List of Famous people who died in 1954

George Ashley Campbell was an American engineer. He was a pioneer in developing and applying quantitative mathematical methods to the problems of long-distance telegraphy and telephony. His most important contributions were to the theory and implementation of the use of loading coils and the first wave filters designed to what was to become known as the image method. Both these areas of work resulted in important economic advantages for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T).

Liberty Hyde Bailey was an American horticulturist and botanist who was cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Bailey is credited with being instrumental in starting agricultural extension services, the 4-H movement, the nature study movement, parcel post and rural electrification. He was considered the father of rural sociology and rural journalism.

Selig Brodetsky, זליג ברודצק was a Russian-born English mathematician, a member of the World Zionist Executive, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and the second president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Louis de Bourbon-Busset was a French sports shooter. He competed in the team clay pigeon event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Guglielmo Barnabò was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in 99 films between 1926 and 1954. He was born and died in Ancona, Italy.

Léon Jouhaux was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.

Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat.

André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was a Brazilian lawyer and politician, who served as president during two periods: the first was from 1930 to 1945, when he served as interim president from 1930 to 1934, constitutional president from 1934 to 1937, and dictator from 1937 to 1945. After resigning in 1945, Vargas returned to power as the democratically elected president in 1951, serving until his suicide in 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the longest of any president, and second in Brazilian history only to Emperor Pedro II among heads of state. He favored nationalism, industrialization, centralization, social welfare and populism – for the latter, Vargas won the nickname, "the father of the poor". Vargas is one of a number of populists who arose during the 1930s in Latin America, including Lázaro Cárdenas and Juan Perón, who promoted nationalism and pursued social reform. He was a proponent of workers' rights as well as a staunch anti-communist.