A Friday
Born on December 31, 1954?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Friday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Wood Horse
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
71 years
Famous people born on December 31, 1954
Alex Salmond
Alba Party leader and First Minister of Scotland 2007–2014 (1954–2024)
Christine Scheiblich
East German rower
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir
Icelandic politician
Syed Mahmud Hossain
22nd Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Farida Parveen
Bangladeshi singer (1954–2025)
Zeïni Moulaye
Malian politician
Viyé Diba
Senegalese painter
Gloria Akuffo
Ghanaian lawyer and politician
Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu
Bangladeshi politician
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 31, 1954 was a Friday. Someone born on December 31, 1954 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 31, 1954 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,243 days. People born in 1954 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on December 31
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jacques Cartier
1491 · Breton maritime explorer of North America

Andreas Vesalius
1514 · Flemish anatomist, physician and author

Isma'il Pasha
1830 · Khedive of Egypt from to

Henri Matisse
1869 · French artist

George Marshall
1880 · American army officer and statesman

Umm Kulthum
1898 · Egyptian singer and actress
Gift ideas for someone born in 1954
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 72
- “Born in 1954” gifts
- Wine from 1954
- Books about 1954
- A newspaper from 1954
- Coin set from 1954
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Questions about December 31, 1954
- What day of the week was December 31, 1954?
- December 31, 1954 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 31, 1954?
- Someone born on December 31, 1954 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 31, 1954?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 31, 1954 falls in the year of the Wood Horse.
- How old is someone born on December 31, 1954?
- Someone born on December 31, 1954 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,243 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1954?
- People born in 1954 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 31, 1954?
- On December 31, 1954 the moon was a First Quarter.
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