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• Jerzy Master, Wadowice (Gmina Wadowice, Powiat Wadowicki, Województwo Małopolskie) († 2021)
• Henrika Adriana van Zandbeek, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2002)
• Willy Vande Moortel († 1990)
• Ferdinand Botter, Vriezenveen († 2015)
• Elisabeth Huberdina Ekelenburg Van, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Teake Harm Kroon, Vlieland († 2054)
• Jacob Willem Adrianus Verhoef, Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2009)
• Raymond De Decker († 1962)
• Paul Knoops, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 2008)
• Rudolf Willem De Nijs Bik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1975)

• Arend van den Berg (76), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Calvin Davis Hoskins (86)
• Antonie Jacob Poots (82), Dordercht
• Alberta Willemina Wonink (62), Deventer
• Antonia Fischer (82), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aukjen Vrolijk (67), Hindeloopen, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Stoffer (67), Westzaan
• Alfred WITHERS (72), Charlton Near Guisborough,North Yorkshire,ENGELAND
• Adrianus de Jongste (70), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Anne Klaver (60), Naarden

• 1952 » Masashi Sada, Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer
• 1952 » Narayan Rane, Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1952 » Steven Seagal, American actor, producer, and martial artist
• 1953 » David Moorcroft, English runner and businessman
• 1953 » Pamela Wallin, Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
• 1954 » Anne Lamott, American author and educator
• 1954 » Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist and author
• 1954 » Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager († 2013)
• 1954 » Peter MacNicol, American actor
• 1955 » Lesley Garrett, English soprano and actress

• 1945 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)
• 1954 » Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
• 1955 » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1960 » André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1962 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1962 » Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. John
12. Jacobus
13. Gerardus
14. Adrianus
15. Jacob
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Marianne
12. Yvonne
13. Marie
14. Linda
15. Helena
16. Mary

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
• November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
• December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

The temperature on April 10, 1954 was between 0.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.