Year (''' MCMLIV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- January 15 - Mau Mau lleader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya .
- January 17 - In Yugoslavia , Milovan Djilas , Tito 's second-in-command, is relieved of his duties.
- January 20 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member Radio Station s.
- January 21 - The first nuclear-powered Submarine , the USS Nautilus , is launched in Groton, Connecticut , by First Lady Of The United States Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower .
- January 25 - The foreign ministers of the United States , Britain , France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference .
- January 26 - Milpitas , California was Incorporated as a city.
The following are references to year 1954 in fiction: (unknown).
- January 2 - Henry Bonilla , American politician
- January 3 - Jim Ross , WWE commentator
- January 4 - Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott , English professional poker player
- January 6 - Anthony Minghella , British film director
- January 12 - Howard Stern , American radio host
- January 14 - Tom Cheney , American cartoonist
- January 17 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. , son of Robert F Kennedy
- January 19 - Katey Sagal , American actress and singer
- January 22 - Peter Pilz , Austrian politician
- January 23 - Franco De Vita , Venezuelan singer and songwriter
- January 29 - Oprah Winfrey , American actress, talk show hostess, producer, and publisher
- January 29 - Yukinobu Hoshino , Japanese cartoonist
- February 1 - Bill Mumy , American actor and musician
- February 2 - Christie Brinkley , American model
- February 7 - Dieter Bohlen , German singer
- February 9 - Christopher Gardner , American entrepreneur
- February 9 - Kevin Warwick , Cyborg Scientist
- February 11 - Noriyuki Asakura , Japanese composer
- February 12 - Philip Zimmermann , American cryptographer
- February 13 - Donnie Moore , baseball player (d. 1989 )
- February 15 - Matt Groening , American cartoonist
- February 18 - John Travolta , American actor
- February 19 - Socrates , Brazilian footballer
- February 20 - Anthony Stewart Head , English actor
- February 20 - Patty Hearst , American heiress and kidnapping victim
- February 23 - Viktor Yushchenko , President Of Ukraine
- February 25 - John Doe , American musician
- March 1 - Ron Howard , American actor, director, producer
- March 4 - François Fillon , Prime Minister Of France
- March 4 - Peter Jacobsen , American professional golfer
- March 4 - Catherine O'Hara , Canadian actress
- March 4 - Irina Ratushinskaya , Russian writer
- March 4 - Willie Thorne , English snooker player
- March 4 - Adrian Zmed , American actor and dancer
- March 6 - Harald Schumacher , German football goalkeeper
- March 8 - David Wilkie , Scottish swimmer
- March 9 - Bobby Sands , Irish Republican, Long Kesh hunger striker
- March 13 - The Baroness Amos , British politician
- March 15 - Craig Wasson , American actor
- March 16 - Nancy Wilson , American singer, musician, and actress
- March 17 - Lesley-Anne Down , British actress
- March 18 - James F. Reilly , astronaut
- March 24 - Robert Carradine , American actor
- March 26 - Kazuhiko Inoue , Japanese Seiyu (voice actor)
- March 29 - Karen Ann Quinlan , American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985 )
- April 2 - Susumu Hirasawa , Japanese musician
- April 5 - Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) . Canadian linguist and radio personality.
