Julien Temple

English film and music video director.

Born November 26th, 1953 (age 72 years) in London.

Thomas Bach

German fencer, lawyer and sports official; 9th president of the international olympic committee since 2013.

Born December 29th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Würzburg.

Lesley Nicol

English actress.

Born August 7th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Manchester.

Bruce Kulick

American guitarist.

Born December 12th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Brooklyn.

Nan Goldin

American photographer.

Born September 12th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Washington, D.C..

Steven Zaillian

American film director.

Born January 30th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Fresno.

Drake Hogestyn

American actor (1953–2024).

Born September 29th, 1953 in Fort Wayne.

Died September 28th, 2024 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Don Black

American white nationalist.

Born July 28th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Athens.

Bill Kazmaier

American strongman.

Born December 30th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Burlington.

Keith Green

American contemporary christian musician and songwriter (1953–1982).

Born October 21st, 1953 in Brooklyn.

Died July 28th, 1982 at 28 years old in Garden Valley.

Hans Raj Hans

Indian singer.

Born November 30th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Jalandhar District.

Jim Rice

American baseball player.

Born March 8th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Anderson.

Jacklyn Zeman

American actress (1953–2023).

Born March 6th, 1953 in Englewood.

Died May 9th, 2023 at 70 years old in Thousand Oaks. ^[ref]

Tatsurō Yamashita

Japanese singer-songwriter.

Born February 4th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Ikebukuro.

Shavarsh Karapetyan

Soviet swimmer.

Born May 19th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Vanadzor.

Richard Clayderman

French pianist.

Born December 28th, 1953 (age 72 years) in 20th arrondissement of Paris.

Keith Strickland

American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer.

Born October 26th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Athens.

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author.

Born April 28th, 1953 in Santiago. ^[ref]

Died July 16th, 2003 at 50 years old in Barcelona (liver cancer). ^[ref]

Becky Ann Baker

American actress.

Born February 17th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Fort Knox.

Kathleen Wynne

25th premier of ontario.

Born May 21st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Toronto.

June Pointer

American musician (1953–2006).

Born November 30th, 1953 in Oakland.

Died April 11th, 2006 at 52 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer, liver cancer, bone cancer). ^[ref]

Christopher Fairbank

British actor.

Born October 4th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Hertfordshire.

Damián Alcázar

Mexican actor and politician.

Born January 8th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Jiquilpan Municipality.

Bolaji Badejo

Nigerian actor (1953–1992).

Born August 23rd, 1953 in Lagos.

Died December 22nd, 1992 at 39 years old in Lagos (sickle-cell disease).

Vincent Curatola

American actor.

Born August 16th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Englewood. ^[ref]