List of Famous people who born in 1953

Neil Peng is a Taiwanese screenwriter and political activist.

Michael Wildman is a British actor who appeared in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. He played the role of aggressive, feisty centaur Magorian, who plays a small part in the eventual outcome of the plot.

George C. McGavin is a British entomologist, author, academic, television presenter and explorer.

Nicholas Newton Henshall Witchell OStJ FRGS is an English journalist and news presenter. The latter half of his career has been as royal correspondent for BBC News.

Araga Jnanendra is an Indian politician and the current Home Minister of Karnataka. He is Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Thirthahalli, Karnataka.

Jean-Marie Pfaff is a Belgian former professional football goalkeeper who spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Pfaff was capped 64 times playing for Belgium, and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

Igor Anatolyevich Bobrin is a Russian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. He is the 1981 European champion, the 1981 World bronze medalist, and a four-time Soviet national champion. Bobrin placed 6th at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Laurence Francis Rooney III is an American politician and diplomat who was a U.S. Representative for Florida's 19th congressional district from 2017 to 2021. A Republican, he served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 until 2008. Representative Rooney has earned a 95.90% Lifetime Score from the American Conservative Union.

Robert Louis Caslen Jr. is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 59th superintendent of West Point from 2013 until 2018 and as the 29th president of the University of South Carolina from July 2019 until May 2021. Between January and May 2019, Caslen was senior counsel to the president and interim chief financial officer at the University of Central Florida. On July 19, 2019, the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina elected him as the school's 29th president, a position he assumed on August 1, 2019. Caslen also served as HigherEchelon's Special Advisor on Executive Leadership and Character Development. He resigned as President at South Carolina on May 12, 2021.

Dessie Ellis is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency since the 2011 general election. He was a member of Dublin City Council from 1999 to 2011.