Dan Roundfield

American basketball player.

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.

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]

Veselin Šljivančanin

Montenegrin soldier.

Born June 13th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Palež.

Peter Halley

American artist.

Born September 24th, 1953 (age 72 years) in New York City.

Aram Asatryan

Armenian singer (1953-2006).

Born March 3rd, 1953 in Vagharshapat.

Died November 7th, 2006 at 53 years old in Oshakan (myocardial infarction).

Sergey Starostin

Russian linguist and philologist (1953–2005).

Born March 24th, 1953 in Moscow.

Died September 30th, 2005 at 52 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Claudio Graziano

Italian general (1953–2024).

Born November 22nd, 1953 in Turin. ^[ref]

Died June 17th, 2024 at 70 years old in Rome (gunshot wound). ^[ref]