Olga Dvirna

Soviet distance runner.

Born February 11th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Vasiutyntsi.

Anatoly Bykov

Olympic wrestler.

Born August 6th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Magadan.

Harald Stenvaag

Norwegian sport shooter.

Born March 5th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Ålesund Municipality.

Ivo Scapolo

Italian nuncio.

Born July 24th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Terrassa Padovana.

Eiji Ueda

Japanese association football player and manager.

Born December 22nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Tateyama.

Vladimir Lobanov

Russian speed skater (1953-2007).

Born December 26th, 1953 in Moscow.

Died August 29th, 2007 at 53 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Marc Johnson

American jazz bass player, composer and band leader.

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

František Černík

Czech professional ice hockey player.

Born June 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Nový Jičín. ^[ref]

Rodolfo Dubó

Chilean footballer.

Born September 11th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Punitaqui.

Mitsuo Kato

Japanese association football player (born 1953).

Born January 22nd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Japan.

Dmytro Kremin

Ukrainian poet.

Born August 21st, 1953 in Sukha.

Died May 25th, 2019 at 65 years old in Mykolaiv.

Robert Espeseth

American rower.

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

Karl-Heinz Krüger

East german boxer.

Born December 25th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Templin.

Mokhtar Naili

Tunisian association football player.

Born September 3rd, 1953 (age 72 years) in Tunis.

Constantin Alexandru

Olympic wrestler (1953–2014).

Born December 15th, 1953 in Constanța.

Died August 10th, 2014 at 60 years old ^[ref]

Lizzie Doron

Israeli writer.

Born August 29th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Tel Aviv.

Axel Tyll

East german footballer.

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

Petras Vaitiekūnas

Lithuanian politician.

Born March 26th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Liudvinavas.

Svetlana Ulmasova

Soviet distance runner.

Born February 4th, 1953 in Novyye Balykly.

Died April 6th, 2009 at 56 years old in Bashkortostan. ^[ref]

Terry Walsh

Field hockey player and coach.

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

Nailä Ğiläcevä

Russian fencer.

Born January 2nd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Kazan.

Barbara Baehr

German arachnologist working in australia.

Born February 25th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Pforzheim. ^[ref]

Dieter Wendisch

East german rower.

Born May 9th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Gauernitz.

Leonid Gofshtein

Israeli chess player (1953–2015).

Born April 21st, 1953 in Kyiv.

Died December 25th, 2015 at 62 years old ^[ref]

Abdelkader Horr

Algerian footballer.

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