List of Famous people who died at 54

Ruth Carter Stapleton was a sister of Jimmy Carter and a Christian evangelist.

Yusuf Tunaoğlu was a Turkish former international footballer and sports writer.

Alexander Yuryevich Khochinsky was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, bard. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1980).

Lucia Popp was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances at Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, and La Scala. Popp was also a highly regarded recitalist and lieder singer.

Osman Lins was a Brazilian novelist and short story writer. He is considered to be one of the leading innovators of Brazilian literature in the mid 20th century.

Mehmed Uzun was a contemporary Zaza-Kurdish writer and novelist. He was born in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.