In the year 1953, Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia (Jan 14), Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th U.S. President (Jan 20), Joseph Stalin dies after 31 years of ruling the Soviet Union (Mar 5), Dag Hammarskjöld is elected U.N. Secretary-General (Apr 7), Edmund Hillary conquers Mount Everest at 8848 m/29029 ft (May 29), Elisabeth II is crowned at Westminster Abbey (Jun 2), The first Chevrolet Corvette is built at Flint, Michigan (Jun 30), the EEC assembles for the first time (Jul 5), The Korean War ends (Jul 27), the discovery of REM sleep is first published (Sep 4), the first issue of Playboy Magazine comes out (Dec) - and all these fine people were born:
1953-0103 Bruce J. Oreck* diplomat - New York, NY USA
1953-0108 Marián Šťastný* hockey player/politician - Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
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1953-0111 Jim Clendenen* winemaker - Akron, OH USA (2021/68)
1953-0114 Bonita Pietila* casting director/producer (The Simpsons)/w Finnish grandparents - Gwinn, MI USA
1953-0116 Robert Jay Mathews* neo-Nazi terrorist/leader of The Order - Marfa, TX USA (1984/31)
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1953-0120 Jeffrey Epstein* financier/convicted sex offender - New York City, NY USA (2019/66)
1953-0121 Paul Allen* co-founder of Microsoft/investor/ philanthropist - Seattle, WA USA (2018/65)
1953-0127 Joe Bob Briggs* writer/ actor/film critic - Dallas, TX USA
1953-0127 Dinky Soliman* social worker/activist/politician - Manila, Philippines (2021/68)
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1953-0202 Duane “Dog” Chapman* bail bondsman/bounty hunter - Denver, CO USA
1953-0208 Mary Steenburgen* actress - Newport, AR USA
1953-0209 Ciarán Hinds* actor - Belfast, Northern Ireland
1953-0210 Travis Walton* UFO abductee/lecturer - Snowflake, AZ USA
1953-0211 Jeb Bush* businessman/ politician/Governor of Florida - Midland, TX USA
1953-0216 Serge Houde* actor - Québec, Canada
1953-0217 Becky Ann Baker* actress - Fort Knox, KY USA
1953-0217 Pertti Karppinen* athlete (rowing/OG) - Askainen, Finland
1953-0219 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner* politician/P - La Plata, Argentina
1953-0220
1953-0221 William Petersen* actor - Evanston, IL USA
1953-0223 Kjell Bergqvist* actor - Enskede, Sweden
1953-0225
1953-0226 Michael Bolton* singer/songwriter - New Haven, CT USA
1953-0227 Ian Khama* military officer/ politician/P of Botswana - Chertsey, England
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1953-0310 Christer Fant* actor - Sigtuna, Sweden
1953-0316 Isabelle Huppert* actress - Paris, France
1953-0317 Mary-Louise McLaws* epidemiologist - Tasmania, Australia (2023/70)
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1953-0320 Sigi Schmid* German-American MSL football coach - Tübingen, Germany (2018/65)
1953-0326 Hannu Aravirta* hockey coach - Savonlinna, Finland
1953-0330 Mar Targarona* actress/director/ producer - Barcelona, Spain
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1953-0402 Ulla-Carin Lindquist* journalist/ television news anchor - Kristinehamn, Sweden (2004/50)
1953-0403 Wakanohana Kanji II* 若乃花 幹士 sumo wrestler/coach - Ōwani, Aomori, Japan (2022/69)
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1953-0411 Andrew Wiles* mathematician - Cambridge, England
1953-0416 Jay O. Sanders* actor - Austin, TX USA
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1953-0421 Asko Autio* cross-country skier - Ylivieska, Finland
1953-0430 Merrill Osmond* singer/bassist/actor (The Osmonds) - Ogden, UT USA
1953-0502 Valery Gergiev* conductor/opera company director - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
1953-0506 José María Gay de Liébana* economist/lawyer - Barcelona, Spain (2021/68)
