Year (''' MCMLIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- The Japan ese 10 Yen Coin was issued with serrated edges for a five year period beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since and before had smooth edges.
The following are references to year 1953 in fiction: (unknown).
- January 4 - George Tenet , American Central Intelligence Agency director
- January 6 - Malcolm Young , Australian musician
- January 8 - Bruce Sutter , baseball player
- January 10 - Pat Benatar , American singer
- January 10 - Dennis Cooper , American author
- January 10 - Bobby Rahal , American race car driver
- January 15 - Kent Hovind , creation science evangelist
- January 19 - Desi Arnaz Jr. , American actor
- January 19 - Richard Legendre , Canadian tennis player and politician
- January 21 - Paul Allen , American entrepreneur
- January 22 - Jim Jarmusch , American director
- January 26 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen , Prime Minister Of Denmark
- January 28 - Colin Campbell , Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- January 29 - Teresa Teng , Chinese singer
- January 31 - Sergei Ivanov , first deputy Prime Minister of Russia and former Minister Of Defense of Russia
- February 1 - Duane Chapman , American bounty hunter
- February 7 - Dan Quisenberry , baseball player (d. 1998 )
- February 8 - Mary Steenburgen , American actress
- February 9 - Ciarán Hinds , Irish actor
- February 9 - Rick Wagoner , American automotive executive
- February 11 - Philip Anglim , American actor
- February 11 - Jeb Bush , American politician
- February 11 - Alan Rubin , American musician
- February 17 - Janice Dickinson , American model
- February 17 - Norman Pace , British actor and comedian
- February 21 - William Petersen , American actor
- February 25 - José María Aznar , Spanish politician
- February 25 - Martin Kippenberger , German artist
- February 26 - Michael Bolton , American singer
- March 1 - Richard Bruton , Irish politician and economist
- March 4 - Emilio Estefan , Cuban percussionist
- March 4 - Kay Lenz , American actress
- March 6 - Jan Kjærstad , Norwegian author
- March 6 - Jacklyn Zeman , American actress
- March 11 - Bernie LaBarge , Canadian guitarist/vocalist
- March 12 - Carl Hiaasen , American author
- March 12 - Ron Jeremy , American actor
- March 16 - Isabelle Huppert , French actress
- March 16 - Richard Stallman , American free software proponent
- March 17 - Filemon Lagman , Filipino revolutionary (d. 2001 )
- March 23 - Chaka Khan , American singer
- March 24 - Alfred Molina , English actor
- March 26 - Elaine Chao , U.S. Secretary of Labor
- April 1 - Barry Sonnenfeld , American film producer and director
- April 2 - Jim Allister , Irish politician
- April 4 - Robert Bertrand , Canadian politician
- April 6 - Andy Hertzfeld , American computer programmer
- April 11 - Andrew Wiles , British-born mathematician
- April 16 - J. Neil Schulman , American writer and activist
- April 18 - Rick Moranis , Canadian actor
- April 19 - Ruby Wax , American British based comedian
- April 20 - Sebastian Faulks , English novelist
- April 20 - Michael Q. Schmidt American actor and model
- April 22 - Juhani Komulainen , Finnish composer
- April 29 - Nikolai Budarin , Russian cosmonaut
- April 30 - Rebecca Fransway , American author
- May 5 - Dieter Zetsche , German auto executive
- May 6 - Tony Blair , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
- May 15 - George Brett , baseball player
- May 15 - Mike Oldfield , English composer
- May 16 - Pierce Brosnan , Irish actor
- May 19 - Victoria Wood , British actress
- May 20 - Robert Doyle , Australian politician
- May 24 - Alfred Molina , English actor
- May 26 - Michael Portillo , English politician
- May 29 - Danny Elfman , American composer
- May 29 - John Francis , Australian musician
- May 30 - Colm Meaney , Irish actor
- May 31 - Kathie Sullivan , American singer
- July 5 - Tyler Sidell, model American
- July 6 - Nanci Griffith , American folk singer-songwriter
- July 9 - François Diederich , Luxembourgish chemist
- July 14 - Bebe Buell , American model and singer
- July 15 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide , President Of Haiti
- July 15 - Mila Pivnicki , wife of Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
- July 22 - Sylvia Chang , Taiwanese actress
- July 25 - Tim Gunn , American fashion expert
- July 26 - Robert Phillips , American guitarist
- July 27 - Yahoo Serious , Australian filmmaker
- July 29 - Geddy Lee , Canadian musician ( Rush )
- August 5 - Rick Mahler , baseball player (d. 2005 )
- August 7 - Anne Fadiman , American writer, daughter of Clifton Fadiman
- August 9 - Robert Cray , American musician
- August 11 - Hulk Hogan , American professional wrestler
- August 14 - Cliff Johnson , American game designer
- August 16 - Kathie Lee Gifford , American singer and actress
- August 18 - Louie Gohmert , American politician
- August 19 - Benoît Régent , French actor (d. 1994 )
- August 26 - Pat Sharkey , Irish footballer
- August 29 - James Quesada , Nicaraguan-born anthropologist
- August 31 - György Károly , Hungarian author
- September 4 - Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs , American actor
- September 7 - Mammootty , Indian actor
