List of Famous people who born in 1953

Tshepo Motsepe is a South African physician and businesswoman. She is the First Lady of South Africa of Tswana descent, as the wife of Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa. She is the older sister of Bridgette Radebe and her brother is Patrice Motsepe.

Lynn Whitfield is an American actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her breakout performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical film The Josephine Baker Story (1991).

John Gleeson is an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Rolland Courbis is a French football manager and former defender. He was most recently manager of Stade Rennais F.C., having replaced Philippe Montanier on 20 January 2016.

Keiko Takeshita is a Japanese actress. She starred in the Japanese version of From Up on Poppy Hill as Hana Matsuzaki.

Matvey Yuryevich Ganapolsky is a Russian and Ukrainian journalist who has contributed for Pryamiy kanal, Echo of Moscow, Moskovsky Komsomolets, and other media. He is also a member of the Russian Jewish Congress.

Timothy Breck Boyd (born October 22, 1953) is a theosophist religious leader who was elected the president of the Theosophical Society Adyar in 2014. He succeeded Radha Burnier, who had been president of the Theosophical Society Adyar from 1980 until her death in 2013.

Robert Lorenzo Brazile Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "Dr. Doom", Brazile played from 1975 to 1984 for the Houston Oilers and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda, is an Indian politician who served as the union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India in the Second Modi ministry from 14 November 2018 to 7 July 2021. He also Served as the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India from 5 July 2016 to 24 May 2019 in the First Modi ministry. He is representing the Bangalore North constituency. He also held Ministry of Railways and other cabinet positions in the First Modi ministry. He also served as the 20th Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Robert Lee Parish is an American former professional basketball player who played 21 seasons as a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA), tied for second most in league history. He played an NBA-record 1,611 regular season games in his career. Parish was known for his strong defense, high arcing jump shots, and clutch rebounding late in games.