Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Actor, musician; son of lucille ball.

Born January 19th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Los Angeles.

Kate Capshaw

American actress who converted to judaism.

Born November 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Fort Worth.

Benazir Bhutto

11th and 13th prime minister of pakistan (1953–2007).

Born June 21st, 1953 in Karachi.

Died December 27th, 2007 at 54 years old in Benazir Bhutto Hospital (suicide bombing). ^[ref]

Boney Kapoor

Indian film producer.

Born November 11th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Meerut.

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor.

Born August 27th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Kumla.

Chaka Khan

American singer (born 1953).

Born March 23rd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Chicago.

Elaine Chao

18th united states secretary of transportation and 24th united states secretary of labor.

Born March 26th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Taipei.

Marcia Clark

American prosecutor, author, and television correspondent.

Born August 31st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Berkeley.

Annette O'Toole

American actress (born 1952).

Born April 1st, 1953 (age 73 years) in Houston.

Malcolm Young

Australian guitarist (1953–2017).

Born January 6th, 1953 in Glasgow.

Died November 18th, 2017 at 64 years old in Elizabeth Bay (dementia). ^[ref]

Michael Bolton

American singer-songwriter.

Born February 26th, 1953 (age 73 years) in New Haven.

Jerome Powell

President of the fed.

Born February 4th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Washington, D.C..

M. K. Stalin

8th and current chief minister of tamil nadu.

Born March 1st, 1953 (age 73 years) in Chennai. ^[ref]

Pat Benatar

American singer.

Born January 10th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Brooklyn.

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017).

Born April 9th, 1953 in Clinton.

Died October 1st, 2017 at 64 years old in Mandalay Bay (shot to the head).

Bebe Buell

American model and singer.

Born July 14th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Portsmouth.

Louie Anderson

American stand-up comedian and actor.

Born March 24th, 1953 in Saint Paul.

Died January 21st, 2022 at 68 years old in Las Vegas (non-Hodgkin lymphoma). ^[ref]

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Mexican politician. president of mexico from 2018 to 2024.

Born November 13th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Tepetitán.

Sam Kinison

American comedian (1953–1992).

Born December 8th, 1953 in Yakima.

Died April 10th, 1992 at 38 years old in Needles (traffic collision).

Lloyd J. Austin III

United states 28th secretary of defense.

Born August 8th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Mobile. ^[ref]

Frances Conroy

American actress.

Born November 13th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Monroe.

Gary Johnson

American politician, businessman, and 29th governor of new mexico.

Born January 1st, 1953 (age 73 years) in Minot.

James Remar

American actor (born 1953).

Born December 31st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Boston.

Kathleen Kennedy

American film producer (born 1953).

Born June 5th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Berkeley.

Ken Burns

American documentarian and filmmaker (born 1953).

Born July 29th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Brooklyn.