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| - | *[[Larry Levan]] (1954-1992) | + | *[[Yasuaki Shimizu]] |
| - | *[[François Kevorkian]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Larry Levan]] (d. 1992) |
| - | *[[Walter Gibbons]] (1954 - 1994) | + | *[[François Kevorkian]] |
| - | *[[Linval Thompson]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Walter Gibbons]] (d. 1994) |
| - | *[[Richard Kern]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Linval Thompson]] |
| - | *[[Augustus Pablo]] (1954 - 1999) | + | *[[Richard Kern]] |
| - | *[[Cindy Sherman]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Augustus Pablo]] (d. 1999) |
| - | *[[James Cameron]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Cindy Sherman]] |
| - | *[[Mike Kelley]] (1954 - 2012) | + | *[[James Cameron]] |
| - | *[[Iain Banks]] (1954 - 2013) | + | *[[Mike Kelley]] (d. 2012) |
| - | *[[Bruce Sterling]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Iain Banks]] (d. 2013) |
| - | *[[Alfredo de la Fé]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Bruce Sterling]] |
| - | *[[Hanif Kureishi]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Alfredo de la Fé]] |
| - | *[[Coen Brothers]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Hanif Kureishi]] |
| - | *[[Ang Lee]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Coen Brothers]] |
| - | *[[Alex Cox]] (1954 - ) | + | *[[Ang Lee]] |
| + | *[[Alex Cox]] | ||
| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| *[[Dziga Vertov]] (1896 - 1954) | *[[Dziga Vertov]] (1896 - 1954) | ||
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1954 (MCMLIV) is the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.
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Art and culture
- Studio One record label founded in Jamaica
- Ford Atmos concept car presented
- Comics Code Authority introduced
- Film Culture magazine launched
- "Une certaine tendance du cinéma français", an essay by French film critic François Truffaut,
- "The Homosexual Villain", an essay by American writer Norman Mailer
Literature
- Story of O by Pauline Réage
- Contempt by Alberto Moravia
- The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Film
- Dial M for Murder by Alfred Hitchcock
- Fear by Roberto Rossellini
- Godzilla by Ishirō Honda
- Human Desire by Fritz Lang
- Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome by Kenneth Anger
- Johnny Guitar, directed by Nicholas Ray
- Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Senso by Luchino Visconti
- Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa
- La strada by Federico Fellini
Music
- "Le Déserteur" by Boris Vian
- "I Just Want to Make Love to You" by Willie Dixon
- "Cucurrucucú paloma"
Births
- Yasuaki Shimizu
- Larry Levan (d. 1992)
- François Kevorkian
- Walter Gibbons (d. 1994)
- Linval Thompson
- Richard Kern
- Augustus Pablo (d. 1999)
- Cindy Sherman
- James Cameron
- Mike Kelley (d. 2012)
- Iain Banks (d. 2013)
- Bruce Sterling
- Alfredo de la Fé
- Hanif Kureishi
- Coen Brothers
- Ang Lee
- Alex Cox
Deaths
- Dziga Vertov (1896 - 1954)
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