List of Famous people who died at 53

Sylvie Merzeau was a French academic, university professor at the Paris Nanterre University and a photographer.

Yumiko Shige was a Japanese sailor. She won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Alicia Kinoshita. Shige instructed other sailors in a yacht harbour local to her residence.

Maria Margarida Marante Rodrigues Anjos, known as Margarida Marante was a Portuguese journalist and television presenter known for interviewing major public Portuguese figures. She was married to the businessman Henrique Granadeiro, having previously divorced Emídio Rangel.

General Gennady Nikolaevich Shpigun was the Russian Interior Ministry's special representative in Chechnya.

Fatoş Sezer was a Turkish actress.

Michael Alan Gothard was an English actor, who portrayed Kai in the television series Arthur of the Britons and the mysterious villain Emile Leopold Locque in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.

Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti was a bishop of the Catholic Church in Argentina who was assassinated during the Dirty War for his involvement with social issues.

Ulla Jacobsson was a Swedish actress who is best known for playing the only female speaking role in the film Zulu (1964).

Antônio Gilson Porfírio , better known as Agepê, was a Brazilian singer and composer. His nickname consists of the initials AGP, of his name.

Ovidi Montllor was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor.