Famous People Born in 1954

• Abe, Shinzo (September 21)

  Prime Minister of Japan, 2006-07 and 2012-present

• Ant, Adam (November 3)

  Face-striped singer of "Goody Two Shoes"

• Aragorn

  Hero of The Lord of the Rings

• Bach, Catherine (March 1)

  Daisy Duke on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard

• Baggins, Frodo

  Heroic ring-bearer in The Lord of the Rings

• Bakula, Scott (October 9)

  Star of TV's Quantum Leap and Enterprise

• Banks, Iain (February 16)

   The author of The Wasp Factory

• Barkin, Ellen (April 16)

  Slinky-eyed star of The Big Easy and Sea of Love

• Bolten, Joshua (August 16)

  Chief of Staff to George W. Bush, 2006-2009

• Brinkley, Christie (February 2)

  Sports Illustrated cover girl and former wife of Billy Joel

• Cameron, James (August 16)

  The director of Titanic and Avatar

• Campion, Jane (April 30)

  The writer and director of The Piano

• Chan, Jackie (April 7)

  Hong Kong action superstar from Rumble in the Bronx

• Chavez, Hugo (July 28)

  President of Venezuela, 1999-2013

• Costello, Elvis (August 25)

  The guy who did "Watching the Detectives" and "Radio, Radio"

• Emeagwali, Philip (August 23)

  Nigerian-born supercomputing expert

• Erdrich, Louise (June 7)

  The author of The Plague of Doves

• Evenstar, Arwen

  Aragorn's love interest in The Lord of the Rings

• Evert, Chris (December 21)

  1970s tennis champ dubbed "The Ice Maiden"

• Fiorina, Carly (September 6)

  The Hewlett-Packard CEO who ran for president

• Foley, Mark (September 8)

  The Florida email scandal congressman

• Galadriel

  Mysterious queen of Lothlorien in The Lord of the Rings

• Godzilla

  The movies' most famous city-destroying lizard monster 

• Groening, Matt (February 15)

  Creator of The Simpsons

• Hearst, Patty (February 20)

  The kidnapped heiress who turned bank robber

• Hollande, Francois (August 12)

  The President of France, 2012 - 2017

• Howard, Ron (March 1)

  Movie director who was Opie on The Andy Griffith Show

• Ishiguro, Kazuo (November 8)

  The Nobel-winning author of The Remains of the Day

• Jefferts Schori, Katharine (March 26)

  The first woman to head a national Anglican church

• Laika the Dog

  The first dog to orbit the Earth

• Larsson, Stieg (August 15)

  The author of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

• Lee, Ang (October 23)

  Oscar-winning director of Brokeback Mountain

• Legolas

  Archer friend to Frodo Baggins

• Lukashenko, Alexander (August 30)

  President of Belarus, 1994-present

• Luttig, J. Michael (June 13)

  U.S. Court of Appeals judge, 1991-2006

• McCain, Cindy (December 31)

  The widow of U.S. senator John McCain

• McChrystal, Stanley (August 14)

  Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, 2009-2010

• Merkel, Angela (July 17)

  The Chancellor of Germany, 2005-present

• Moore, Michael (April 23)

  The director of Roger & Me and Bowling for Columbine

• Noth, Chris (November 13)

  Detective Mike Logan on TV's Law & Order

• O'Hara, Catherine (March 4)

  The mom in Home Alone

• Paterson, David (May 20)

  The New York governor who replaced Eliot Spitzer in 2008

• Pollard, Jonathan (August 7)

  The American sentenced to life for passing secrets to Israel

• Porcaro, Jeff (April 1)

  Founder of the group Toto

• Prinze, Freddie (June 22)

  Comedian and star of TV's Chico and the Man

• Quaid, Dennis (April 9)

  Star of the baseball hero movie The Rookie

• Quinlan, Karen Ann (March 29)

  Controversial coma patient of the 1970s

• Rice, Condoleezza (November 14)

  U.S. Secretary of State, 2005-09

• Russo, Rene (February 17)

  Co-star of the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair

• Seinfeld, Jerry (April 29)

  Star of the TV sitcom Seinfeld

• Sharpton, Al (October 3)

  New York's African-American preacher, activist and presidential candidate 

• Sotomayor, Sonia (June 25)

  The first Latina justice on the U.S. Supreme Court

• Stern, Howard (January 12)

  'Shock jock' host of radio's The Howard Stern Show

• Summers, Lawrence H. (November 30)

  Director of the U.S. National Economic Council, 2009-present

• Travolta, John (February 18)

  The star of Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction

• Van Susteren, Greta (June 11)

  Host of the Fox News show On The Record from 2002-16

• Vaughan, Stevie Ray (October 3)

  Lead singer and guitarist for the band Double Trouble

• Warren, Rick (January 28)

  "Purpose-driven" pastor and author

• Washington, Denzel (December 28)

  Star of Malcolm X and Training Day

• Williams, Barry (September 30)

  Greg on TV's The Brady Bunch

• Winfrey, Oprah (January 29)

  The host of TV's Oprah from 1986-2011

• Yushchenko, Viktor (February 23)

  President of the Ukraine, 2005-present

• Zmed, Adrian (March 4)

  Officer Vince Romano on TV's T.J. Hooker

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