1954 ), a highly technical, jazz fusion guitarist, attended Bergenfield High School.