December 24, 1954

1954Yves Debay, Congolese-French commander and journalist (died 2013)^[†]

Yves Debay, was a veteran French-Belgian war correspondent, who founded and reported for the French-language magazines Raids and later Assaut ("Assault"), which is published out of Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France. He was the first Belgian journalist to be killed in Syria.

1954José María Figueres, Costa Rican businessman and politician, President of Costa Rica (1994–1998)^[†]

José María Figueres Olsen is a Costa Rican businessman and politician, who served as President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. He also ran for president in the 2022 presidential election but was defeated by Rodrigo Chaves.