- April 5 - Murray Campbell . Multitalented genius and good guy born In New Zealand , later moves to Australia
- April 7 - Jackie Chan , Hong Kong-born actor
- April 7 - Tony Dorsett , American football player
- April 8 - John Schneider , American actor ("Dukes of Hazzard")
- April 9 - Dennis Quaid , American actor
- April 10 - Anacani , Mexican-born American singer '' The Lawrence Welk Show ''
- April 10 - Peter MacNicol , American actor
- April 14 - Bruce Sterling , American science fiction writer
- April 15 - Seka , American actress
- April 16 - Ellen Barkin , American actress
- April 17 - Riccardo Patrese , Italian race car driver
- April 26 - Alan Hinkes , British Mountaineer
- April 28 - Robert Sargent Shriver III , son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- April 29 - Jerry Seinfeld , American comedian
- April 29 - Jake Burton Carpenter , founder of Burton Snowboards
- May 1 - Archie Norman , British politician and businessman
- May 5 - Dave Spector , American television personality and commentator
- May 7 - Philippe Geluck , Belgian cartoonist
- May 7 - Amy Heckerling , American film director
- May 8 - David Keith , American actor
- May 8 - John Michael Talbot , American musician
- May 19 - Phil Rudd , Australian drummer ( AC/DC )
- May 27 - Pauline Hanson , Australian politician
- June 5 - Nancy Stafford , American actress and Christian author
- June 9 - John Hagelin , American physicist and U.S. Presidential candidate
- June 9 - Elizabeth May , leader of the Green Party Of Canada
- June 15 - James Belushi , American actor
- June 16 - Sergey Kuryokhin , a Russian Piano player, avant-garde composer, improvisor, performance artist and actor (d. 1996 )
- June 19 - Ted Coombs , American artist
- June 20 - Michael Anthony , American bassist and founding member of the hard rock group Van Halen
- June 20 - Ilan Ramon , Israeli Air Force , Israel first Astronaut (d. 2003 )
- June 22 - Freddie Prinze , American actor and comedian (d. 1977 )
- June 26 - Steve Barton , American actor (d. 2001 )
- June 27 - Ron Kirk , Mayor of Dallas, Texas
- June 28 - Ava Barber , country singer '' The Lawrence Welk Show ''
- June 30 - Pierre Charles , Prime Minister Of Dominica (d. 2004 )
- July 5 - John Wright , New Zealand Cricket Captain
- July 10 - Neil Tennant , British musician
- July 13 - Sezen Aksu , popular Turkish female singer
- July 16 - Jeanette Mott Oxford , American politician
- July 17 - Angela Merkel , Chancellor Of Germany
- July 25 - Walter Payton , American football player (d. 1999 )
- July 27 - Philippe Alliot , French Formula One driver
- July 28 - Hugo Chavez , Venezuelan President
- August 1 - Michael J. Badnarik , software engineer and U.S. Presidential candidate
- August 2 - Sammy McIlroy , Northern Irish footballer and football manager
- August 4 - Uwe Wittwer , Swiss artist
- August 11 - Joe Jackson , British singer
- August 12 - Sam J. Jones , American actor
- August 12 - Pat Metheny , American jazz guitarist.
- August 13 - Nico Assumpção , Brazil ian bass player
- August 14 - Mark Fidrych , baseball player
- August 15 - Mary Jo Salter , American poet
- August 16 - James Cameron , Canadian-born film director
- August 17 - Anatoly Kudryavitsky , Russian/Irish writer
- August 20 - Al Roker , American television broadcaster
- August 21 - Ivan Stang , American author and publisher
- August 23 - Charles Busch , American director, writer, actor and drag queen
- August 25 - Elvis Costello , British singer
- August 29 - István Cserháti , Hungarian keyboardist ( P. Box ) (d. 2005 )
- August 31 - Caroline Cossey , English model
- October 1 - Martin Strel , Slovenian swimmer
- October 3 - Dennis Eckersley , baseball player
- October 3 - Stevie Ray Vaughan , American musician (d. 1990 )
- October 3 - Al Sharpton , American politician and minister
- October 7 - Robert A. Schuller , American televangelist and son of Robert H. Schuller
- October 9 - Scott Bakula , American television actor
- October 9 - John O'Hurley , American television actor and game show host
- October 12 - Les Dennis , English television presenter and actor
- October 13 - Mordechai Vanunu , Israeli nuclear technician
