Famous People Born In 1954

Discover the most famous people born in 1954. The list includes people like Carly Fiorina, Katey Sagal, Angela Merkel, James Cameron, Jackie Chan and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, composers and guitarists born in 1954. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & India and many more countries.
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 1 
Jackie Chan
(One of the Most Popular Action Film Stars of All Time Known for His 'Slapstick Acrobatic' Fighting Style)
Jackie Chan
88
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
 2 
Denzel Washington
(One of the Most Profound Actors Best Known for His Academy Award Winning Movie 'Training Day')
Denzel Washington
80
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York, United States
 3 
Oprah Winfrey
(Best Known for Her Daytime Syndicated Talk Show 'The Oprah Winfrey Show')
Oprah Winfrey
153
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States
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John Travolta
(Actor Best Known for His Performance in Films: 'Saturday Night Fever' & 'Pulp Fiction')
John Travolta
43
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 18th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey, United States
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Jerry Seinfeld
(Actor & Stand-up Comedian Known for Creating and Starring in the NBC Sitcom 'Seinfeld')
Jerry Seinfeld
87
Birthdate: 29th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
 6 
Ron Howard
(Director, Producer and Former Child Actor)
Ron Howard
45
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Duncan, Oklahoma, United States
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Dennis Quaid
(American Actor Best Known for His Dramatic & Comedic Roles)
Dennis Quaid
24
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 9th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States
 8 
Ray Liotta
(Actor and Producer Best Known for His Roles as ‘Shoeless Joe Jackson’ in Film ‘Field of Dreams’)
Ray Liotta
18
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
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Catherine O'Hara
(Actress Known for Her Comedy Series 'Second City Television' and 'Schitt's Creek')
Catherine O'Hara
55
Birthdate: 4th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 10 
Katey Sagal
(Actress and Singer)
Katey Sagal
41
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
(Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
27
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 3rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dallas
Died: August 27, 1990
 12 
Angela Merkel
(First Female Chancellor of Germany (2005 - 2021))
Angela Merkel
117
Birthdate: 17th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
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James Cameron
(Canadian Filmmaker Best Known for His Films: 'The Terminator', 'Titanic' and 'Avatar')
James Cameron
32
Listed In: Directors
Birthdate: 16th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kapuskasing, Canada
 14 
Walter Payton
(One of the Greatest American Football Players of All Time)
Walter Payton
24
Birthdate: 25th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Columbia, Mississippi, United States
Died: November 1, 1999
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Ruby Bridges
(Philanthropist)
Ruby Bridges
33
Birthdate: 8th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tylertown
 16 
Condoleezza Rice
(66th United States Secretary of State (2005-09))
Condoleezza Rice
30
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Sonia Sotomayor
(Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States )
Sonia Sotomayor
36
Listed In: Judges
Birthdate: 5th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
 18 
Rene Russo
(Actress and Model)
Rene Russo
15
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Burbank, California, United States
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Christie Brinkley
(Model, Actress, Businesswoman)
Christie Brinkley
33
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Monroe
 20 
Shinzō Abe
(Former Prime Minister of Japan)
Shinzō Abe
28
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 21st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tokyo
Died: July 8, 2022
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Kathleen Turner
(Actress Who Has Provided the Voice of ‘Jessica Rabbit’ in the Animated Film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’)
Kathleen Turner
39
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
 22 
Chris Gardner
(Entrepreneur)
Chris Gardner
17
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Lorraine Bracco
(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Jennifer Melfi’ in the TV Series ‘The Sopranos’)
Lorraine Bracco
22
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bay Ridge, New York, United States
 24 
Matt Groening
(Cartoonist, Writer and Producer Known for His TV Series ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Futurama’ and ‘Disenchantment’)
Matt Groening
31
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
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Roddy Piper
(Canadian Professional Wrestler and Actor)
Roddy Piper
14
Listed In: WWE Wrestlers
Birthdate: 17th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saskatoon, Canada
Died: July 31, 2015
 26 
Kevin O’Leary
(Canadian Entrepreneur and Television Personality Who Has Appeared on the Reality Shows ‘Dragons’ Den’ and ‘Shark Tank')
Kevin O’Leary
13
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 9th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
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Jim Belushi
(Comedian)
Jim Belushi
16
Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
 28 
Scott Bakula
(Actor best known for his roles in two science-fiction television series: as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap and as Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise.)