- September 8 - Stu Unger , American poker player (d. 1998 )
- September 10 - Amy Irving , American actress
- September 11 - Lesley Visser , American sportscaster and journalist
- September 12 - Stephen Sprouse , fashion designer, artist, and photographer (d. 2004 )
- September 18 - Betsy Boze , Dean and CEO, Kent State University Stark
- September 21 - Andrew Heermans , musician, recording engineer, music producer
- September 22 - Ségolène Royal , French politician
- September 23 - Alexey Maslov , commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces
- September 27 - Greg Ham , band member of 80's band Men At Work
- September 30 - Deborah Allen , American singer
- October 2 - Brandon Wilson , American author and explorer
- October 7 - Christopher Norris , British critical theorist
- October 7 - Tico Torres , American musician ( Bon Jovi )
- October 9 - Tony Shalhoub , American actor
- October 14 - Shelley Ackerman , American astrologer, actress, writer
- October 12 - Serge Lepeltier , French politician
- October 12 - Les Dennis , British comedian and television presenter
- October 27 - Robert Picardo , American actor
- October 27 - Peter Firth , British actor
- October 31 - Michael J. Anderson , American actor
- November 4 - Carlos Gutierrez , American politician
- November 11 - Harley Venton , American actor
- November 14 - Dominique De Villepin , Prime Minister Of France
- November 18 - Alan Moore , English writer and magician
- November 19 - Robert Beltran , American actor
- November 19 - Tom Villard , American actor (d. 1994 )
- November 23 - Francis Cabrel , French singer
- November 25 - Graham Eadie , Australian rugby player
- November 27 - Boris Grebenshchikov , Russian Rock Music ian, one of the "fathers" of Russian Rock
- November 29 - Alex Grey , American artist
- November 29 - Christine Pascal , French actress, director and screenwriter
- December 6 - Gary Ward , baseball player
- December 8 - Kim Basinger , American actress
- December 13 - Ben Bernanke , American economist
- December 13 - Bob Gainey , Canadian hockey player
- December 15 - Julie Taymor , American film, theater, and opera director and costume designer
- December 18 - Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov , Chechen bard
- December 29 - Stanley Williams , American gang member ( Crips ) (d. 2005 )
- December 30 - Harald Schmautz , German journalist
- Ikue Mori , drummer, composer, and graphic designer
- January 1 - Hank Williams , American musician (b. 1923 )
- January 28 - James Scullin , ninth Prime Minister Of Australia (b. 1876 )
- February 5 - Iuliu Maniu , Romanian politician (b. 1873 )
- February 25 - Sergei Winogradsky , Russian scientist (b. 1856 )
- March 2 - Jim Lightbody , American runner (b. 1882 )
- March 5 - Herman J. Mankiewicz , American writer and producer (b. 1897 )
- March 5 - Sergei Prokofiev , Russian composer (b. 1891 )
- March 5 - Joseph Stalin , Soviet leader (b. 1879 )
- March 24 - Mary Of Teck , consort of George V Of The United Kingdom (b. 1867 )
- March 28 - Jim Thorpe , American athlete (b. 1887 )
- April 20 - Erich Weinert , German writer, Communist , and member of the KPD . (b. 1890 )
- May 16 - Django Reinhardt , Belgian musician (b. 1910 )
- May 29 - Man Mountain Dean , American professional wrestler (b. 1891 )
- June 1 - Alex James , Scottish football (soccer) player (b. 1901 )
- July 26 - Nikolaos Plastiras , Greek general and politician (b. 1883 )
- July 29 - Richard William Pearse , New Zealand airplane pioneer (b. 1877 )
- August 11 - Tazio Nuvolari , Italian racing driver (b. 1892 )
- August 15 - Ludwig Prandtl , German physicist (b. 1875 )
- August 22 - Jim Tabor , baseball player (b. 1916 )
- September 2 - General Jonathan Wainwright , U.S. Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883 )
- September 8 - Fred M. Vinson , Chief Justice Of The United States (b. 1890 )
- September 12 - Hugo Schmeisser , German weapons designer (b. 1884 )
- September 26 - Xu Beihong , Chinese painter (b. 1895 )
- September 28 - Edwin Hubble , American astronomer (b. 1889 )
- October 3 - Arnold Bax , English composer (b. 1887 )
- October 8 - Kathleen Ferrier , British contralto (b. 1912 )
- October 11 - Robin Bush , younger sister of President George Walker Bush (b. 1949 )
- October 25 - Holger Pedersen , Dutch linguist (b. 1867 )
- October 27 - Thomas Wass , English cricketer (b. 1873 )
- November 8 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin , Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870 )
- November 8 - John Van Melle , Dutch-born author (b. 1883 )
- November 9 - Dylan Thomas , Welsh poet and author (b. 1914 )
- November 21 - Larry Shields , American musician (b. 1893 )
- November 27 - Eugene O'Neill , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888 )
- November 29 - Sam De Grasse , Canadian actor (b. 1875 )
- November 29 - Milt Gross , American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895 )
- November 30 - Francis Picabia , French painter and poet (b. 1879 )
- December 18 - Robert Millikan , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868 )
- December 27 - Julian Tuwim , Polish poet (b. 1894 )
- December 31 - Albert Plesman , Dutch aviation pioneer (b. 1889 )
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