List of Famous people who born in 1953

Hiromi Yamada is a Japanese chef, specializing in Italian cuisine. He was a top chef in Japan until, in a 1991 car accident, he killed two people and injured several others. The accident propelled him into financial ruin and disgrace. Out of the limelight, he worked in relative obscurity for several years. In 1994, he began a public comeback on an episode of the popular Japanese cooking show, Iron Chef, where he won the Cabbage Battle against Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi.

David Lee is an outspoken, English, contemporary, art critic—condemning conceptual art in general and the Turner Prize in particular. He publishes and edits The Jackdaw magazine, critical of the contemporary art world.

Othman Jerandi is a Tunisian politician and diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 2013 to January 2014.