List of Famous people who died at 53

Jack Pulman was an award-winning British television screenwriter, most famous for the critically acclaimed 1976 BBC television series, I, Claudius, based on the novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves.

Aviad Yafeh was an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1972 and 1977.

Cheryl Walker was an American fashion model and actress.

Patrick Roy was a French politician, a member of the National Assembly. He represented the 19th constituency of the Nord département, and was a member of the French Socialist Party (PSF). He was also the mayor of Denain.

Aaron Dale Allston was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games, several of which served to establish the basis for products and subsequent development of TSR's Dungeons & Dragons game setting Mystara. His later works as a novelist include those of the X-Wing series: Wraith Squadron, Iron Fist, Solo Command, Starfighters of Adumar, and Mercy Kill. He wrote two entries in the New Jedi Order series: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream and Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand. Allston wrote three of the nine Legacy of the Force novels: Betrayal, Exile, and Fury, and three of the nine Fate of the Jedi novels: Outcast, Backlash, and Conviction.

Joseph Brahim Seid was a Chadian writer and politician. He served as Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1975. As a writer he is known for the works Au Tchad sous les étoiles and Un enfant du Tchad, based on his own life.