Curated category
1954 births
- DJ HollywoodDJ Hollywood, born Anthony Holloway on the 10th of December 1954, stands at a crossroads that most music histories glide past.
- James CameronOn the 26th of March 2012, James Cameron sat alone inside the Deepsea Challenger and dropped to the deepest point on Earth.
- Ron HowardRon Howard was five years old when he stood on a set holding a toy turtle, pretending it was dead. He had to cry. The director helping him through the scene…
- Katsuhiro OtomoKatsuhiro Otomo was born in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, in a region so rural that, as a child, he said there was simply nothing to do. So he read manga.
- Rudolf SimekRudolf Simek was born on the 21st of February 1954 in Austria, and he would spend the decades that followed mapping the mythological landscape of the…
- Władysław ŻmudaWładysław Żmuda was born on the 6th of June 1954 in Lublin. He spent six years learning his trade with his first club Motor Lublin before finally spreading…
- Shinzo AbeShinzo Abe was shot while delivering a campaign speech in the city of Nara on the 8th of July 2022. He died that day, becoming the first assassinated former…
- Kevin WarwickKevin Warwick left school in Coventry at the age of 16 to take an apprenticeship with British Telecom. By middle age, he had implanted electronic devices…
- Philippa GregoryPhilippa Gregory was born on the 9th of January 1954 in Nairobi, then the capital city of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya.
- Rodney BrooksRodney Allen Brooks was born on the 30th of December 1954 in Australia. He began his academic journey studying pure mathematics at Flinders University of…
- Roger LowensteinRoger Lowenstein grew up in Larchmont, New York, the son of a Columbia University law professor who spent his career writing critiques of American finance.
- Claude RibbeClaude Ribbe entered the world on the 13th of October 1954 in Paris. He grew up within the city that would later host his public appearances and debates.
- James GleickIn 1987, Viking Penguin published Chaos: Making a New Science. This book introduced the concept of the butterfly effect to millions of readers who had never…
- Roger D. LauniusRoger D. Launius entered the world on the 15th of May 1954, in Galesburg, Illinois. His childhood unfolded later in Greenville, South Carolina.
- Mario KempesMario Alberto Kempes Chiodi arrived in the world on the 15th of July 1954 within Bell Ville, Córdoba. His father Mario Quemp carried German heritage while…