According to Chinese Astrology, 1954 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1954 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 3 February 1954 and 16 February 1955 are considered born in the Chinese year 1954 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse year is also represented by 5 elements in Chinese astrology that express character and behavior. Therefore, each year it is referred to with a different zodiac animal name and a different element name, and this repeats only once in 60 years. 1954 is also known as the Year of the Wood Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1954 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Horse?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Rene Russo, American actress |
| 1954 | Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996) |
| 1954 | Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist and composer |
| 1954 | Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer |
| 1955 | Chet Lemon, American baseball player and coach |
| 1954 | Jackie Slater, American football player and coach |
| 1954 | Pete Allen, English clarinet player and saxophonist |
| 1954 | Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager |
| 1954 | Antonina Koshel, Soviet artistic gymnast |
| 1954 | Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer |
| 1954 | Sylvester Clarke, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1999) |
| 1954 | Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards |
| 1955 | Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee |
| 1954 | Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer |
| 1954 | D. W. Moffett, American actor and director |
| 1954 | David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1954 | Lou Ann Barton, American blues singer-songwriter |
| 1954 | Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1954 | Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1954 | Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach |
| 1954 | Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter |
| 1954 | Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer |
| 1954 | Róisín Shortall, Irish educator and politician |
| 1954 | Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 1954 | Patti Scialfa, American musician |
| 1954 | Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland |
| 1954 | John Faulkner, Australian educator and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Defence |
| 1954 | Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1954 | Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author |
| 1954 | Emir Kusturica, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter |