Authors born in 1854
- A. C. Dixon Pastor, 1854
- Albert Bushnell Hart Historian, 1854
- Albion W. Small Socialist, 1854
- Alice Gardner Historian, 1854
- Alphonse Allais Writer, 1854
- Arthur Rimbaud Poet, 1854
- Benjamin Tucker Activist, 1854
- Charles Fillmore Spirituality, 1854
- Christiaan Rudolf de Wet Military Personnel, 1854
- David Dunbar Buick Inventor, 1854
- E. W. Scripps Newspaper Editor, 1854
- Edith M. Thomas Poet, 1854
- Ernest Belfort Bax Barrister, 1854
- Etta Semple Activist, 1854
- Francis Marion Crawford Writer, 1854
- George Earle Buckle Author, 1854
- George Eastman Entrepreneur, 1854
- James G. Frazer Anthropologist, 1854
- John Philip Sousa Composer, 1854
- John Sharp Williams Politician, 1854
- Joseph Jacobs Folklorist, 1854
- Karl Kautsky Philosopher, 1854
- Lady Randolph Churchill Socialite, 1854
- Ned Kelly Bushranger, 1854
- Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov Revolutionary, 1854
- Oscar Wilde Poet, 1854
- Patrick Geddes Urban Planner, 1854
- Thomas R. Marshall Vice President, 1854
- Walter Hadwen Doctor, 1854
- William Bourke Cockran Politician, 1854
- William Henry Drummond Poet, 1854
- William Thomas Councilman Pathologist, 1854