List of Famous people who born in 1953

Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault is a Swedish poet and writer. She was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1992. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in recognition of her services to literature.

Madhav Kumar Nepal is a Nepalese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Nepal from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011. He previously served as the deputy prime minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Man Mohan Adhikari. He was previously the General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal for 15 years.

Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly is the current Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia. He was a member of the North Sumatra regional legislature from 1999 to 2003, and of the People's Consultative Assembly from 2004 to 2014. He is the first ethnic Nias to hold a cabinet position.

Michael Davis is a comedic American juggler. He came to nationwide attention in the United States in the early 1980s, appearing on NBC's Saturday Night Live six times, the only professional juggler to juggle on the show.

Bruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and since 2000 a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick was a long-time member of the band Kiss (1984–1996). He was also a member of Union with John Corabi from 1997–2002 and Blackjack from 1979–1980.

Jonathan David LaPook is an American board-certified physician in internal medicine and gastroenterology who is the Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News. Named the Mebane Professor of Gastroenterology in 2013, he is Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and has an active medical practice in New York City. He joined CBS News in 2006.

Isabelle Huot is a Canadian nutritionist and professional dietitian.

David M. Torn is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is known for combining electronic and acoustic instruments and for his use of looping.

Akiko Ebi is a Japanese-French pianist.

Huang Chao-shun is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT) who is in the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.