Nelo Vingada

Portuguese footballer.

Born March 30th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Serpa.

Branko Milanović

Serbian-american economist.

Born October 24th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Yugoslavia.

Dennis Daugaard

American politician.

Born June 11th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Garretson.

Grete Waitz

Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder (1953-2011).

Born October 1st, 1953 in Oslo.

Died April 19th, 2011 at 57 years old in Oslo (cancer). ^[ref]

James Chance

American saxophonist, composer, singer and pianist (1953–2024).

Born April 20th, 1953 in Milwaukee.

Died June 18th, 2024 at 71 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

Sergei Mironov

Russian politician (born 1953).

Born February 14th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Pushkin.

Jocelerme Privert

Haitian politician.

Born February 1st, 1953 (age 73 years) in Petit-Trou-de-Nippes.

Chris Lebenzon

American film editor.

Born October 29th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Redwood City.

Kenny Burns

Scottish footballer (born 1953).

Born September 23rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Glasgow.

Arto Lindsay

American musician.

Born May 28th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Richmond.

Kambhampati Hari Babu

Governor of odisha.

Born June 15th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Thimmasamudram.

Tom Barrett

American diplomat and politician (born 1953).

Born December 8th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Milwaukee.

Reggie Lucas

American musician, songwriter, record producer (1953–2018).

Born February 25th, 1953 in New York City. ^[ref]

Died May 19th, 2018 at 65 years old in New York City (heart failure). ^[ref]

Margie Moran

Filipina model who was crowned 1973's miss universe.

Born October 29th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Manila.

Derek Daly

Irish racing driver.

Born March 11th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Dublin.

Jay Brazeau

Canadian actor.

Born December 22nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Winnipeg.

Ramon Fernandez

Filipino basketball player.

Born October 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Maasin.

Pat Symonds

British motorsport engineer.

Born June 11th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Bedford.

Esther Hayut

Former chief justice of the supreme court of israel.

Born October 16th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Israel, Herzliya. ^[ref]

Phumtham Wechayachai

Acting prime minister of thailand from 14 to 16 august 2024 and from july to september 2025.

Born December 5th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Phasi Charoen.

Diego Della Valle

Italian businessman and the president and ceo of the italian leather goods company, tod's.

Born December 30th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Sant'Elpidio a Mare.

Victor Ambros

American developmental biologist.

Born December 1st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Hanover.

Neal Dunn

American politician and physician..

Born February 16th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Boston. ^[ref]

Carrie Mae Weems

African american photographer (born 1953).

Born April 20th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Portland.

Klaus Schmidt

German archaeologist (1953–2014).

Born December 11th, 1953 in Feuchtwangen.

Died July 20th, 2014 at 60 years old in Usedom (myocardial infarction).