Anthony Carmona

President of trinidad and tobago.

Born March 7th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Fyzabad.

Giannina Braschi

Puerto rican writer.

Born February 5th, 1953 (age 73 years) in San Juan.

Brian Little

Footballer; football manager (born 1953).

Born November 25th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Newcastle upon Tyne.

John Bellamy Foster

Sociology professor and marxist writer.

Born August 19th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Seattle.

Kitanoumi Toshimitsu

Japanese sumo wrestler (1953–2015).

Born May 16th, 1953 in Sōbetsu-chō.

Died November 20th, 2015 at 62 years old in Fukuoka (cancer). ^[ref]

Dwight Stones

American high jumper, track and field commentator.

Born December 6th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Los Angeles.

Ronnie Earl

American blues guitarist.

Born March 10th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Queens.

Mary Prema Pierick

Roman catholic religious sister.

Born May 13th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Reken.

Oliver Ivanović

Kosovo-serbian politician and economist.

Born April 1st, 1953 in Irzniq. ^[ref]

Died January 16th, 2018 at 64 years old in North Mitrovica (gunshot wound, assassination). ^[ref]

Michael F. Doyle

American politician (born 1953).

Born August 5th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Swissvale.

Brian Talbot

English footballer and manager (born 1953).

Born July 21st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Ipswich.

Stephen Batchelor

British buddhist philosopher.

Born April 7th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Scotland, Dundee.

Manfred Kaltz

German footballer and manager.

Born January 6th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Ludwigshafen.

Malika Oufkir

Moroccan amazigh (berber) writer and former "disappeared".

Born April 2nd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Marrakesh.

Brian Greenhoff

English football player (1953-2013).

Born April 28th, 1953 in Barnsley.

Died May 22nd, 2013 at 60 years old in Rochdale.

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

British historian and professor (1953–2012).

Born January 15th, 1953 in Lincoln. ^[ref]

Died August 29th, 2012 at 59 years old ^[ref]

Neda Arnerić

Serbian actress (1953–2020).

Born July 15th, 1953 in Knjaževac.

Died January 10th, 2020 at 66 years old in Belgrade. ^[ref]

Günther Oettinger

German politician (cdu).

Born October 15th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Stuttgart.

Jadranka Kosor

Croatian politician.

Born July 1st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Pakrac.

Aleksandr Abdulov

Soviet and russian actor (1953–2008).

Born May 29th, 1953 in Tobolsk.

Died January 3rd, 2008 at 54 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Taner Akçam

Turkish-german historian (born 1953).

Born October 23rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Ölçek.

Cho Hun-hyun

South korean go player.

Born March 10th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Mokpo. ^[ref]

Daniel T. Barry

American astronaut.

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

Kvitka Cisyk

American opera singer of ukrainian descent (1953–1998).

Born April 4th, 1953 in Queens.

Died March 29th, 1998 at 44 years old in Manhattan (breast cancer).

Bob Mintzer

American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.

Born January 27th, 1953 (age 73 years) in New Rochelle.