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In the year 1953

1,586 Notable birthdays

Bornito de Sousa

Angolan politician.

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

Paul Baghdadlian

Armenian singer.

Born July 10th, 1953 in Aleppo.

Died June 28th, 2011 at 57 years old in Glendale (lung cancer).

Christine Pascal

French actress, screenwriter, director (1953–1996).

Born November 29th, 1953 in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon.

Died August 31st, 1996 at 42 years old in Garches (suicide by jumping from height).

José Higueras

Spanish tennis player.

Born March 1st, 1953 (age 73 years) in Granada. [ref]

Jaromír Nohavica

Czech songwriter, lyricist, and poet.

Born June 7th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Ostrava. [ref]

Hossam Ramzy

Egyptian percussionist and music producer (1953-2019).

Born December 15th, 1953 in Cairo.

Died September 10th, 2019 at 65 years old in Brazil. [ref]

Sara Simeoni

Italian high jumper.

Born April 19th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Rivoli Veronese.

Anne Linnet

Danish musician.

Born July 30th, 1953 (age 72 years).

Józef Młynarczyk

Polish footballer.

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

Athene Donald

British physicist.

Born May 15th, 1953 (age 72 years) in London.

Ella Pamfilova

Russian politician.

Born September 12th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Olmaliq.

Mark Jones

American screenwriter, film director, television director, film producer, and television producer.

Born January 17th, 1953 in Los Angeles.

Died January 16th, 2026 at 72 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Filbert Bayi

Tanzanian athlete.

Born June 23rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Karatu.

Denzil Douglas

Prime minister of saint kitts and nevis.

Born January 14th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Saint Paul Capisterre.

Mona Baker

Egyptian professor of translation studies.

Born September 20th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Cairo. [ref]

Patrick Chamoiseau

Martiniquais writer (born 1953).

Born December 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Fort-de-France.

Chen Zhu

Chinese hematologist, molecular biologist and politician.

Born August 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Shanghai.

Larisa Flamenbaum

Russian politician (1953—2021).

Born January 21st, 1953 in Chadan.

Died June 10th, 2021 at 68 years old in Moscow.

Eliane Karp

Peruvian anthropologist, first lady of peru.

Born September 24th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Paris.

Henning Schmitz

Current member of kraftwerk.

Born December 26th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Germany.

Greg Cohen

American musician.

Born July 13th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Los Angeles.

Agustí Villaronga

Spanish film director, screenwriter, actor (1953–2023).

Born March 4th, 1953 in Palma. [ref]

Died January 22nd, 2023 at 69 years old in Barcelona (cancer). [ref]

Ivica Šurjak

Croatian footballer.

Born March 23rd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Split.

Héctor Timerman

Argentine journalist and politician.

Born December 16th, 1953 in Buenos Aires.

Died December 30th, 2018 at 65 years old in Buenos Aires (liver cancer).

Udo Samel

German actor.

Born June 25th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Trier.

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