Scott Bakula
14
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Annie Lennox
(Singer-songwriter of)
Annie Lennox
34
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 25th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland
 30 
Juliane Koepcke
(Lone Survivor of 1971 LANSA Plane Crash)
Juliane Koepcke
24
Listed In: Biologists
Birthdate: 10th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lima, Peru
 31 
Freddie Prinze
(American Actor and Stand-up Comedian Known for His TV Sitcom ‘Chico and the Man’)
Freddie Prinze
24
Birthdate: 22nd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hell's Kitchen, New York, United States
Died: January 29, 1977
 32 
Chris Evert
(Former World No. 1 Tennis Player)
Chris Evert
20
Listed In: Tennis Players
Birthdate: 21st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
 33 
Elvis Costello
(Singer-Songwriter and Record Producer)
Elvis Costello
10
Birthdate: 25th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
 34 
Chris Noth
(American Actor Known for His Role as Detective Mike Logan in the TV Series ‘Law & Order')
Chris Noth
18
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
 35 
Dennis Haysbert
(Actor and Voice Actor Known for His Films: ‘Major League’, ‘Absolute Power’ and ‘Wreck-It Ralph’)
Dennis Haysbert
8
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 2nd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: San Mateo, California, United States
 36 
Nancy Wilson
(Guitarist and Backing Vocalist in the Rock Band 'Heart')
Nancy Wilson
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 16th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
 37 
Will Patton
(Actor and Audiobook Narrator Known for His Role in the TV Series ‘Falling Skies’)
Will Patton
20
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 14th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
 38 
Al Roker
(American Weather Presenter, Journalist and Co-Host of ‘3rd Hour Today’)
Al Roker
6
Birthdate: 20th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
 39 
Yanni
(One of the Best-Selling Musical Artists and Leading Figure of 20th-Century New Age Music)
Yanni
7
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kalamata, Greece
 40 
David Lee Roth
(Singer, Musician)
David Lee Roth
18
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 10th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bloomington, Indiana, United States
 41 
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
(American Professional Boxer )
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
14
Listed In: Boxers
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: March 13, 2021
 42 
Joel Coen
(Director, Writer and Producer Known for Films ‘No Country For Old Men’, ‘Fargo’, and ‘The Big Lebowski’)
Joel Coen
13
Birthdate: 29th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: St. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States
 43 
Ellen Barkin
(Played a memorable role in the 1987 film The Big Easy)
Ellen Barkin
17
Birthdate: 16th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
 44 
Catherine Bach
(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Daisy Duke’ in the TV Series ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’)
Catherine Bach
10
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Warren, Ohio, United States
 45 
Margaux Hemingway
(American Fashion Model and Actress)
Margaux Hemingway
19
Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Died: July 1, 1996
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Kazuo Ishiguro
(Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)
Kazuo Ishiguro
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nagasaki, Japan
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Jermaine Jackson
(Singer-songwriter)
Jermaine Jackson
10
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana, United States
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Corbin Bernsen
(Actor and Director Best Known for His Roles in the TV Series ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘Psych’)
Corbin Bernsen
3
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: North Hollywood, California, United States
 49 
Kathleen Denise Quinlan
(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Deborah Blake’ in the Film ‘I Never Promised You a Rose Garden’)
Kathleen Denise Quinlan
11
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 19th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pasadena, California, United States
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John O'Hurley
(Actor)
John O'Hurley
5
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kittery, Maine, U.S.