Masashi Ebara

Japanese voice actor and actor.

Born May 4th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Peter Baumann

German musician.

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

Dany Laferrière

Haitian canadian novelist, screenwriter and former journalist.

Born April 13th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Port-au-Prince.

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

Polish composer (1953—2024).

Born April 29th, 1953 in Konin.

Died May 21st, 2024 at 71 years old in Kraków (multiple system atrophy). ^[ref]

Gali Atari

Israeli actor and singer.

Born December 29th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Rehovot.

Dorothée

French singer and tv presenter.

Born July 14th, 1953 (age 72 years) in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Jeff Rich

English drummer.

Born June 8th, 1953 (age 72 years) in London.

Anicée Alvina

French singer and actress (1953–2006).

Born January 28th, 1953 in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Died November 11th, 2006 at 53 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer).

Michel Devoret

French physicist.

Born March 5th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Paris.

Feng Fei-fei

Taiwanese singer, actress, and presenter (1953-2012).

Born August 20th, 1953 in Taoyuan County.

Died January 3rd, 2012 at 58 years old in Hong Kong (lung cancer).

Ridley Pearson

American writer.

Born March 13th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Glen Cove.

Jibril Rajoub

Palestinian politician (born 1953).

Born May 14th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Dura, Hebron. ^[ref]

Wim Eijk

Catholic cardinal.

Born June 22nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Duivendrecht.

Glykeria

Greek singer.

Born November 16th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Agio Pnevma.

Carole André

French actress.

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

Wim Mertens

Flemish belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.

Born May 14th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Neerpelt.

Alan Sunderland

Footballer (born 1953).

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

Can Xue

Chinese writer, literary critic, and tailor.

Born May 30th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Changsha.

Katsuya Okada

Japanese politician (born 1953).

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

Mark S. Schweiker

Pennsylvania politician.

Born January 31st, 1953 (age 73 years) in Levittown. ^[ref]

Wang Yi

Chinese diplomat leader, director of the ccp central foreign affairs commission office since 2023.

Born October 19th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Beijing.

Dionne Brand

Canadian writer, poet.

Born January 7th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Port of Spain, Guayaguayare. ^[ref]

Romas Kalanta

Soviet dissident (1953–1972).

Born February 22nd, 1953 in Alytus.

Died May 15th, 1972 at 19 years old in Kaunas (self-immolation).

Vadim Rabinovich

Ukrainian businessman.

Born August 4th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Kharkiv.

Herman Koch

Dutch writer and actor (born 1953).

Born September 5th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Arnhem. ^[ref]