1954

1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1951 1952 1953 – 1954 – 1955 1956 1957

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1954 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1954 MCMLIV
Ab urbe condita	2707
Armenian calendar	1403 ԹՎ ՌՆԳ
Assyrian calendar	6704
Bahá'í calendar	110–111
Balinese saka calendar	1875–1876
Bengali calendar	1361
Berber calendar	2904
British Regnal year	2 Eliz. 2 – 3 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2498
Burmese calendar	1316
Byzantine calendar	7462–7463
Chinese calendar	癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4650 or 4590 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4651 or 4591
Coptic calendar	1670–1671
Discordian calendar	3120
Ethiopian calendar	1946–1947
Hebrew calendar	5714–5715
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2010–2011
- Shaka Samvat	1875–1876
- Kali Yuga	5054–5055
Holocene calendar	11954
Igbo calendar	954–955
Iranian calendar	1332–1333
Islamic calendar	1373–1374
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 29 (昭和２９年)
Javanese calendar	1885–1886
Juche calendar	43
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4287
Minguo calendar	ROC 43 民國43年
Nanakshahi calendar	486
Thai solar calendar	2497
Tibetan calendar	阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 2080 or 1699 or 927 — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 2081 or 1700 or 928

January 6 - Anthony Minghella, British movie director (d. 2008)
January 9 - Lance Hoppen, American singer-songwriter and musician (Orleans)
January 23 - Richard Finch, American bass guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band)
January 29 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host
February 7 - Dieter Bohlen, German music mogul
February 15 - Matt Groening, American creator of The Simpsons and Futurama
February 16 - Iain Banks, Scottish writer
February 18 - John Travolta, American actor
February 20 - Patty Hearst, American heiress
February 21 - Ivo van Damme, Belgian athlete (d. 1976)
March 1 – Ron Howard, American actor, director
March 1 - Igor Kisch, Czech politician, Minister of Health and doctor
March 1 - Catherine Bach, American actress
March 16 - Nancy Wilson, American guitarist (Heart)
March 25 - Miran Anes, Albanian politician and judge (d. 2012)
April 1 - Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (Toto) (d. 1992)
April 11 - Abdullah Atalar, Turkish academic
April 19 - Trevor Francis, English footballer
April 23 – Michael Moore, documentary movie maker
April 23 – Tony Atlas, American professional wrestler
April 28 - Jimmy Barnes, Australian singer
April 28 - Mary Jo Randle, British actress
May 8 - Clive Wood, British actor
May 13 - Johnny Logan, Irish singer
May 17 - David Zippel, American lyricist
May 20 - David Paterson, former Governor of New York
May 21 - Janice Karman, American voice actress
June 20 - Michael Anthony, American bass guitarist (Van Halen)
June 25 - David Paich, American keyboardist (Toto)
June 30 - Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia
July 17 - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
July 28 - Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (d. 2013)
July 28 - Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
August 12 - Francois Hollande, President of France
August 15 - Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004)
August 16 - George Galloway, British politician
August 25 – Elvis Costello, British singer
September 6 - Carly Fiorina, American politician
September 21 - Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)
September 30 - Mitch Lewis, Canadian multi-instrumentalist
October 9 – Scott Bakula, actor
October 10 - David Lee Roth, American singer (Van Halen)
November 1 - László Kerekes, drijor and Hungarian composer
November 14 - Condoleezza Rice, former United States Secretary of State
November 24 - Susan Gilmore, British actress
December 15 - Zivko Jovanović, Serbian politician and judge
December 20 - László Levin, politician Hungarian (d. 2009)
December 25 - Annie Lennox, Scottish singer (Eurythmics)
December 28 - Denzel Washington, American actor
December 29 – Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician
December 30 - Pnina Rosenblum, Israeli business woman and politician
December 31 - Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland
December 31 - Hermann Tilke, German racing circuit designer

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