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In the year 1953

1,589 Notable birthdays

Dipak Misra

45th chief justice of india.

Born October 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Cuttack. [ref]

Jimmy McCulloch

Scottish musician (1953–1979).

Born June 4th, 1953 in Dumbarton. [ref]

Died September 27th, 1979 at 26 years old in Maida Vale (drug overdose).

Alpha Blondy

Ivorian reggae singer.

Born April 20th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Dimbokro. [ref]

Mary Harron

Canadian film director.

Born January 12th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Bracebridge.

Jamaal Wilkes

American basketball player.

Born May 2nd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Berkeley.

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 1953).

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 73 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.

Died July 16th, 2003 at 50 years old in Barcelona (liver failure).

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 73 years) in Toronto, Richmond Hill.

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