The year was

1954

Here's everything we logged from 1954 — 1 worldwide and 0 from India.

Someone born this year is around 16 today.

Famous people born in 1954 Kamal, Angela, François…

Notable figures who share this birth year.

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Kamal Haasan
Tamil cinema icon, actor and director.
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Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
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François Hollande
President of France from 2012 to 2017.
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Hugo Chávez
Venezuelan politician, 56th president of Venezuela (1954–2013).
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President of Turkey since 2014.
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Rafael Orozco Maestre
Colombian singer (1954-1992).
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Shinzō Abe
Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022).
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Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist.
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science
First polio vaccine
Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was successfully tested. Polio's reign of terror began to end.
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