Famous people born in 1953
The best-known people born in 1953, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012 (born 1953)
June 15
Photo: Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain
Tony BlairPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
May 6
Photo: Pavel Golovkin, CC BY 4.0
Benazir Bhutto11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan (1953–2007)
June 21 · d. 2007
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Richard StallmanAmerican software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project
March 16
Photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 4.0
Herta MüllerGerman-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
August 17
Photo: Bernhard Holub, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cristina Fernández de Kirchnerpresident of Argentina from 2007 to 2015
February 19
Photo: Víctor Bugge, CC BY 2.0
Moon Jae-in12th President of the Republic of Korea
January 24
Photo: Government of the Republic of Korea, KOGL Type 1
Andrés Manuel López ObradorMexican politician. President of Mexico from 2018 to 2024
November 13
Photo: EneasMx, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kassym-Jomart TokayevPresident of Kazakhstan since 2019
May 17
Photo: Қазақстан премьер-министрі, CC BY 4.0
Anders Fogh Rasmussenformer Prime Minister of Denmark and former Secretary General of NATO
January 26
Photo: Christian Ursilva from København, Danmark, CC BY-SA 4.0
Paul AllenAmerican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
January 21 · d. 2018
Photo: Miles Harris, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hulk HoganAmerican professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)
August 11 · d. 2025
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain
Ahmad Shah MassoudTajik military leader (1953–2001)
September 2 · d. 2001
Photo: European Parliament, European Parliament
Dominique de VillepinFrench politician and diplomat; 95th Prime Minister of France
November 14
Photo: Georges Seguin ( Okki ), CC BY-SA 3.0
Ben BernankeAmerican economist (born 1953)
December 13
Photo: United States Federal Reserve, Public domain
Toomas Hendrik IlvesEstonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)
December 26
Photo: Jelena Rudi, CC BY-SA 3.0
José María AznarPrime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004
February 25
Photo: Xavier Lejeune, CC BY 4.0
Armen Sarkissian4th President of Armenia, Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, one of the directors of Eurasia House, physicist, diplomat, politician (born 1953)
June 23
Photo: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Armenia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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January
- January 5 · George Tenet, American Central Intelligence Agency Director (born 1953)
- January 6 · Malcolm Young, Australian guitarist (1953–2017)
- January 10 · Pat Benatar, American singer
- January 22 · Jim Jarmusch, American film director, screenwriter and actor
- January 30 · Laurentino Cortizo, Panamanian politician (born 1953)
- January 31 · Sergei Ivanov, Russian senior official and politician (1953–2026)
February
- February 4 · Kitarō, musician, composer, record producer, arranger
- February 8 · Mary Steenburgen, American actress, singer and songwriter
- February 9 · Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor
- February 11 · Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007
- February 14 · Hans Krankl, Austrian footballer
- February 27 · Seretse Khama Ian Khama, Botswana politician
March
- March 1 · Carlos Queiroz, Entrenador del seleccionado Chupamonda
- March 5 · Michel Devoret, French physicist
- March 12 · Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor (born 1953)
- March 19 · Lenín Moreno, President of Ecuador (2017 - 2021)
- March 23 · Chaka Khan, American singer (born 1953)
- March 26 · Elaine Chao, 18th United States Secretary of Transportation and 24th United States Secretary of Labor
April
- April 1 · Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian association football player and manager
- April 11 · Andrew Wiles, English mathematician (1953–)
- April 11 · Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008
- April 13 · Brigitte Macron, French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
- April 18 · Rick Moranis, Canadian actor, comedian and musician (born 1953)
- April 28 · Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author
May
- May 2 · Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor and opera company director
- May 11 · Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, President of North Macedonia (2024-)
- May 15 · Mike Oldfield, English musician (born 1953)
- May 24 · Alfred Molina, British actor
- May 25 · Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer
- May 29 · Danny Elfman, American film composer (born 1953)
June
- June 5 · Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer (born 1953)
- June 8 · Ivo Sanader, Croatian politician, former Prime Minister
- June 10 · John Edwards, American politician (born 1953)
- June 22 · Wim Eijk, Dutch Roman Catholic priest, cardinal
- June 24 · William E. Moerner, Nobel prize winning American chemical physicist
- June 26 · Robert Davi, American actor, singer, filmmaker (born 1951)
July
- July 1 · Jadranka Kosor, Croatian politician
- July 1 · Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese politician
- July 15 · Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president
- July 20 · Thomas Friedman, American journalist and author
- July 26 · Felix Magath, German association football player and manager
- July 29 · Ken Burns, American documentarian and filmmaker (born 1953)
August
- August 4 · Antonio Tajani, Italian politician (born 1953)
- August 8 · Lloyd J. Austin III, United States 28th Secretary of Defense
- August 8 · Nigel Mansell, British racing driver (born 1953)
- August 9 · Jean Tirole, French economist
- August 13 · Kristalina Georgieva, Bulgarian economist and CEO
- August 14 · James Horner, American film composer and conductor (1953–2015)
September
- September 3 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director
- September 4 · Fatih Terim, Turkish association football player and manager (born 1953)
- September 9 · Alisher Usmanov, Russian billionaire
- September 10 · Amy Irving, American actress
- September 16 · Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean association football player and manager
- September 27 · Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager (born 1953)
October
- October 1 · Klaus Wowereit, German politician
- October 2 · Ernest Bai Koroma, Sierra Leonean President
- October 9 · Tony Shalhoub, American actor (born 1953)
- October 11 · David Morse, American actor
- October 16 · Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian association football player and manager
- October 19 · Wang Yi, Chinese diplomat leader, Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office since 2023
November
- November 3 · Kate Capshaw, American actress who converted to Judaism
- November 3 · Salvatore Garau, Italian artist (born 1953)
- November 13 · Frances Conroy, American actress
- November 18 · Alan Moore, British comic book author (born 1953)
- November 26 · Shelley Moore Capito, United States Senator from West Virginia
- November 27 · Steve Bannon, American media executive & political strategist (born 1953)
December
- December 1 · Victor Ambros, American developmental biologist
- December 4 · Jean-Marie Pfaff, Belgian association football player and manager
- December 17 · Bill Pullman, American actor (born 1953)
- December 26 · Leonel Fernández, former president of the Dominican Republic
- December 28 · Richard Clayderman, French pianist
- December 29 · Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports official; 9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013
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