* 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

* 1953 – Ian Bairnson, Scottish musician ( Keats )

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

In April 1953, the school and the community were saddened by the sudden death of Jesse J. Shelton, principal.

From the late 1940s he played in more prestigious pictures, including Captain from Castile starring Tyrone Power, Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart, ( 1948 ), Lust for Gold with Glenn Ford ( 1949 ), Broken Arrow ( 1950 ) with James Stewart, War Arrow ( 1953 ) with Maureen O ' Hara, Jeff Chandler and Noah Beery, Jr., Drums Across the River ( 1954 ), Walk the Proud Land ( 1956 ) with Audie Murphy and Anne Bancroft, Alias Jesse James ( 1959 ) with Bob Hope, and Indian Paint ( 1964 ) with Johnny Crawford.

Jesse Cail Burkett ( December 4, 1868 – May 27, 1953 ), nicknamed " The Crab ", was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century.

* Jesse White as Jesse Leeds ( 1953 – 1957 )

* Jesse M. Donaldson ( born 1885 ), USA Postmaster General from 1947 to 1953

** Jesse Kimball Smith ( 21 May 1896 – 9 June 1953 )

González served on the San Antonio City Council from 1953 to 1956, when he was elected to the Texas Senate, having defeated the Republican candidate, Jesse Oppenheimer.

Jesse Mashburn won the AAU championships in in 1953 and as an Oklahoma State University student the NCAA championships in in 1955 and 1956.

It was led by Jesse Gray, a tenant organizer there since 1953.

Jesse Clyde Milan ( March 25, 1887 – March 3, 1953 ) was an American baseball player who spent his entire career as an outfielder with the Washington Senators ( 1907 – 1922 ).

* 1953: In The Great Jesse James Raid by Barbara Woodell

Burkett died of heart problems in Worcester, Massachusetts on May 27, 1953.

* Lloyd Austin ( born 1953 ), American general

* 1953 – Don Most, American actor

* 1953 – J. Neil Schulman, American writer

* 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – James Horner, American composer

* 1953 – Cliff Johnson, American game designer

* 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress

In 1953 the Curb Exchange was renamed the American Stock Exchange.

* 1953 – Mary Matalin, American political consultant

* 1953 – Lynwood Slim, American singer and harmonica player

* 1953 – Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director

* 1883 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Debralee Scott, American actress ( d. 2005 )

* 1953 – James Vance, American comic book writer, author and playwright

* 1953 – Ron George, American politician

* 1953 – Robert Parish, American basketball player

* 1953 – Hulk Hogan, American wrestler and actor

* 1953 – Rod Morgenstein, American drummer and educator ( Winger, Dixie Dregs, Platypus, and The Jelly Jam )

* 1953 – Ruby Wax, American comedian