List of Famous people who died in 1954

Erwin Friedrich Richard Biegel was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over eighty feature films in a variety of supporting roles.

Johannes Stroux was a German classicist, scholar of Roman law and organizer of scientific projects and organizations. In 1945 he became rector of the Berlin University and president of the Berlin Academy of Science.

Ella Gmeiner, married Ella Gmeiner-Klein was a German opera singer.

Theodore Garman, known as Theo, was an English painter of the mid-20th century.

William K. Howard was an American film director, writer, and producer. Considered one of Hollywood's leading directors, he directed over 50 films from 1921 to 1946, including The Thundering Herd (1925), The Power and the Glory (1933), Fire Over England (1937), and Johnny Come Lately (1943).

Juan Gualberto Guevara B.A. J.C.D. was created on 18 February 1946 a Cardinal Priest by Pope Pius XII. He was Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Cardinal of Peru.

Karl Taylor Compton was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948.