List of Famous people who born in 1953

Laurent Dassault is a French billionaire businessman, and the co-managing director of Dassault Group, founded by his grandfather, Marcel Dassault.

Franz Gerber is a German former professional footballer.

Philip John Dykes is a Hong Kong barrister and current Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong Bar Association. He had already served in that position from 2005 to 2006. Dykes has developed a practice in constitutional and administrative law and has emerged as a prolific voice defending the rule of law in Hong Kong.

Yoshihiro Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name Yoshihiro is spelled out in hiragana (よしひろ).

Alexandra Leclère is a French film director. She is also a screenwriter and dialogue writer. Her short film, Bouche à bouche, won two jury prizes, at the Cinéma au Parfum de Grasse Festival in 2003 and at the International Festival of Short Films in Belo Horizante, Brazil.

Olivier Van Hoofstadt is a Belgian screenwriter and film director.