1953-0508 Alex Van Halen* American musician/drummer - Amsterdam, Netherlands
1953-0511 Kiti Mánver* actress - Antequera, Spain
1953-0516 Pierce Brosnan* actor - Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
1953-0519 Victoria Wood* stand-up comedian/actress/director etc - Prestwich, Lancashire, England (2016/62)
1953-0531 Jaime Maussan* journalist/television personality/ufologist - Mexico City, Mexico
1953-0531 Pirkka-Pekka Petelius* actor/director/producer - Ala-Tornio, Finland
1953-0601 David Berkowitz* serial killer - Brooklyn, NY USA
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1953-0612 Tess Gerritsen* (b Terry Tom) physician/novelist - San Diego, CA USA
1953-0612 Sara Suleri Goodyear* Pakistani-American author/professor of English - Karachi, Pakistan (2022/68)
1953-0612 David Thornton* actor/m to Cyndi Lauper - Cheraw, SC USA
1953-0613 Tim Allen* stand-up comedian/actor - Denver, CO USA
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1953-0621 Maurice Boucher* gangster/convicted murdeder - Causapscal, QC, Canada (2022/69)
1953-0622 Cindy Lauper* singer-songwriter/activist - Queens, NY USA
1953-0624 James R. Fitzgerald* FBI profiler/forensic linguist - Philadelphia, PA USA
1953-0625
1953-0628 Nicolò D’Amico* astronomer - Palermo, Italy (2020/67)
1953-0628 Gernot Rohr* football player/manager - Mannheim, West Germany
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1953-0703 Barry Crimmins* stand-up comedian/ activist - Kingston, NY USA (2018/64)
1953-0709 Margie Gillis* dancer/choreographer - Montreal, QC Canada
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1953-0713 Gil Birmingham* petrochemical engineer/actor/w Comanche background - San Antonio, TX USA
1953-0720 Marcia Hines* American-Australian singer/TV personality - Boston, MA USA
1953-0721 Vic Gilliam* politician/actor - Dover, OH USA (2020/66)
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1953-0725 Dore Gold* American-Israeli political scientist/diplomat - Hartford, CT USA (2025/71)
1953-0725 Pekka Rautakallio* hockey player/ coach - Pori, Finland
1953-0727 Esa Saarinen* philosopher - Hyvinkää, Finland
1953-0728 Krista Sager* (b Schuller) teacher/ politician - Bremen, West Germany
1953-0729 Patti Scialfa* singer/songwriter/wife of Bruce Springsteen - Deal, NJ USA
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1953-0808 Nigel Mansell* racing driver/WC - Upton-upon-Severn, Worchestershire, England
1953-0811 Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea* pro wrestler/ entrepreneur/ musician - Atlanta, GA USA
1953-0812 Selina Cadell* actress - London, England
1953-0814 Loretta Claiborne* multi-sport athlete who competes in the Special Olympics/global speaker - York, PA USA
1953-0814 James Horner* composer - Los Angeles CA USA (2015/61)
1953-0815 John Mackey* businessman (Whole Foods) - Houston, TX USA
1953-0815 Mark Thatcher* businessman - Hammersmith, London England
1953-0816 Kathie Lee Gifford* American TV host/writer - Paris, France
1953-0817 Herta Müller* German novelist/poet/N - Nitchidorf, Timis County, Romania
1953-0817 Korrie Layn Rampan* novelist/poet/ politician - Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (2015/62)
1953-0817 Robert Thirsk* engineer/ physician/astronaut - New Westminster, BC Canada
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1953-0823 Eugene Chaplin* recording engineer/son of CC - Switzerland
1953-0827 Peter Stormare* actor - Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
1953-0828 Kari Ylianttila* ski jumper - Rovaniemi, Finland
1953-0831 Marcia Clark* (b Kleks) prosecutor (O. J. Simpson murder case)/author/television correspondent - Alameda, CA USA
1953-0901 Jerry Brightman* pedal steel guitarist - Akron, OH USA (2015/61)
