In the year 1954, the first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Feb 23), U.S. officials announce that a hydrogen bomb test has been conducted on Bikini Atoll (Mar 1), From Here to Eternity wins the Oscar for best picture (Mar 25), the world’s first atomic power station opens near Moscow (Jun 27), Ellis Island in New York closes (Nov 12), the first hotel built on an airport property - The Hyatt House Los Angeles - opens (Dec 1), The U.S. Senate votes 67-22 to condemn senator Joseph McCarthy for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute” (Dec 2), the first Burger King opens in Miami, Florida (Dec 4) - and all these fine people were born:

1954-0104 Peter Seiffert* opera singer - Düsseldorf, West Germany (2025/71) 1954-0106 Quentin Hubbard* scientology figure/son of L. Ron  - USA (1976/22) 1954-0110 1954-0111 Kailash Satyarthi* social reformer/N - Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India 1954-0112 Howard Stern* radio and television personality - Queens, NY USA 1954-0115 1954-0116 Morten P. Meldal* chemist/N - Denmark 1954-0118 Richard Littlejohn* journalist/ broadcaster/author - Ilford, Essex, England 1954-0119 Katey Sagal* actress - Hollywood, CA USA 1954-0120 1954-0123 Fumiyo Kohinata* 小日向 文世 actor - Hokkaido, Japan 1954-0123 Marjorie Wallace* Miss World 1973/television personality - Indianapolis, IN USA 1954-0125 1954-0129 Yokinobu Hoshino* manga artist - Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan 1954-0129 Terry Kinney* actor/ theater director - Lincoln, IL USA 1954-0129 Oprah Winfrey* television host/author/philanthropist - Kosciusko, MS USA 1954-0131 1954-0201 Bill Mumy* actor/musician/author - San Gabriel, CA USA 1954-0209 Kevin Warwick* computer engineer/robotics - Coventry, England 1954-0210 1954-0211 Laurie Murray* biological daughter of Clint Eastwood - Lakewood, WA USA 1954-0215 Matt Groening* writer/producer (The Simpsons) - Portland, OR USA 1954-0216 Margaux Hemingway* fashion model/ actress/granddaughter of Ernest - Portland, OR USA (1996/42) 1954-0217 Rene Russo* actress - Burbank, CA USA 1954-0218 John Travolta* actor - Englewood, NJ USA 1954-0219 Neil Siegel* computer scientist/ systems engineer - Brooklyn, NY USA 1954-0220 Patty Hearst* kidnappee/author/actress - San Francisco, CA USA 1954-0221 Ivo Van Damme* athlete (middle-distance runner/OS) - Brussels, Belgium (1976/22) 1954-0223 Viktor Yushchenko* politician/dioxin poisoned/P - Khoruzhivka, Ukraine, Soviet Union 1954-0226 Stina Ekblad* actress - Solf, Finland 1954-0226 Recep Tayyip Erdogan* politician/P/dictator - Istanbul, Turkey 1954-0301 Ron Howard* actor/film director - Duncan, OK USA 1954-0305 Jack Leggett* baseball coach - Bangor, ME USA 1954-0307 Varoujan Garabedian* Armenian terrorist - Qamishli, Syrian Republic (2019/64) 1954-0310 1954-0314 Claes Ljungmark* actor/ voice artist - Gothenburg, Sweden 1954-0314 Gheorghe Megelea* athlete (javelin/OB)/ to Canada at age 23 - Reșița, Romania 1954-0315 Clare Marx* surgeon - Coventry, England (2022/68) 1954-0316 1954-0317 Joseph Bendounga* Central African poltician - Bocaranga, French Equatorial Africa  (2025/70) 1954-0317 Lesley-Anne Down* actress - Wandsworth, London, England 1954-0320 1954-0321 Steve Halliwell* actor - Bury, Lancashire England 1954-0324 Robert Carradine* actor - Hollywood, CA USA 1954-0329 Karen Ann Quinlan* an important figure in the history of the right to die controversy in the United States - Scranton, PA USA (1985/31) 1954-0331 1954-0401 Jeff Porcaro* drummer (Toto)/session musician/record producer – South Windsor, CT USA (1992/38) 1954-0403 Les Carter* psychotherapist/author - TX USA 1954-0407 Jackie Chan* actor - Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1954-0407 Clark Gillies* hockey player - Moose Jaw, SK Canada (2022/67) 1954-0409 Dennis Quaid* actor - Houston, TX USA 1954-0410 Jouko Törmänen* ski jumper - Rovaniemi, Finland (2015/60) 1954-0414 Mervi Tapola* entrepreneur (mustamakkara)/married to Matti Nykänen - Tampere, Finland (2019/65) 1954-0417 Benny Kohlberg* cross-country skier/OG - Arvika, Sweden 1954-0420 1954-0421 James Morrison* actor - Bountiful, UT USA 1954-0422 Joseph Bottoms* actor - Santa Barbara, CA USA 1954-0423 Michael Moore* documentary filmmaker - Davison, MI USA 1954-0427 Thomas Oppermann* politician - Freckenhorst, West Germany (2020/66) 1954-0427 Heikki Silvennoinen* singer-songwriter/ guitarist/ actor - Kiviapaja, Sääminki, Finland (2024/70) 1954-0428 1954-0429 Jake Burton Carpenter* snowboarder - New York, NY USA 1954-0429 Jerry Seinfeld* stand-up comedian/actor/director - Brooklyn, NY USA 1954-0430 Jane Campion* screenwriter/ director/producer - Wellington, New Zealand 1954-0501 Joel Rosenberg* science fiction author - Winnipeg, MB Canada (2011/57) 1954-0502 Elliot Goldenthal* composer - Brooklyn, NY USA 1954-0506 Michael Käld* football manager - Kronoby, Finland 1954-0508 Pam Arciero* puppeteer/ voice-over artist - Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA 1954-0511 John Clayton* sports journalist - Braddock, PA USA (2022/67) 1954-0514 Tom Pöysti* actor/ motivational speaker - Helsinki, Finland 1954-0514 Peter J. Ratcliffe* molecular biologist/N - Morecambe, Lancashire, England 1954-0515 John Blyth Barrymore* actor - Beverly Hills, CA USA 1954-0519 Lena Meriläinen* actress - Helsinki, Finland 1954-0520 Esko Aho* politician - Veteli, Finland 1954-0520 Julie Brougham* (b D’Ath) equestrian - Palmerston North, New Zealand (2021/67) 1954-0523 Anja Snellman* novelist/poet - Helsinki, Finland 1954-0524 Ben Zyskowicz* politician - Helsinki, Finland 1954-0527 Lawrence M. Krauss* theoretical physicist/ cosmologist - New York City, NY USA 1954-0529 Jacqueline Todten* (b Hein) athlete (j_avelin/OS_) - East Berlin, East Germany 1954-0530 Johan Ulveson* actor/ comedian - Stockholm, Sweden 1954-0601 1954-0603 Monica Törnell* singer/songwriter - Trönö, Hälsingland, Sweden 1954-0606 1954-0608 Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga* journalist/ politician/Prime Minister of Mali - Gao, French Sudan (2022/67) 1954-0610 1954-0613 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala* Nigerian-American economist/the first female  Director-General of the WTO - Ogwashi Ukwu, Nigeria 1954-0618 Magnus Uggla* singer/composer/actor - Stockholm, Sweden 1954-0620 Michael Anthony* musician/bass (Van Halen) - Chicago, IL USA 1954-0621 Sakari Pietilä* hockey player/coach/therapist - Oulu, Finland 1954-0628 Alice Krige* actress - Upington, Cape Province, South Africa 1954-0701 1954-0708 Pekka Kauhanen* scultor - Leppävirta, Finland (2020/65) 1954-0709 Kevin O’Leary* businessman/ politician/investor (Shark Tank) - Montreal, QC Canada 1954-0710 Neil Tennant* singer-songwriter (Pet Shop Boys)/music journalist - North Shields, Northumberland, England 1954-0710 Lee David Zlotoff* screenwriter/ director/producer (MacGyver) - New York City, NY USA 1954-0716 Riitta Väisänen* actress/ game show host - Turku, Finland 1954-0717 Moses Elisaf* physician/ politician/mayor - Ioannina, Greece (2023/68) 1954-0717 Angela Merkel* politician/ Chancellor of Germany - Hamburg, West Germany 1954-0718 Felicia Bond* American writer/illustrator of children’s books - Yokohoma, Japan 1954-0724 Kari Ihalainen* athlete (javelin)/coach - Hankasalmi, Finland 1954-0725 Walter Payton* American football running back - Columbia, MS USA (1999/45) 1954-0730 Ken Olin* actor/director/producer - Chicago, IL USA 1954-0731 1954-0801 1954-0807 Jukka-Pekka Palo* actor/ son of  Tauno Palo - Helsinki, Finland 1954-0808 Heikki Hursti* pastor/philanthropist - Helsinki, Finland 1954-0810 1954-0812 Francois Hollande* politician/P - Rouen, France 