List of Famous people who born in 1953

Robert Barnett is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, a Senior Research Fellow at Hong Kong Baptist University, and a Research Affiliate at the Lau China Institute, King's College, London. He is the former Director of the Modern Tibetan Studies Program, where he was Adjunct Professor of Contemporary Tibetan Studies and Senior Research Scholar in modern Tibetan history at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University. He retired from Columbia as of January 2018. He is also referred to as Robbie Barnett by the media.

Masakazu Sekiguchi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Chichibu District, Saitama and graduate of Josai Dental University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2003 after serving in the assembly of Saitama Prefecture for three terms.

David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.

John Prescott Ellis is a former American journalist and media consultant, and is now a partner in the venture-capital firm Sand Hills Partners. He is a nephew of former President of the United States George H. W. Bush and a first cousin of former President George W. Bush and former Governor of Florida John Ellis "Jeb" Bush.

Marco S. Rodríguez is an American actor.