Famous People Born in 1954 (Part 4)

Birthdays 601 - 800 of 807

• Oct 3 Branko Cikatić, Croatian kickboxer (first K-1 World Grand Prix Heavyweight C'ship 1993), born in Split, Croatia (d. 2020)
• Oct 3 Dawayne Bailey, American rock guitarist (Silver Bullet Band, 1983-86; Chicago, 1986-95), born in Manhattan, Kansas
• Oct 3 Dennis Eckersley, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (6 x MLB All Star; AL Cy Young Award 1992; AL MVP 1992; Oakland A's), born in Oakland, California

• Oct 6 David Hidalgo, American Tex-Mex and roots singer-songwriter, guitarist and accordion player (Los Lobos - "Will The Wolf Survive?"; Latin Playboys), born in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 7 Kenneth Atchley, American ambient music composer, born in California
• Oct 8 Ben Amonette, American free pistol shooting athlete (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Radford, Virginia
• Oct 8 Carl Vine, Australian classical composer, born in Perth, Australia
• Oct 8 Michael Dudikoff, American actor (American Ninja, TRON), born in Redondo Beach, California
• Oct 9 James Fearnley, British celtic-punk accordionist (The Pogues - "The Irish Rover"), born in Worsley, Greater Manchester, England
• Oct 9 John O'Hurley, American actor (Seinfeld -"J. Peterman"), and game show host (Family Feud, 2006-10), born in Kittery, Maine
• Oct 9 Scott Bakula, American actor (Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown), born in St Louis, Missouri

• Oct 10 Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian singer and actor (El Malek Howwa El Malek), born in Aswan, Egypt
• Oct 10 Rekha, Bollywood actress (Khoon Bhari Maang), born in Madras, India
• Oct 11 Haitham bin Tariq, Sultan of Oman (2020-), born in Muscat, Oman
• Oct 12 Ed Cherry, American jazz and session guitarist (Dizzy Gillespie, 1978-92), born in New Haven, Connecticut
• Oct 12 Ian Trent, Australian water polo coach (World C'ship gold women 1986; FINA World Cup gold 1984) and broadcaster (2WS, 2GB, 2KY, Fox Sports), born in Sydney, Australia
• Oct 12 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host and producer (Evening Rush Hour), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
• Oct 13 Charles Giordano, American session and touring keyboardist, organist, and accordionist (Pat Benatar, 1982-91; E Street Band, 2006-present), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Oct 13 Claude Ribbe, French historian and writer, born in Paris
• Oct 13 Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician and peace activist, born in Marrakesh, French Morocco
• Oct 14 Carole Malone, English newspaper columnist
• Oct 15 Jere Burns, American actor (Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Oct 16 Stephen Mellor, American actor
• Oct 18 Liz Burch, Australian actress
• Oct 19 Deborah Blum, American writer
• Oct 19 Joe Bryant, American basketball player
• Oct 19 Sam Allardyce, English football manager
• Oct 20 Günter Müller, German sound artist, improvisor and percussionist, born in Munich, West Germany
• Oct 20 Lee Roy Selmon, American College-Pro Football HOF defensive end (NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1979; First-team All-Pro 1979, 80, 82; 6× Pro Bowl; TB Buccaneers), born in Eufaula, Oklahoma (d. 2011)
• Oct 20 Steve Orich, American orchestrator and composer (Jersey Boys), born in New York City
• Oct 21 Brian Tobin, Canadian premier of Newfoundland
• Oct 22 Carla Dunlap, bodybuilder (Pumping Iron 2), born in Newark, New Jersey

• Oct 24 Brad Sherman, American politician, born in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 24 Doug Davidson, American actor (Paul Williams-Young & Restless), born in Glendale, California
• Oct 24 Jozef Ráž, Slovak musician and singer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

