Michael Kenna

British photographer (born 1953).

Born November 20th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Widnes.

John Preskill

American theoretical physicist.

Born January 19th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Highland Park.

Alan Rabinowitz

American zoologist (1953–2018).

Born December 31st, 1953 in Brooklyn.

Died August 5th, 2018 at 64 years old in Manhattan (leukemia). ^[ref]

Waldemar Kita

Polish businessman.

Born May 7th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Szczecin. ^[ref]

Efraim Karsh

Israeli-british historian (born 1953).

Born September 6th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Israel.

Douglas Diamond

American economist and professor of finance.

Born October 25th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Chicago.

Didier Eribon

French author and philosopher (born 1953).

Born July 10th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Reims.

René Houseman

Argentine footballer (1953-2018).

Born July 19th, 1953 in La Banda, Santiago del Estero.

Died March 22nd, 2018 at 64 years old in Buenos Aires (laryngeal cancer). ^[ref]

Charles E. Leiserson

American computer scientist.

Born November 10th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Oslo.

Lucinda Green

British equestrian.

Born November 7th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Andover.

Bobita

Bangladeshi film actress.

Born July 30th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Bagerhat Sadar Upazila.

Annemarie Moser-Pröll

Austrian female alpine skier.

Born March 27th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Kleinarl.

David Boaz

American libertarian author and editor (1953-2024).

Born August 29th, 1953 in Mayfield.

Died June 7th, 2024 at 70 years old in Arlington County (cancer). ^[ref]

Alexander Bastrykin

Russian official.

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

Bill Graves

43rd governor of kansas.

Born January 9th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Salina.

Samuel Hadida

Moroccan film producer (1953–2018).

Born December 17th, 1953 in Casablanca.

Died November 26th, 2018 at 64 years old in UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. ^[ref]

Serginho Chulapa

Brazilian footballer.

Born December 23rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in São Paulo.

Robert A. McDonald

8th united states secretary of veterans affairs.

Born June 20th, 1953 (age 72 years) in New York City, Gary.

Kem Sokha

Cambodian politician.

Born June 27th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Tram Kak District.

Stephen Warbeck

English composer.

Born May 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Southampton.

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

Surinamese physician and politician.

Born September 5th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Paramaribo.

Mark Doty

American poet and memoirist.

Born August 10th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Maryville.

Zoran Janković

Slovenian businessman and politician.

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

Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown

President of open society foundations and former british labour politician and united nations deputy secretary-general.

Born September 16th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Marylebone.

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director.

Born December 4th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Courbevoie.