List of Famous people who born in 1954
Peter Pilz
Peter Pilz is an Austrian politician (JETZT). From 1986 to 2017, he was a member of the Austrian Green Party.
Mahmoud El Khatib
Mahmoud El Khatib, popularly nicknamed Bibo, is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly Sporting Club. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in African football history.
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad is an Indian lawyer, politician and the current Union Minister holding the Law and Justice, Electronics and Information Technology and Communications portfolios in the Government of India. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prasad represents the Patna Sahib constituency. During the NDA Government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's prime ministership, Prasad was appointed Minister of Coal and Mines, Minister of Law and Justice, and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
Tatekawa Shinosuke
Shinosuke Tatekawa is a rakugo performer. His real name is Teruo Takeuchi . With his comic group, Rokunin-no-Kai, formed in 2003, he has helped to popularise rakugo among young Japanese people. He is also well known as a TV presenter, and has presented the primetime NHK General show Tameshite Gatten (ためしてガッテン) since it started in 1995.
Sholam Weiss
Sholam Weiss is an American former businessman and convicted fraudster.
Janet Zarish
Janet Zarish is an American actress known for her work in television, movies and the theatre. She is Associate Arts Professor and Head of Acting of the Graduate Acting Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She received her B.F.A. at The Juilliard School under John Houseman.
Donald Ray Pollock
Donald Ray Pollock is an American writer. He first published his collection of short stories, Knockemstiff, in 2008, based on his experiences growing up in Knockemstiff, Ohio. His debut novel, The Devil All the Time, was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. Pollock served as the narrator of the film adaptation in 2020.
Paul Lim
Paul Lim Leong Hwa, known simply as Paul Lim, is a Singaporean professional darts player. He was the first player to hit a perfect nine-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achieved in 1990 during his second round match against Jack McKenna. Lim won £52,000 for his nine-darter, which was £28,000 more than Phil Taylor won for winning the tournament. His nine-darter remained the only nine-dart game to have been achieved in either version of the world championships, until Raymond van Barneveld hit one against Jelle Klaasen in the quarter-final of the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship. It was however the only nine-dart finish ever achieved at the BDO World Darts Championship as no other was achieved prior to the conclusion of the its final edition in 2020.
Carlos Pedro Zilli
Carlos Pedro Zilli is a Brazilian-born, Guinea-Bissauan, Roman Catholic bishop. He became the Roman Catholic bishop of the newly created Diocese of Bafatá in Guinea-Bissau in 2001.
Patricia McPherson
Patricia McPherson is a former American actress and activist best known for her role in the 1980s TV series Knight Rider as Bonnie Barstow.