• Oct 24 Mike Rounds, American politician (31st Governor of South Dakota), born in Huron, South Dakota
• Oct 24 Perry Lee "Tiny" Tavares, American rocker, born in Providence, Rhode Island
• Oct 24 Tom Mulcair, Quebec politician (Leader of the New Democratic Party 2012-17), born in Ottawa, Ontario
• Oct 24 Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humorist, newspaper columnist (The Daily Nation - Whispers), and playwright, born in Kenya (d. 2003)
• Oct 24 Wang Jianlin, Chinese businessman and founder of Dalian Wanda Group, born in Cangxi County, Sichuan Province

• Oct 26 Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Mozambican politician, Prime Minister of Mozambique (2015-), born in Maxixe, Mozambique
• Oct 26 D. W. Moffett, American actor (Fine Things, Lisa, Chicago Sons), born in Highland Park, Illinois
• Oct 26 Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer, born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Oct 27 Chris Tavaré, English cricket batsman (31 Tests, 2 x 100, 12 x 50, HS 149; Kent CCC, Somerset CCC), born in Orpington, England
• Oct 27 Jan Duursema, American comic book artist (Star Wars comics), born in New Jersey
• Oct 27 Uffe Steen, Danish jazz, rock and blues electric guitarist, born in Odense, Denmark
• Oct 28 Sammy Stewart, American MLB pitcher (World Series 1983; AL ERA leader 1981; Cleveland Indians), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 2018)
• Oct 29 Anita Meyer [Annita Meijer], Dutch pop and disco singer ("Just a Disillusion"; "Why Tell Me Why"), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Oct 29 Herman Ronald Frazier, American 400m/4x400m runner (Olympic gold 1976), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Oct 29 Lee Child [James Grant], English author (Jack Reacher novels), born in Coventry, England
• Oct 30 JoAnne Russell, American tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1977), born in Miami, Florida
• Oct 30 Mario Testino, Peruvian-born English fashion photographer, born in Lima, Peru
• Oct 30 T. Graham Brown, American country singer ("Come As You Were"), born in Arabi, Georgia
• Oct 31 Ken Wahl [Anthony Calzaretta], American actor (Wiseguy, The Gladiator, The Wanderers), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Nov 1 Chris Morris, Britsh rock guitarist and singer (Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died"), born in Nottingham, England)
• Nov 2 Pat Croce, American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, TV personality (Philadelphia 76ers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Nov 3 Adam Ant [Stuart Goddard], British punk rocker ("Goody Two Shoes"; "Antmusic"), born in London, Engalnd
• Nov 3 Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress (Red Dust, Swordsman II), born in Taipei, Taiwan
• Nov 3 Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla)
• Nov 3 Kevin P Chilton, American General, test pilot and NASA astronaut (STS 49, 59, 76), born in Los Angeles, California
• Nov 4 Aleksandr Aksinin, Russian athlete (Olympic gold, 4×100m relay 1980; bronze 1976), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2020)
• Nov 4 Chris Difford, British lyricist, guitarist and vocalist (Squeeze - "Black Coffee In Bed"; "Tempted"), born in Greenwich, London
• Nov 5 Alejandro Sabella, Argentine soccer midfielder (8 caps; River Plate, Sheffield United, Estudiantes) and manager (Argentina 2011-14), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2020)
• Nov 5 Alvin Gentry, American basketball head coach (New Orleans Pelicans 2015-19; Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns), born in Shelby, North Carolina
• Nov 6 Catherine Crier, American journalist and author (The Case Against Lawyers, A Deadly Game), born in Dallas, Texas
• Nov 7 Kamal Haasan, Indian actor (Vishwaroopam), born in Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu
• Nov 7 Pat Lupo, American rock bassist (Beaver Brown Band, 1972-94 - "On The Dark Side"; "Tough All Over"), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2021)
• Nov 8 David Bret, British biographer and broadcaster, born in Paris
• Nov 8 Jeanette McGruder, American singer (P-Funk; Brides of Funkenstein), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Nov 8 Kazuo Ishiguro, British author (An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, When We Were Orphans), born in Nagasaki, Japan
• Nov 8 Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director (2003-05), born in Guymon, Oklahoma
• Nov 8 Rickie Lee Jones, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Chuck E's In Love"; "We Belong Together"), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Nov 8 Ricky Lawson, American musician, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
• Nov 9 Dennis Stratton, British rock guitarist (Iron Maiden), born in London
• Nov 9 Sue Upton, English actress (The Benny Hill Show) and dancer, born in Chadwell Heath, Essex, England
• Nov 10 Hartwig Gauder, German race walker (Olympic gold men's 50k walk 1980), born in Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany (d. 2020)
• Nov 10 Juanito, Spanish soccer forward (34 caps; Real Madrid 284 games, 85 goals), born in Fuengirola, Spain (d. 1992)
• Nov 10 Mario Cipollina, American rock bassist (Huey Lewis & The News), born in San Rafael, California
• Nov 11 Gail Marquis, American basketball WBL forward (NY Stars, Olympic silver 1976)
• Nov 11 Mary Gaitskill, American writer, born in Lexington, Kentucky
• Nov 12 Levine Andrade, Indian-British violinist (Arditti Quartet, 1974-90), film score composer, and conductor, born in Bombay, India (d. 2018)
• Nov 12 Paul McNamee, Australian tennis player (World #1 doubles 1981; Australian Open doubles 1979, 83, Wimbledon 1980, 82) and administrator (Hopman Cup), born in Melbourne, Australia
• Nov 13 Chris Noth, American actor (Law and Order, The Good Wife), born in Madison, Wisconsin
• Nov 13 Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems

