page_title: 1954
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1954 / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Oprah in Miami on her "The Life You Want" tour, October 2014. Español: Oprah Gail Winfrey en Miami, en su tour "The Life You Want", octubre de 2014.
context_page_description: 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: January 1
  Thomas Aisu, Ugandan physician, educator (d. 2018)
  Djimrangar Dadnadji, 16th Prime Minister of Chad (d. 2019)
  January 2 – Henry Bonilla, American politician
  January 3 – Ross the Boss, American heavy metal/punk guitarist
  January 4
  Tina Knowles, African-American fashion designer; mother of R&B singers Beyoncé and Solange Knowles
  Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott, English professional poker player
  January 5 – Alex English, American basketball player
  January 6 – Anthony Minghella, British film, theatre director (d. 2008)
  January 7
  Jodi Long, American actress
  José María Vitier, Cuban music composer, pianist
  January 8 – Julieta Castellanos, Honduran sociologist
  January 12 – Howard Stern, American radio host
  January 13 – Trevor Rabin, South African–American musician
  January 14
  Tom Cheney, American cartoonist
  Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese professional wrestler
  January 15 – Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino writer
  January 17 – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American socialite, environmental activist
  January 19
  Ted DiBiase, American professional wrestler
  Katey Sagal, American actress, singer (Married...With Children)
  Katharina Thalbach, German actress
  January 21 – Thomas de Maizière, German politician
  January 22
  Paul O'Brien, British chemist (d. 2018)
  Peter Pilz, Austrian politician
  January 23
  Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer, songwriter
  Greg Guidry, American singer, songwriter (d. 2003)
  Edward Ka-Spel, British/Dutch singe, songwriter (The Legendary Pink Dots)
  January 24
  Matthew Lillard, American actor
  January 28
  Peter Lampe, German theologian, historian
  Bruno Metsu, French football coach (d. 2013)
  Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (d. 2000)
  Willy Telavi, 11th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
  January 29
  Yukinobu Hoshino, Japanese cartoonist
  Terry Kinney, American actor
  Oprah Winfrey, African-American actress, talk show hostess, producer, and publisher
caption: Oprah Winfrey
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