List of Famous people who died in 1953

Paul Berthier (1884–1953) was the co-founder of Manécanterie des Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois in 1906. He wrote a doctoral thesis on the legal protection of composers which has long been authoritative and an essay on Jean-Philippe Rameau. He was the grandfather of the singer France Gall, father of the composer and organist Jacques Berthier (1923–1994) and great-grandfather of French producer, Raphael Hamburger.

Paul Causey Hurst was an American actor and director.

Percival Farquhar (1865–1953) was an American investor and financier with extensive interests in Latin America and pre-Soviet Russia, including railways, mines, hotels, and restaurants.

Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chanthaburi II, was the eldest son of Kitiyakara Voralaksana, Prince of Chanthaburi I and Princess Apsarasaman Kitiyakara. After his daughter Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara entered a royal marriage with King Bhumibol Adulyadej, he was promoted to General Prince of Chanthaburi Suranath, HH Prince Nakkhatra Mangala Kitiyakara in the past, หม่อมเจ้านักขัตรมงคล กิติยากร) by royal command in 1952. He represented the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the ambassador of the kingdom of Thailand to the Court of St James's in the United Kingdom, and to the government of France

Irving Reis was a radio program producer and director, and a film director.

Ibrahim Nagi (1898–1953) was an Egyptian poet.

Albert Rivière was a French tailor and moderate socialist politician. He was Minister of Pensions between 1936 and 1940, and was briefly Minister of Colonies in 1940.

Carter Henry Harrison IV was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician who served a total of five terms as mayor of Chicago but failed in his attempt to become his party's presidential nominee in 1904. Descended from aristocratic Virginia families and the son of five-term Chicago mayor Carter Harrison Sr., this Carter Harrison (IV) became the first native Chicagoan elected its mayor.

Aldo Rossano Graziati was an Italian cinematographer.