List of Famous people who born in 1953

Cornelia Schleime is a German painter, performer, filmmaker and author. Born in East Berlin under the GDR, she studied painting and graphic arts at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts before becoming a member of the underground art scene.

Kiyotaka Mitsugi is a Japanese actor. His career has centered on television tokusatsu and jidaigeki. He starred in the 1967–68 television series Kōsoku Esper and the 1973 series Shirojishi Kamen, and played a supporting role as the ninja Saizō in Series III, Episodes 1–57, of Abarenbō Shōgun. In NHK's eleventh Taiga drama, Kunitori Monogatari, Mitsugi portrayed Akechi Mitsuharu. He appeared regularly in Episodes 436–509 of Tokusō Saizensen. A frequent guest actor, he made six appearances on Ōedo Sōsamō and four on Zenigata Heiji, three on Taiyō ni Hoero!', and two on Happyaku Yachō Yume Nikki. Fans of the tokusatsu Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman know him as Dr. Hoshikawa. The producers of Abarenbō Shōgun selected him to reprise his role in the 500th episode special, and again to portray the daimyō Tokugawa Munenao in Series VI.

Gérard Krawczyk is a French film director. He is of Polish descent.

Huda Ben Amer is a former Libyan politician. A follower of the Libyan ruler, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, she was the Secretary of the General People's Congress of Inspection People's Control and mayor of Benghazi until the Libyan Civil War.

Vladimir Yevgenyevich Churov is a Russian official and politician. From March 2007 to March 2016, he served a member and the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia. Since June 2016 he has been working as an Ambassador for Special Tasks at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Alexandra Blanca Vela Puga is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician originally from El Salvador. She is currently a dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Americas Ecuador.

Chen Xi is a Chinese politician currently serving as the head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China. Since 2017, Chen has also been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and a Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China, and President of the Central Party School. A graduate from Tsinghua University, Chen served as the party chief of the prestigious institution from 2002 to 2008. Thereafter he served as a vice-minister of education and Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology.

Fahri Kasırga is a Turkish lawyer and the current Secretary General of the Presidency of Turkey. In accordance with Article 114 of the Constitution of Turkey, he has served as a non-party Minister of Justice until the 2007 general elections, after which he joined the Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Susumu Ojima is a Japanese entrepreneur who was a founder and chairman of Huser Co., Ltd.

Yang Jing is a former Chinese politician of Mongol heritage. He previously served as State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council, and the President of the Chinese Academy of Governance.