• Nov 14 Tawatha Agee, American singer-songwriter ("Juicy Fruit"), session and touring vocalist (James Mtume; Dave Matthews Band), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Nov 14 Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball relief pitcher (World Series, AL MVP, AL Cy Young Award 1984 Detroit Tigers; MLB All-Star 1984, 85, 86), born in Aguada, Puerto Rico (d. 2023)
• Nov 14 Yanni [Chryssomallis], Greek new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance), born in Kalamata, Greece
• Nov 15 Ab Bryant, Canadian rock bassist (Chilliwack, 1978-81 - "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)"), born in Canada
• Nov 15 Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish, politician (President of Poland, 1995-2005), born in Białogard, Poland
• Nov 15 Mitch Easter, American record producer (REM), and rock musician, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Nov 15 Tony Thompson, American session and touring drummer (Chic; LaBelle; The Power Station), born in New York City (d. 2003)
• Nov 16 Andrea Barrett, American novelist (Servants of the Map), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Nov 16 Bruce Edwards, American golf caddie (mainly for 5 x British Open champion Tom Watson), born in Wethersfield, Connecticut (d. 2004)
• Nov 16 Dick Gross, Australian politician
• Nov 16 Luis Conte, Cuban session and touring percussionist (Madonna; Jackson Browne; James Taylor; Shakira), and bandleader, born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
• Nov 17 Jeremy Lloyds, English cricket umpire (5 Tests, 18 ODIs, 1 T20I) and all-rounder (Somerset CCC, Orange Free State, Gloucestershire CCC), born in Penang, Malaya (d. 2022)
• Nov 17 Jorge Hernández, Cuban boxer Olympic gold light flyweight 1976; World C'ship gold 1974, 78), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2019)
• Nov 17 Mark "Chopper" Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2013)
• Nov 18 Carter Burwell, American film composer (Coen Brothers films, Twilight Saga), born in New York City
• Nov 18 Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
• Nov 19 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian politician, 6th President of Egypt (2014-), born in Zagazig, Cairo
• Nov 19 Annette Guest, American pop singer (First Choice - "Smarty Pants"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Nov 19 Kathleen Quinlan, American actress (Never Promised You a Rose Garden), born in California
• Nov 19 Tom Scheckel, American rock drummer (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Nov 20 Berit Andnor, Swedish politician, born in Gothenburg, Sweden
• Nov 20 Frank Marino, Canadian rock guitarist (Mahogany Rush), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Nov 20 Steve Dahl, American radio host, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM), born in Pasadena, California
• Nov 20 Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league centre (24 Tests; NSW; Cronulla-Sutherland), born in Gold Coast, Australia (d. 2006)
• Nov 21 Thomas Rothman, American film executive
• Nov 22 Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, Prime Minister (2016-2018), born in Rome, Italy
• Nov 23 Bruce Hornsby, American pop, rock, and bluegrass, singer-songwriter, and piano player ("The Way It Is"), born in Williamsburg, Virginia
• Nov 23 Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief (Elsevier Magazine)
• Nov 23 Glenn Brummer, American baseball player, born in Olney, Illinois
• Nov 23 Ken Schrom, American MLB player, born in Grangeville, Idaho
• Nov 24 Emir Kusturica, Serbian-French filmmaker (When Father Was Away on Business; Black Cat, White Cat), and punk rock bassist (No Smoking), born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Nov 26 Roz Chast, American cartoonist (Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Nov 26 Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, born in Valvettithurai, Dominion of Ceylon (d. 2009)
• Nov 27 Kimmy Robertson, American actress (Lucy Moran in TV series Twin Peaks), born in Hollywood, California
• Nov 27 Patricia McPherson, American actress (Knight Rider), born in Oak Harbor, Washington
• Nov 29 Joel Coen, American filmmaker (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
• Nov 30 George McArdle, Australian rock bassist (Little River Band), born in Melbourne, Australia
• Nov 30 June Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters -"Fire"; "He's So Shy"; "Jump (For My Love)'; "Slow Hand"), born in Oakland, California (d. 2006)
• Nov 30 Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather)
• Dec 1 Bob Goen, American TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight), born in Long Beach, California
