List of Famous people who died at 53

Manuel Pradal was a French film director and screenwriter. He wrote the scenarios for all the films he directed. Pradal died on 13 May 2017 in Paris after a long illness, aged 53.

Marisa Mell was an Austrian actress. Typecast as a femme fatale in European arthouse and genre films, she is best regarded for her performances as Eva Kant in Mario Bava's critically re-assessed Danger: Diabolik (1968), and the dual role of Susan Dumurrier/Monica Weston in Lucio Fulci's giallo One on Top of the Other (1969).

Chiang Hsiao-wen was the eldest son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. His mother is Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as Chiang Fang-liang. He had one younger sister, Hsiao-chang, and two younger brothers, Hsiao-wu and Hsiao-yung. He had two half-brothers, Winston Chang and John Chiang, with whom he shared the same father.

Jean-Marie Tjibaou was a French politician in New Caledonia and leader of the Kanak independence movement. The son of a tribal chief, Tjibaou was ordained a Catholic priest but abandoned his religious vocation for a life in political activism.

Alejandro Gómez Cabral was a Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon and cross-country running.

Fernando Buesa Blanco was a Spanish politician in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the Socialist Party of Euskadi - Euskadiko Ezkerra (PSE-EE) branch of the social democratic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was assassinated by ETA.

Shinji Sōmai was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000.

Ilse Uyttersprot was a Belgian Christian Democrat politician who served as a CD&V member of the Chamber of Representatives for East Flanders.

José de Anchieta Júnior was a Brazilian politician and member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He served as the Governor of the northern Brazilian state of Roraima from the death of his predecessor, the late Governor Ottomar Pinto, in December 2007 to April 2014.

Liu Pang-yu was a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 1989 until his death in 1996. Taoyuan County is now Taoyuan City, and the office of the Magistrate is now the office of the Mayor.