* Albert Austin ( 1881 – 1953 ), British / American actor

77, No. 3 ( Sep., 1953 ), pp. 148 – 155.

* 1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish athlete ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Christopher Franke, German musician and composer ( Tangerine Dream )

* 1953 – In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.

* 1953 – Merrill Osmond, American actor and singer ( The Osmonds )

* 1953 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Rush and Big Dirty Band )

* 1953 – Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright

* 1953 – Pope Pius XII establishes the Dioceses of Norwich and Bridgeport and makes the Diocese of Hartford an archdiocese.

* 1953 – Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer

* 1953 – Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater

* 1953 – Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer

The tide finally turned in 1953 when England won the final Test at The Oval to take the series 1 – 0, having narrowly evaded defeat in the preceding Test at Headingley.

* 1953 – Marjo, Canadian singer-songwriter ( Corbeau )

* 1953 – Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist ( Runrig )

* 1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor

Iuliu Maniu ( 1873 – 1953 ) was prime minister with an agrarian cabinet from 1928 to 1930, but the Great Depression made proposed reforms impossible.

* 1953 – Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist

* 1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist

Franciszek Bujak ( 1875 – 1953 ) and Jan Rutkowski ( 1886 – 1949 ), the founders of modern economic history in Poland and of the journal Roczniki Dziejów Spolecznych i Gospodarczych ( 1931 – ), were attracted to the innovations of the Annales school.

* 1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Mark Lazarowicz, English Politician

* Roman Holiday, 1953 ( front Ian McLellan Hunter )

* 1953 – Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player

* Galatea Brand, in Ian Fleming's 1953 novel Moonraker

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections.

* 1982 – Ian McKay, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient ( b. 1953 )

* 1953 – Ian Mosley, English drummer ( Marillion )

* 1953 – Ian McKay, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient ( d. 1982 )

A noteworthy Cold War spy is the heroic, upper-class James Bond, secret agent 007 of the British Secret Service, a mixture of assassin and counter-intelligence officer introduced in Casino Royale ( 1953 ) by Ian Fleming.

** Sgt Ian McKay, VC, British soldier ( Falklands War ) ( b. 1953 )

* No Stone Unturned: The Story of the Stone of Destiny, Ian R. Hamilton, Victor Gollancz and also Funk and Wagnalls, 1952, 1953, hardcover, 191 pages, An account of the return of the stone to Scotland in 1950 ( older, but more available, look on ABE )

* 1953 Roman Holiday-Dalton Trumbo ( Note: The screen credit and award was originally credited to Ian McLellan Hunter, who was a front for Trumbo.

* Ian Blair ( born 1953 ), Commissioner for Metropolitan Police ( retired )

* Ellis, C. Hamilton ( 1953 ) The Midland Railway, London: Ian Allan, 192 p.

Ian F. Mosley ( born 16 June 1953, Paddington, London, England ) is the drummer in the neo-progressive rock band Marillion.

Ian Fleming, who was a keen bird watcher living in Jamaica, was familiar with Bond's book, and chose the name of its author for the hero of Casino Royale in 1953, apparently because he wanted a name that sounded ' as ordinary as possible '.

* Ian Colin Maitland, 15th Earl of Lauderdale ( 1891 – 1953 )

It is named in honour of the British novelist Ian Fleming who wrote a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the fictional British spy James Bond between 1953 and 1964.

* The collected poems of Lionel Johnson ( 1953 ) edited by Ian Fletcher, Unicorn Press, London ( reprinted 1982 ).

* Springtime ( poetry anthology, 1953 ) edited with Ian Fletcher

* * H E Sir Seretse Khama Ian Khama ( born 27 February 1953 at Chertsey ) is a Botswana politician who has been the President of Botswana since 2008 ; he is also the Paramount Chief of the Bamangwato tribe.

* Ian Campbell ( footballer ) ( born 1953 ), Scottish footballer and manager

Ian Hugh Myddleton Anderson ( 1953 – 2 February 2011 ) was a leading figure on the British far-right in the 1980s and 1990s.

Ian John McKay VC ( 7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982 ) was a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Sandover Medalists: ( 16 total ) 1921: Cyril Hoft, 1943: Terry Moriarty, 1945: George Bailey, 1948: Merv McIntosh, 1953: Merv McIntosh, 1954: Merv McIntosh, 1961: Neville Beard, 1964: Barry Cable, 1968: Barry Cable, 1970: Pat Dalton, 1972: Ian Miller, 1973: Barry Cable, 1983: Bryan Cousins 1983, 1987: Mark Watson, 1999: Gus Seebeck, 2009: Ross Young