William Petersen

American actor.

Born February 21st, 1953 (age 73 years) in Evanston. ^[ref]

Tom Hulce

American actor and producer.

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

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the gnu project.

Born March 16th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Manhattan.

Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean association football player and manager.

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

Diane Abbott

British mp for hackney north and stoke newington (born 1953).

Born September 27th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Paddington.

Nigel Mansell

British racing driver (born 1953).

Born August 8th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Upton-upon-Severn.

Ahmad Shah Massoud

Afghan military leader (1953-2001).

Born September 2nd, 1953 in Bazarak.

Died September 9th, 2001 at 48 years old in Takhar. ^[ref]

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953).

Born February 28th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Albany.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

President of argentina from 2007-2015, vice president of argentina since 2019 to 2023.

Born February 19th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Tolosa. ^[ref]

Conrad Murray

American physician.

Born February 19th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Saint Andrew Parish.

Karen Bass

American politician and 43rd mayor of los angeles.

Born October 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Los Angeles.

Colleen Camp

American actress and film producer.

Born June 7th, 1953 (age 72 years) in San Francisco.

Lin Feng-jiao

Taiwanese actress.

Born June 30th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Shilin District.

Ron Stallworth

American police officer and writer.

Born June 18th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Chicago.

Alex Van Halen

American drummer.

Born May 8th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Amsterdam.

Norman Finkelstein

American political scientist (born 1953).

Born December 8th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Brooklyn.

Ben Bernanke

American economist (born 1953).

Born December 13th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Augusta.

Dennis Miller

American stand-up comedian, television host, and actor.

Born November 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Pittsburgh.

Srividya

Indian actress (1953-2006).

Born July 24th, 1953 in Chennai.

Died October 19th, 2006 at 53 years old in Thiruvananthapuram (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Robert Davi

American actor (born 1951).

Born June 26th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Astoria.

Kevin Nealon

American comedian.

Born November 18th, 1953 (age 72 years) in St. Louis.

Kim Gordon

American musician and artist, most known as co-founding member of sonic youth.

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

Roger Allam

British actor.

Born October 26th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Bow.

Carol Thatcher

British journalist.

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

David Thornton

American actor.

Born June 12th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Cheraw.