Gholam Ali Rasheed

Iranian military officer (1953–2025).

Born September 24th, 1953 in Dezful.

Died June 13th, 2025 at 71 years old in Tehran (airstrike). ^[ref]

Blanca Guerra

Mexican actress (born 1953).

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

Pavlo Lazarenko

Ukrainian politician, former prime minister of ukraine, criminal.

Born January 23rd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Karpivka.

Thomas Pogge

German philosopher.

Born August 13th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Hamburg.

Rick Fenn

British musician.

Born May 23rd, 1953 (age 72 years).

Walter Lübcke

German politician.

Born August 22nd, 1953 in Bad Wildungen.

Died June 2nd, 2019 at 65 years old in Wolfhagen, Istha (shot to the head). ^[ref]

Amy Bloom

Fiction writer, screenwriter, social worker, psychotherapist.

Born June 18th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Great Neck Peninsula.

Jeremy Waldron

New zealand legal philosopher.

Born October 13th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Invercargill.

Derek Johnstone

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1953).

Born November 4th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Dundee.

Myung-whun Chung

South korean pianist and conductor.

Born January 22nd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Busan.

Dalila Di Lazzaro

Italian actress and writer.

Born January 29th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Udine.

George Akume

Nigerian politician, governor of benue state.

Born December 27th, 1953 (age 72 years).

Peter Sarnak

South african mathematician.

Born December 18th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Johannesburg.

Andrey Makarevich

Soviet and russian rock musician.

Born December 11th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Moscow.

Afonso Dhlakama

Mozambican politician (1953-2018).

Born January 1st, 1953 in Chibabava District.

Died May 3rd, 2018 at 65 years old in Gorongosa District (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Riccardo Chailly

Italian conductor (born 1953).

Born February 20th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Milan.

Wangchuk Namgyal

King of sikkim in pretence.

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

Jessie Duarte

South african politician (1953–2022).

Born September 19th, 1953 in Johannesburg.

Died July 17th, 2022 at 68 years old in Johannesburg (cancer). ^[ref]

Randy Piper

American guitarist.

Born April 13th, 1953 (age 73 years) in San Antonio.

D. V. Sadananda Gowda

Indian politician, ex chief minister of karnataka.

Born March 19th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Sullia.

Peter Andersson

Swedish actor (1953- ).

Born February 12th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Gothenburg.

Satoru Nakajima

Japanese racing driver.

Born February 23rd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Okazaki.

Robert Thirsk

Canadian astronaut.

Born August 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in New Westminster. ^[ref]

José Bové

French farmer and syndicalist.

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

Władysław Kozakiewicz

Polish pole vaulter.

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