Editing 1954 (section)

===January===
[[File:EdwinHowardArmstrong.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Edwin Howard Armstrong]]]]
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[José Millán-Astray]], Spanish general, founder of the [[Spanish Legion]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[January 5]] – [[Lillian Rich]], English actress (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/161093%7C99136/Lillian-Rich/#overview |title=Lillian Rich |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies, Inc.]] |access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Eduard Wiiralt]], Estonian artist (b. [[1898]])<ref>{{cite book |title=The Yale University Library Gazette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NMaAAAAMAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=[[Yale University Library]] |page=159 }}</ref>
* [[January 11]] 
** [[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon]], British politician (b. [[1873]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-simon-1/index.html |title=Mr John Simon (Hansard) |publisher=[[UK Parliament]] |access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref>
** [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]], Austrian composer (b. [[1870]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Randel |first=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians |date=October 30, 2002 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=978-0-674-25572-2 |page=866 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT866}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Sydney Greenstreet]], English actor (b. [[1879]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Donnelley |first=Paul |title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries |date=2003 |publisher=[[Music Sales Group]] |isbn=9780711995123 |page=295 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAhtNiAl3YsC&q=%22Sydney+Hughes+Greenstreet%22&pg=PA295 |access-date=April 1, 2017 }}</ref>
* [[January 31]]
** [[Edwin Howard Armstrong]], American electrical engineer (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Armstrong, FM Inventor, Dies in Leap From East Side Suite |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=February 2, 1954 |page=1 |quote=Maj. Edwin H. Armstrong, whose inventions provided much of the basis for modern broadcasting, was found dead yesterday morning on a third-floor balcony of River House, 435 East Fifty-second Street. The 63-year-old electrical engineer had plunged from a window of his luxurious thirteenth-floor apartment, apparently late Sunday evening or during the night.}}</ref>
** [[Florence Bates]], American actress (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p4525 |last=Erickson |first=Hal |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |title=Florence Bates {{!}} Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos |publisher=[[AllMovie]], Netaktion LLC |access-date=November 4, 2022}}</ref>