Irene Abel

East german gymnast.

Born February 12th, 1953 (age 73 years) in East Berlin.

Vassily Solomin

Boxer (1953-1997).

Born January 5th, 1953 in Perm.

Died December 28th, 1997 at 44 years old in Perm (lung cancer).

Clay Evans

Canadian swimmer, olympic silver medallist.

Born October 28th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Colombia.

Viktor Kozin

Russian naval engineer, ship designer and inventor of a new method of icebreaking, called the resonance method of ice destruction.

Born February 22nd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Imeni Lazo District.

Vilma Bardauskienė

Lithuanian long jumper.

Born June 15th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Pakruojis.

Andreas Kirchner

East german bobsledder.

Born August 17th, 1953 in Erlbach-Kirchberg.

Died November 10th, 2010 at 57 years old in Suhl. ^[ref]

Kay Stenshjemmet

Norwegian speed skater.

Born August 9th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Lillestrøm. ^[ref]

Kanybek Osmonaliyev

Soviet weightlifter.

Born November 19th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Beysheke.

Bernard Tchoullouyan

French olympic judoka (1953–2019).

Born April 12th, 1953 in Marseille.

Died January 7th, 2019 at 65 years old in Mimet (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Jochen Danneberg

East german ski jumper.

Born April 9th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Halberstadt. ^[ref]