1953-0903 Jean-Pierre Jeunet* film director - Roanne, Loire, France
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1953-0907 Kristin Griffith* actress - Odessa, TX USA
1953-0907 John Middleton* actor (Emmerdale) - Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
1953-0916 Kurt Fuller* actor - San Francisco, CA USA
1953-0917 Kari Väänänen* actor - Inari, Finland
1953-0919 Jessie Duarte*(b Yasmin Dangor) politician/activist - Johannesburg, Union of South Africa (2022/68)
1953-0921 Ben Furman* psychiatrist/psychotherapist - Helsinki, Finland
1953-0923 Åge Hareide* football player/manager - Hareid, Norway
1953-0927 Claudio Gentile* Italian football player - Tripoli, Kingdom of Libya
1953-1001 Grete Waitz* marathon runner - Oslo, Norway (2011/57)
1953-1009 Tony Shalhoub* actor - Green Bay, WI USA
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1953-1011 David Morse* actor - Beverly, MA USA
1953-1012 David Threlfall* actor/ director - Manchester, Lancashire, England
1953-1014 Bobby Joe Long* serial killer - Kenova, WV USA (2019/65)
1953-1015 Tito Jackson* singer/ songrwriter/guitarist - Gary, IN USA
1953-1019 Wang Yi* 王毅 politician/ foreign minister - Beijing, China
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1953-1029 Denis Potvin* hockey player (NHL 100)/color commentator - Ottawa, ON Canada
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1953-1102 Hjallis Harkimo* entrepreneur/ businessman/politician - Helsinki, Finland
1953-1103 Kate Capshaw* (b Nail) actress/wife of Steven Spielberg - Fort Worth, TX USA
1953-1103 Claire van Kampen* musical director/playwright/composer - London, England (2025/71)
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1953-1108 Denyse Plummer* calypsonian and gospel singer - Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago (2023/69)
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1953-1111 Brenda C. Barnes* businesswoman (Sara Lee) - Chicago, IL USA (2017/63)
1953-1113 Andrés Manuel López Obrador* politician/P - Tepetitán, Tabasco, Mexico
1953-1116 Griff Rhys Jones* comedian/ writer/television presenter - Cardiff, Wales
1953-1120 Anders Glenmark* singer/ musician/record producer - Tomelilla, Sweden
1953-1121 Tina Brown* British-American journalist/talk-show host/to U.S at age 31 - Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
1953-1125 Graham “Wombat” Eadie* rugby player - Woy Woy, NSW Australia
1953-1125 Sinikka L.** - Helsinki, Finland (2021/67)
1953-1126 Sinikka Nopola* journalist/writer of children’s literature - Helsinki, Finland (2021/67)
1953-1127 Mohammad Bakri* Palestinian actor/director - Bi’ina, Israel
1953-1127 Steve Bannon* media executive - Norfolk, VA USA
1953-1129 Rosemary West* serial killer - Northam, Devon, England
1953-1130 June Pointer* singer/the youngest member of the Pointer Sisters – Oakland, CA USA (2006/52)
1953-1201 Konrad Hallenbarter* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Obergesteln, Switzerland
1953-1208 Kim Basinger* actress - Athens, GA USA
1953-1209 John Malkovich* actor - Christopher, IL USA
1953-1213 Bob Gainey* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach/GM - Peterborough, ON Canada
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1953-1217 Ilona Anhava* (b Heikinheimo) gallerist/married to Martti Anhava - Lauritsala, Finland
1953-1217 Bill Pullman* actor - Hornell, NY USA
1953-1221 Betty Wright* (b Norris) singer/ songwriter/ background vocalist - Miami, FL USA (2020/66)
1953-1224 Henk Rogers* video game designer/entrepreneur (Tetris, Bullet-Proof Software, Blue Planet Foundation) - Amsterdam, Netherlands
1953-1229 Kate Schmidt* athlete (javelin/OB)/fitness and rehab business entrepreneur - Long Beach, CA USA
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