* 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

It stars Jack Warner as an England cricketer playing the last Test of his career, which is the last of an Ashes series ; the film contains cameo appearances from cricketers, including Jim Laker and Denis Compton, who were part of England's 1953 triumph.

* James Barrier, or Buffalo Jim ( 1953 – 2008 ), an American wrestling promoter

The team finished 11-1 in 1953, and narrowly lost the championship game to the Lions by a score of 17-16 on a 33-yard Bobby Layne touchdown pass to Jim Doran with just over two minutes left.

* 1953 – Jim Davidson, British comedian

He enjoyed good relationships with union leaders like Albert Monk, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Jim Healy, leader of the radical Waterside Workers Federation and he gained a reputation for tolerance, restraint and a willingness to compromise, although his controversial decision to use troops to take control of cargo facilities during a waterside dispute in Bowen, Queensland in September 1953 provoked bitter criticism.

James R. " Jim " Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953 ) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer.

* 1953 – Jim Jarmusch, American director

* 1888 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Jim Rice, American baseball player

* 1953 – Jim Pettie, Canadian ice hockey player

In 1953, however, they set a record of conceding only 959 points in the home-and-away games due to a powerful defence featuring Wally Donald, Herb Henderson and Jim Gallagher.

* November 5 – Jim Tabor, baseball player ( d. 1953 )

* May 28 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete ( d. 1953 )

There are sources that indicate that " Rock Around the Clock " was written in 1953, but documents uncovered by historian Jim Dawson indicate it was in fact written in late 1952.

James Francis " Jim " Thorpe ( Sac and Fox ( Sauk ): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as " Bright Path "; May 28, 1888March 28, 1953 ) was an American athlete of mixed ancestry ( Native American and Caucasian ).

His roles include Brutus in Julius Caesar ( 1953 ), Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel and The Desert Rats, the amoral valet turned spy in Joseph Mankiewicz's 5 Fingers, the declining actor in the first remake of A Star Is Born ( 1954 ), Captain Nemo in 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea ( also 1954 ), a small town school teacher driven insane by the effects of cortisone in Bigger Than Life ( 1956 ), a suave master spy in North by Northwest ( 1959 ), a determined explorer in Journey to the Center of the Earth ( also 1959 ), Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita ( 1962 ), a river pirate who betrays Peter O ' Toole's character in Lord Jim ( 1965 ), the evil Doctor Polidori in Frankenstein: The True Story ( 1973 ), the vampire's servant, Richard Straker, in Salem's Lot, and surreal Royal Navy Captain Hughes in Yellowbeard ( 1983 ).

James Edward " Jim " Rice ( born March 8, 1953 ), nicknamed " Jim Ed ", is a former Major League Baseball left fielder.

On May 23, 1953, Henderson, with its population of 7, 410, elected Dr. Jim French as the town's first Mayor.

* Jim Davidson ( comedian ) ( born 1953 ), English comedian, known for politically incorrect jokes

James " Jim " Diamond ( born 28 September 1953, Glasgow ) is a Scottish singer-songwriter.

In 1952 he began freelance work for the children's comic The Beano, drawing series like Little Plum, Minnie the Minx ( started in 1953, taken over by Jim Petrie in 1961 ), The Three Bears and The Bash Street Kids ( initially called When the Bell Rings ).

Contributing artists and writers worked on the strip over the years, including Stephen Slesinger who scripted and approved all of the stories until his death in 1953 ; Jim Gary, Edmund Good, John Wade (" Johnnie ") Hampton, Robert MacLeod and Bill Lignanti ( of The Palm Restaurant fame ).

* Jim Troy ( ice hockey ) ( born 1953 ), American former professional ice hockey player