List of Famous people who born in 1953

Luciana Lamorgese is an Italian civil servant and prefect, and Minister of the Interior in the Conte II Cabinet since 5 September 2019. On February 13, 2021, she was confirmed in the same post within the new Draghi Cabinet.

Daniel Marx is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Stanford. He led Stanford to single-game rushing totals of 350-plus yards on three occasions over his final two seasons, blocking for Heisman runner-ups Christian McCaffrey and Bryce Love. He signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody is a retired general of the United States Army. She was the first woman in United States military and uniformed service history to achieve a four-star officer rank, receiving her fourth star on November 14, 2008.

Angelo Parisi is a French judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. At his Olympic debut in 1972 he represented Great Britain.

Harald Jähner is a German journalist and author. Since 2011 he has been an honorary professor of cultural journalism at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Masako Ōkawara is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture and 1977 graduate of International Christian University, she had served in the assembly of Tokyo for three terms since 1993. She was a member of the House of Councillors between 2007 and 2013.

Francisco Barba is a Mexican footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Gérard Janvion is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. A French international from 1975 to 1982 he made 40 appearances for the France national team. Having started his senior career in 1972 at Saint-Étienne he went on to spend most of playing days there before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 1983. He retired from playing in 1987 after a two-year stint with Béziers.

Sylvie-Agnès Bermann is a former French career diplomat who served as the ambassador of France to the United Kingdom, ambassador of France to Russia, and as French ambassador to China in Beijing from 2011 until 2014. She previously served as director for United Nations, International Organizations, Human Rights and Francophony at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development in Paris.

Osvaldo Andrade Lara is a Chilean Socialist politician. After studying law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Andrade joined the Socialist Party in 1968. He served as director of the Young Socialists. Following the Chilean coup of 1973, he was detained at the Estadio Nacional and at Villa Grimaldi. He was Minister of Labor and Social Security in the government of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet from 2006 to 2008. On 22 March 2016 he became President of the Chamber of Deputies. He succeeded Marco Antonio Núñez. He was succeeded as president on 22 March 2017 by Fidel Espinoza.