List of Famous people who born in 1953

Aivars Lembergs is a Latvian politician and oligarch, who has been the mayor of Ventspils since 1988, a mandate from which he has been suspended since 2008. In February 2021 Lembergs was found guilty of charges relating to bribery and money-laundering. He received a sentence of five years in prison, confiscation of property, and received a fine of €20,000.

Douglas A. Melton is the Xander University Professor at Harvard University, and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additionally, Melton serves as the co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and was the first co-chair of the Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. Melton is a founder of several biotech companies including Gilead Sciences, Ontogeny, iPierian, and Semma Therapeutics. Melton holds membership in the National Academy of the Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a founding member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. With his wife Gail O'Keefe, Melton serves as Faculty Dean of Eliot House, an undergraduate residence at Harvard College.

Sandy Welch is a British television writer and screenwriter.

Martha Anne Smith is an American actress, model and real estate broker. Smith attended Michigan State University, where she acquired fluency in French and Italian.

Hans-Georg Rammensee is a German immunologist and cancer researcher. He has been Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Immunology at the University of Tübingen since 1996. Rammensee has contributed essentially to the research fields of MHC biology and tumor immunology and to the development of cancer immunotherapies.