Ellen S. Baker

American physician and astronaut.

Born April 27th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Fayetteville.

Friedhelm Funkel

Football player and manager.

Born December 10th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Neuss.

Abena Busia

Ghanaian writer.

Born April 28th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Ghana.

Jeff Jones

American-canadian bassist.

Born September 20th, 1953 (age 72 years) in London.

Anupama Deshpande

Indian actress.

Born October 2nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Mumbai.

Ikue Mori

Drummer, electronic musician and composer.

Born December 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Tokyo.

Paco Herrera

Spanish football player/manager.

Born December 2nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Barcelona.

Richard Friend

British physicist.

Born January 18th, 1953 (age 73 years) in London.

Hywel Williams

Welsh politician and mp for arfon (born 1953).

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

Kirill Gevorgian

Russian judge.

Born April 8th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Moscow.

Lorenzo Serra Ferrer

Spanish football manager.

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

May R. Berenbaum

American entomologist.

Born July 22nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Trenton.

Johan de Meij

Dutch composer and conductor.

Born November 23rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Voorburg.

Hong Joon-pyo

South korean politician (born 1953).

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

Álex Angulo

Spanish actor (1953-2014).

Born April 12th, 1953 in Erandio.

Died July 20th, 2014 at 61 years old in Fuenmayor (car collision). ^[ref]

Lulu Santos

Brazilian musician and singer.

Born May 4th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Omer Bar-Lev

Israeli politician.

Born October 2nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Haifa. ^[ref]

Wolfgang Hohlbein

German writer.

Born August 15th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Weimar. ^[ref]

Vesna Pusić

Croatian politician.

Born March 25th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Zagreb.

Dan Roundfield

American basketball player (1953–2012).

Born May 26th, 1953 in Detroit.

Died August 6th, 2012 at 59 years old in Aruba (drowning). ^[ref]

Rolland Courbis

French football player and manager.

Born August 12th, 1953 in Marseille.

Died January 12th, 2026 at 72 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. ^[ref]

Kjell Bergqvist

Swedish actor.

Born February 23rd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district.

Eliane Giardini

Brazilian actress.

Born October 20th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Sorocaba.

Luther Burden

American basketball player (1953-2015).

Born February 28th, 1953 in Haines City.

Died October 29th, 2015 at 62 years old in Winston-Salem. ^[ref]

Nadezhda Olizarenko

Soviet-ukrainian middle-distance runner.

Born November 28th, 1953 in Bryansk.

Died February 18th, 2017 at 63 years old in Odesa (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ^[ref]