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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.
- Juliane KoepckeJuliane Koepcke fell three thousand meters to the ground, still strapped into her airplane seat, after lightning struck the aircraft above the Peruvian…
- 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 Brooks once wrote about something he considered almost comical. His colleagues had taken to describing Pluto's orbit as the planet performing…
- 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 was born in Paris on the 13th of October 1954, and he grew up to become one of France's most provocative voices on the history of colonialism…
- James GleickJames Gleick was born on the 1st of August 1954 in New York City, and he would go on to become what the Wall Street Journal called a master of three skills…
- Roger D. LauniusRoger D. Launius is an American historian, born on the 15th of May 1954, whose specialty is the history of air and space.
- Mario KempesIn the 105th minute of the 1978 World Cup final, Mario Kempes scored the game-winning goal against the Netherlands. He had entered that match as the only…