• Dec 1 François Van der Elst, Belgian soccer winger (44 caps; Anderlecht, West Ham Utd), born in Opwijk, Belgium (d. 2017)
• Dec 2 Dan Butler, American actor (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier), born in Huntington, Indiana
• Dec 2 Danielle Alexander, American country music pianist, born in Fort Worth, Texas
• Dec 2 Huub Stapel, Dutch actor (Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank), born in Tegelen, Netherlands
• Dec 2 Stone Phillips, American news host (NBC Dateline), born in Texas City, Texas
• Dec 3 Grace Andreacchi, American author
• Dec 3 Paul Gregg, American country bassist (Restless Heart - "Big Dreams In A Small Town"; "The Bluest Eyes In Texas"), born in Altus, Oklahoma
• Dec 4 Tony Todd, American actor and producer (Platoon), born in Washington, D.C.
• Dec 6 Chris Stamey, American musician, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Dec 6 Miles Chapin, American actor (French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse), born in New York City
• Dec 7 Bertín Osborne, Italian entertainer, born in Madrid, Spain
• Dec 7 Gianfranco Jannuzzo, Italian entertainer, born in Agrigento, Italy
• Dec 7 Julie Halston, American actress (Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values), born in Suffolk County, New York
• Dec 7 Mark Hofmann, American forger, bomber and convicted murderer, born in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Dec 7 Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies), born in Dublin, Ireland
• Dec 8 Harold Hongju Koh, Korean-American Dean of Yale Law School
• Dec 9 Herman Finkers, Dutch comedian, born in Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Dec 9 Jack Sonni, American guitarist (Dire Straits, 1985-88), born in Indiana, Pennsylvania (d. 2023)
• Dec 9 Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg politician, President of the European Commission (2014-), born in Redange, Luxembourg
• Dec 9 Kip Hanrahan, American jazz producer (American Clavé), born in the Bronx, New York
• Dec 10 Geoff Deane, British pop singer (Modern Romance), born in London
• Dec 10 Jack Hues [Jeremy Ryder], British new-wave singer-songwriter (Wang Chung - "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"), born in Gillingham, Kent, England
• Dec 11 Brad Bryant, American golfer (US Senior Open 2007), born in Amarillo, Texas
• Dec 11 Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic rock guitarist (Dense Time), and electronic engineer, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
• Dec 11 Jermaine Jackson, American singer (Jackson 5 - "ABC"; solo - "Let's Get Serious"), born in Gary, Indiana
• Dec 11 Santiago Creel, Mexican politician (Secretary of the Interior), born in Mexico City
• Dec 11 Sylvester Clarke, West Indian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 42 wickets), born in Christ Church, Barbados (d. 1999)
• Dec 11 Vicki Randle, American singer-songwriter, born in San Francisco, California
• Dec 12 Liz Claman, American television anchor (Countdown to the Closing Bell), born in Beverly Hills, California
• Dec 13 John Anderson, American country singer and actor ("I've Got a Feelin'";"Money in the Bank"), born in Apopka, Florida
• Dec 13 Steve Forbert, American singer-songwriter ("Romeo's Tune"; "Going Down To Laurel"), born in Meridian, Mississippi
• Dec 13 Tamora Pierce, American author of fantasy fiction (The Song of the Lioness), born in South Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
• Dec 14 Alan Kulwicki, American auto racer and owner (NASCAR Winston Cup drivers' and owners' champion 1992), born in Greenfield, Wisconsin (d. 1993)
• Dec 14 Eva Mattes, Austrian-German actress (Celeste, Man Like Eva), born in Tegernsee, Germany
• Dec 14 Ib Andersen, Danish ballet dancer, born in Copenhagen
• Dec 14 James Horan, American actor (General Hospital, Transformers Prime), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Dec 14 Steve MacLean, Canadian astronaut (STS 52), born in Ottawa, Ontario
• Dec 15 Alex Cox, English director (Repo Man), born in Bebington, England
• Dec 15 Justin Ross, American actor (Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Dec 15 Mark Warner, American politician (Senator-D-Virginia 2009-), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Dec 16 Joslyn Y Hoyte-Smith, Barbados, 4X400m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1980)
• Dec 17 Kenneth Frazier, American executive (1st African American to head major pharmaceutical company - Merck), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Dec 20 Michael Badalucco, American actor, born in Brooklyn, New York
• Dec 20 Sandra Cisneros, American writer, born in Chicago, Illinois