- October 15 - Tanya Roberts , American actress
- October 15 - Peter Bakowski , Australian poet
- October 23 - Ang Lee , Taiwanese film director
- October 24 - Mike Rounds , Governor of South Dakota
- November 2 - Pat Croce , American entrepreneur
- November 3 - Brigitte Lin , actress
- November 3 - Adam Ant , English singer
- November 3 - Kathy Kinney , American actress and comedienne
- November 6 - Catherine Crier , American television journalist
- November 7 - Kamal Haasan , Indian actor
- November 8 - Michael D. Brown , U.S. Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response
- November 8 - Kazuo Ishiguro , Japanese-born British author
- November 13 - Chris Noth , American actor
- November 14 - Condoleezza Rice , U.S. Secretary Of State
- November 14 - Yanni , Greek musician
- November 14 - Willie Hernández , Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
- November 15 - Aleksander Kwaśniewski , President Of Poland
- November 16 - Andrea Barrett , American author
- November 16 - Bruce Edwards , golf caddy (d. 2004 )
- November 23 - Bruce Hornsby , American singer
- November 27 - Patricia McPherson , American actress
- December 1 - Bob Goen , American television personality and game show host
- December 2 - Dan Butler , American actor
- December 2 - Stone Phillips , American television journalist
- December 7 - Mark Hofmann , American forger and murderer
- December 10 - Jack Hues , English musician
- December 11 - Jermaine Jackson , American singer
- December 11 - Prachanda , Communist leader
- December 14 - Ib Andersen , Danish dancer
- December 14 - Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (d. 1993 )
- December 20 - Michael Badalucco , American actor
- December 20 - Sandra Cisneros , American writer
- December 21 - Chris Evert , American tennis player
- December 24 - José María Figueres , Costa Rican politician, President 1994 - 1998
- December 25 - Annie Lennox , British singer
- December 26 - Susan Butcher , American dog-sled racer
- December 28 - Denzel Washington , American actor
- December 31 - Alex Salmond , Scottish politician
- January 18 - Sydney Greenstreet , English actor (b. 1879 )
- January 20 - Fred Root , English cricketer (b. 1890 )
- January 31 - Edwin Armstrong , electrical engineer (b. 1890 )
- February 12 - Dziga Vertov , Russian filmmaker (b. 1896 )
- March 7 - Otto Diels , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876 )
- April 17 - Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu , Romanian communist activist and sociologist (b. 1900 )
- May 6 - B.C. Forbes , Scottish-born publisher (b. 1880 )
- May 15 - William March , American writer and soldier (b. 1893 )
- May 19 - Charles Ives , American composer (b. 1874 )
- May 25 - Robert Capa , Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913 )
- April 10 - Auguste Lumière , French inventor (b. 1862 )
- April 28 - Léon Jouhaux , French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879 )
- June 7 - Alan Turing , British mathematician (b. 1912 )
- July 3 - Reginald Maarsh , American artist (b. 1898 )
- July 11 - Henry Valentine Knaggs , English physician and author (b. 1859 )
- July 13 - Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter (b. 1907 )
- July 13 - Grantland Rice , American sportswriter (b. 1880 )
- July 14 - Jacinto Benavente , Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866 )
- July 29 - Coen De Koning , Dutch speed skater (b. 1879 )
- August 24 - Getúlio Vargas , President Of Brazil (b. 1882 )
- September 21 - Kokichi Mikimoto , Japanese pearl farm pioneer (b. 1858 )
- November 3 - Henri Matisse , French painter (b. 1869 )
- November 16 - Albert Francis Blakeslee , American botanist (b. 1874 )
- November 28 - Enrico Fermi , Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901 )
- November 29 - Dink Johnson , American musician (b. 1892 )
- November 30 - Wilhelm Furtwängler , German conductor (b. 1886 )
- December 8 - Claude Cahun , French photographer and writer (b. 1894 )
- December 23 - René Iché , French sculptor (b. 1897 )
- December 30 - Archduke Eugen Of Austria , Austrian field marshal (b. 1863 )
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