List of Famous people who died at 53

Manjeet Singh Riyat was a British emergency care consultant, described as the first person of Sikh heritage to hold such a role in the United Kingdom.

Robert Hartford-Davis was a British born producer, director and writer, who worked on film and television in both in the United Kingdom and United States. He is also sometimes credited as Michael Burrowes or Robert Hartford.

Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed "Timacadde" was a Somali poet. He was among the most prominent bards of his day.

Mahabad Qaradaghi or Mehabad Qeredaxî (1966-2020) was a Kurdish writer, poet and translator. She was born in Kifri, a town near Kirkuk. Her first collections of poems were published in 1980, and she was imprisoned by the Ba'athist regime from 1980 to 1981. In 1993, she emigrated to Sweden. She was the adviser of Prime Minister in Women's Issues, in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Shigeru Inoda was a Japanese ophthalmologist, surgeon and amateur astronomer.