List of Famous people who are 54

Kahoru Kohiruimaki is a Japanese singer who debuted in 1985. She had great success in the next ten years with around thirty singles, fifteen original albums and various compilations. Kohiruimaki is the most well known in the West for the song Ai yo kienaide, the first opening theme song from the anime series City Hunter in 1987, and for the ending theme song for the OVA Gall Force in 1986.

Herman Deru is an Indonesian politician who is the governor of South Sumatra and formerly regent of East Ogan Komering Ulu.

Maher al-Assad is a Syrian general and commander of the Republican Guard and the army's elite Fourth Armoured Division, which together with Syria's secret police form the core of the country's security forces. He is also a member of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party's Syrian Regional Branch. He is thought by some to be the second most powerful man in Syria after his brother Bashar, the current President. Maher is described by analysts as preferring Iran to play the largest role as the Syrian Government's main ally during the Syrian Civil War and subsequent post-war reconstruction. This is in contrast to the position of Suheil al-Hassan, prominent warlord and head of the Division 25 Special Mission Forces who has gained much influence as a result of his activities during the Syrian civil war, who was reported as preferring Russia.

Pablo Alejandro Marini is an Argentine former football player and current manager of Uruguayan Primera División club Montevideo City Torque.

Zep is a Swiss comic books creator and writer, known for his series Titeuf, a popular character in French-speaking countries, and Tchô!, the associated Franco-Belgian comics magazine.

Marcelo Costa de Andrade is a Brazilian serial killer who murdered 14 boys in the vicinity of Itaboraí, about 30 kilometers from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, in 1991.

Emil Lubtchov Kostadinov is a retired Bulgarian football forward, playing for Bulgaria in two World Cups. He shares his birthday with similarly highly acclaimed Dimitar Yakimov: 12 August 1941.

Hiroya Oku is a Japanese manga artist who is the creator of Gantz, Hen and Inuyashiki, the first two of which have been serialized in Weekly Young Jump. Originally influenced by Katsuhiro Otomo and Ryoichi Ikegami, his manga often contain explicit violence, sexual depictions, and matters that are considered taboo by the public, and he is known as a pioneer in the use of digital processing for manga backgrounds.

Ehab Galal is a former Egyptian football player and manager, who last managed the Egyptian premier league club, El Makkasa.

Thomas Hansueli Zurbuchen is a Swiss-American astrophysicist. Since October 2016, he has been the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA. Prior to this, he was Professor of Space Science and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he helped found the Center for Entrepreneurship.