List of Famous people who died at 53

Rolf Schock was a Swedish–American philosopher and artist, born in Cap-d'Ail, France of German parents.

Hong Ling was a Chinese geneticist, professor and doctoral advisor at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Akmal Shaikh was a Pakistani-British businessman who was convicted and executed in China for illegally trafficking approximately 4 kg of heroin. The trial and execution attracted significant media attention in the UK.

Soetjipto Soentoro, commonly known as "Gareng", was an Indonesian footballer who captained Indonesia's national team.

Suat Aşani was a Turkish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. She and her colleague Halet Çambel were the first Turkish sportswomen to participate at the Olympics.

Amer Abdel Maksoud? was an Egyptian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Arif Peçenek was a Turkish football player and manager. Born in Ankara, he began his club football career with the capital club Ankara Güneşspor in 1976. Prosperous goalkeeper continued to play respectively in Ankara Şekerspor, MKE Ankaragücü, İstanbulspor and Adana Demirspor until his retirement in 1995. He successfully inserts 23 national team caps. Peçenek who is associated with MKE Ankaragücü and perceived as one of the greatest players in the club's history inserts more than 200 caps for this club. With 192 first division inserts Peçenek is in the list of players with most premier league inserts for MKE Ankaragücü in 13th place. After ending his football career, he moved into coaching specialist. He assisted in Vanspor, Adanaspor and again Vanspor the head coach Ali Osman Renklibay as an assistant coach. In 1999/2000 season Peçenek took over Türk Telekomspor as his first head coaching experience. He supervised subsequently Körfez Belediyespor, Ankara Şekerspor and Kızılcahamam Belediyespor. From 2005 to 2010, he held the Youth Academy Development Coordinator with the MKE Ankaragücü. In November 2012, he was introduced for the TKI Tavşanlı Linyitspor. He died on 29 January 2013 due to a heart attack in Ankara.