Ben Kiernan

Australian writer on the cambodian genocide, professor of history and director of the genocide studies program at yale university.

Born January 29th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Melbourne. ^[ref]

Dominique Perrault

French architect.

Born April 9th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Clermont-Ferrand. ^[ref]

Osmo Vänskä

Finnish conductor, clarinetist and composer.

Born February 28th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Sääminki.

Salman Hashimikov

Russian professional wrestler.

Born April 5th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.

Louise Frevert

Danish member of the danish parliament.

Born May 31st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Frederiksberg.

Ma Jian

Chinese writer.

Born August 18th, 1953 (age 71 years) in Qingdao.

Dave Meyers

American basketball player (1953-2015).

Born April 21st, 1953 in San Diego.

Died October 9th, 2015 at 62 years old in Temecula (cancer).

Brian Binnie

United states naval aviator and commercial astronaut.

Born April 26th, 1953 in West Lafayette. ^[ref]

Died September 15th, 2022 at 69 years old ^[ref]

Yona Metzger

Rabbi.

Born August 4th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Haifa.

Attilio Bettega

Italian rally driver, four-time podium finisher in world rally championship events (1953-1985).

Born February 19th, 1953 in Molveno.

Died May 2nd, 1985 at 32 years old in Zérubia.