List of Famous people who died at 54

Anthony Minghella, was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007.

Birgit Jürgenssen (1949–2003) was an Austrian photographer, painter, graphic artist, curator and teacher who specialized in feminine body art with self-portraits and photo series, which have revealed a sequence of events related to the daily social life of a women in its various forms including an atmosphere of shocking fear and common prejudices. She was acclaimed as one of the "outstanding international representatives of the feminist avant-garde". She lived in Vienna. Apart from holding solo exhibitions of her photographic and other art works, she also taught at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Cesáreo Gabaráin was a Spanish priest and composer of liturgical songs such as Pescador de hombres . He received a Gold Record award in Spain, and his music is well known and sung by English and Spanish-speaking people. Gabaráin became a hymn-writer when he was thirty and went on to write about five hundred songs. He tried to write songs that were easy to learn and be sung by the entire congregation. His hymns support moments of personal and communal prayer and praise to God.

Dahmane El Harrachi, , was an Algerian Chaâbi singer of Chaoui origin. His song Ya Rayah made him the best exported and most translated Chaabi artist.

Manuel Fidel Torres Félix, also known as El M1 and/or El Ondeado, was a suspected Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of a cell within the Sinaloa Cartel.

Karl Richter was a German conductor, choirmaster, organist, pianist and harpsichordist.

Gérard Berliner (1956–2010) was a French actor and composer.

Michael Huckaby was an American DJ who produced electronic music.

Armin Medosch was an Austrian artist, curator, theorist and critic working in the fields of net.art, new media art and DiY networking.

Stefano Farina was an Italian football referee.