Hélène Esnault

French mathematician.

Born July 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Paris. ^[ref]

Lyubov Burda

Soviet-russian artistic gymnast (born 1953).

Born April 11th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Voronezh.

Cheick Tidiane Seck

Malian musician.

Born December 11th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Ségou.

Arta Dade

Albanian politician.

Born March 15th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Tirana.

Géza Szőcs

Hungarian politician (1953–2020).

Born August 21st, 1953 in Târgu Mureș.

Died November 5th, 2020 at 67 years old in Budapest (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Paul McNulty

American piano maker.

Born October 21st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Houston.

Mazarópi

Brazilian association football player and manager.

Born January 27th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Além Paraíba.

Adam Sandurski

Polish wrestler.

Born February 8th, 1953 in Zarzecze.

Died February 21st, 2026 at 73 years old in Witten. ^[ref]

Emilio Correa

Cuban boxer (1953–2024).

Born March 21st, 1953 in Santiago de Cuba.

Died March 11th, 2024 at 70 years old in Boa Vista. ^[ref]

José María Amorrortu

Spanish association football player.

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

Juan Muñoz

Spanish sculptor (1953–2001).

Born June 16th, 1953 in Madrid.

Died August 28th, 2001 at 48 years old in Ibiza (bleeding).

Pekka Rautakallio

Finnish ice hockey player.

Born July 25th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Pori.

Thabet El-Batal

Egyptian association football player (1953–2005).

Born September 16th, 1953 in Al-Hawamidiyya.

Died February 14th, 2005 at 51 years old in Cairo (cancer).

Danny Philip

Prime minister of solomon islands.

Born August 5th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Rendova Island.

Michał Listkiewicz

Polish football referee.

Born May 20th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Warsaw.

Carie Graves

American rower (1953–2021).

Born June 27th, 1953 in Madison.

Died December 19th, 2021 at 68 years old ^[ref]

Anima Choudhury

Indian singer.

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

Mehdi Cerbah

Algerian association football player (1953–2021).

Born April 3rd, 1953 in Algiers. ^[ref]

Died October 29th, 2021 at 68 years old ^[ref]

Béla Várady

Hungarian footballer (1953–2014).

Born April 12th, 1953 in Gömörszőlős.

Died January 23rd, 2014 at 60 years old in Budapest.

Miguel Ángel Guerra

Argentinian racing driver.

Born August 31st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Buenos Aires.

Krystyna Bochenek

Polish journalist and politician (1953–2010).

Born June 30th, 1953 in Katowice.

Died April 10th, 2010 at 56 years old in Smolensk (Smolensk air disaster).

Adrie van Kraay

Dutch footballer.

Born August 1st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Eindhoven.

Miloslav Ransdorf

Czech politician and europarliamentarian, member of czech parliament (1996–2004).

Born February 15th, 1953 in Rakovník.

Died January 22nd, 2016 at 62 years old in Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (stroke). ^[ref]

Össur Skarphéðinsson

Icelandic politician.

Born June 19th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Reykjavík.

Luís Amado

Portuguese politician; former minister.

Born September 17th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Lisbon.