• Dec 22 Derick Parry, cricketer (WI off-spinner early 80's), born in Cotton Ground, Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Dec 22 Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver, born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
• Dec 22 Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader, born in Durban, South Africa
• Dec 23 Brian Teacher, American tennis player (Australian Open 1980), born in San Diego, California
• Dec 24 Cynthia Folio, American composer (Touch the Angel's Hand), flutist, music theorist, and professor (Temple University), born in Belvoir, Virginia
• Dec 25 Amaral, Brazilian soccer defender (40 caps; Guarani, Corinthians, Leones Negros UdG), born in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2024)

• Dec 25 Robin Campbell, British reggae vocalist andguitarist (UB40 - "Red Red Wine"), born in Birmingham, England
• Dec 25 Steve Wariner, American country singer (Small Town Girl), born in Noblesville, Indiana
• Dec 26 David Armstrong, English soccer midfielder (3 caps; Middlesbrough 359 games, Southampton 222 games), born in Durham, England (d. 2022)

• Dec 26 Palmolive [Paloma Romero McLardy] Spanish-British punk rock drummer and songwriter (The Slits, The Raincoats), born in Melilla, Spain
• Dec 26 Peter Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, philanthropist and son of Sir Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand
• Dec 26 Peter Woods, American rock guitarist (Romeo Void - '"Never Say Never"; A Girl in Trouble"), born in the USA
• Dec 26 Susan Butcher, American dog musher and 4 x winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2006)
• Dec 26 Ullrich Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox (Olympic gold 1976)
• Dec 26 Walter Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox (Olympic gold 1976)

• Dec 28 Tony Rosato, Canadian comedian (SCTV, Saturday Night Live), born in Naples, Italy (d. 2017)
• Dec 29 Alan Myers, American rock drummer (Devo, 1976-86 - "Whip It!"), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2013)
• Dec 29 Glenn Myernick, American soccer player and coach (Olympic gold 1996), born in Trenton, New Jersey

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