List of Famous people who born in 1954

Walter Pearl Davis is an American former professional basketball player. He was a forward/guard for 15 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), spending the majority of his career with the Phoenix Suns. A six-time NBA All-Star, his No. 6 was retired by the Suns.

John Ross Beyrle is an American diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer and specialist in Russian and Eastern European affairs, he served as Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation from July 3, 2008 until January 10, 2012, and as Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2005 to 2008.

Rodney Allen Brooks is an Australian roboticist, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, author, and robotics entrepreneur, most known for popularizing the actionist approach to robotics. He was a Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is a founder and former Chief Technical Officer of iRobot and co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Rethink Robotics and currently is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Robust.AI. Outside the scientific community Brooks is also known for his appearance in a film featuring him and his work, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control.

Masahiko Tanaka is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is known for voicing Gauron from Full Metal Panic!, Ryo Mashiba from Hajime no Ippo, and Kyoichi Sudo from Initial D.

Janice Felice Karman is an American actress, voice actress, singer, film producer and record producer. She is the co-owner of Bagdasarian Productions with her husband Ross Bagdasarian Jr.