1954-0815 Stieg Larsson* author - Skelleftehamn, Sweden (2004/50) 1954-0816 James Cameron* film director - Kapuskasing, ON Canada 1954-0819 Lin Brehmer* disc jockey/radio personality - Queens, NY USA (2023/68) 1954-0820 Theresa Saldana* actress - USA (2016/61) 1954-0822 Risto Autio* actor/director - Helsinki, Finland 1954-0829 Deena Payne* actress - Orpington, Kent, England 1954-0830 Alexander Lukashenko* Belarusian dictatorial politician - Kopys, Belarus, Soviet Union 1954-0901 1954-0902 Zeta Emilianidou* Cypriot lawyer/politician - Nicosia, British Cyprus (2022/67) 1954-0905 1954-0906 Carly Fiorina* (b Sneed) businesswoman/ politician - Austin, TX USA 1954-0907 Michael Emerson* actor - Cedar Rapids, IA USA 1954-0907 Sergio Rendine* composer/ academic teacher - Naples, Italy (2023/68) 1954-0910 Clark Johnson* actor/ director  - Philadelphia, PA USA 1954-0912 Michael Moritz* journalist (Time)/billionaire venture capitalist/author - Cardiff, Wales 1954-0913 Rauli Pudas* athlete (pole vault)/coach - Alavieska, Finland 1954-0914 Jockie Soerjoprajogo* musician/songwriter - Jakarta, Indonesia (2018/63) 1954-0915 Barry Shabaka Henley* actor - New Orleans, LA USA 1954-0915 Brad Leland* actor - Lubbock, TX USA 1954-0921 Shinzo Abe* 安倍 晋三 politician/PM - Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (2022/67) 1954-0922 Jodie Evans* political activist/author/ documentary film producer - Las Vegas, NV USA 1954-0928 Margot Wallström* politician - Skellefteå, Sweden 1954-0930 1954-1001 1954-1009 Scott Bakula* actor - St.Louis, MO USA 1954-1010 Juliane Koepcke* German survivor of 10.000 feet freefall/mammalogist - Lima, Peru 1954-1010 David Lee Roth* singer/Van Halen - Bloomington, IN USA 1954-1011 María Emma Mannarelli* feminist writer/historian - Lima, Peru 1954-1013 Silvio Micali* computer scientist - Palermo, Italy 1954-1015 1954-1018 Bob Weinstein* film producer  - Flushing, NY USA 1954-1020 1954-1023 Ang Lee* film director - Pingtung, Taiwan 1954-1024 Cindy Breakspeare* Miss World 1976/jazz singer/mother of Damian Marley - Toronto, ON Canada 1954-1024 Ann Cleeves* mystery crime writer - Herefordshire, England 1954-1025 1954-1029 Lee Child* (b James Dover Grant) thriller writer (Jack Reacher) - Coventry, Warwickshire, England 1954-1030 Mario Testino* fashion and portrait photographer - Lima, Peru 1954-1105 Manny Diaz* lawyer/politician/mayor of Miami/to U.S. at age 6 - Havana, Cuba 1954-1108 Kazuo Ishiguro* English novelist/screenwriter/N - Nagasaki, Japan 1954-1108 Tapio Liinoja* actor - Vampula, Finland 1954-1111 Tapani Kiminkinen* physician/ TV-doctor/author - Pylkönmäki, Finland 1954-1113 Chris Noth* actor - Madison, WI USA 1954-1114 Condoleezza Rice* politician - Birmingham, AL USA 1954-1123 Bruce Hornsby* singer/pianist - Williamsburg, VA USA 1954-1129 Joel Coen* film director - Minneapolis, MN USA 1954-1202 Dan Butler* actor - Huntington, IN USA 1954-1202 Jean-Paul Jeunet* chef - Arbois, France 1954-1203 Grace Andreacchi* novelist/ poet/playwright - New York City, NY USA 1954-1209 Jack Sonni* writer/ musician (Dire Straits)/marketing executive - Indiana, PA USA (2023/68) 1954-1210 1954-1211 Jermaine Jackson* singer/songwriter/bass guitarist - Gary, IN USA 1954-1220 Sandra Cisneros* Mexican-American writer - Chicago, IL USA 1954-1221 Chris Evert* tennis player - Fort Lauderdale, FL USA 1954-1222 Hugh Quarshie* British actor (Holby City) - Accra, Gold Coast (Ghana) 1954-1225 Annie Lennox* singer (Eurythmics)/activist - Aberdeen, Scotland 1954-1226 Hajji Alejandro* singer/ actor - Manila, Philippines (2025/70) 1954-1228 Gayle King* author/ journalist (CBS News)/editor (O, The Oprah Magazine) - Chevy Chase, MD USA 1954-1228 Denzel Washington* actor - Mount Vernon, NY USA 1954-0 1954-0 1954-0 Updated 2025-0428 Helsinki-Stockholm-Tallinn- Tampa Search for another year here