List of Famous people who died in 1953

Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Nabadwip, West Bengal in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.

Erich Bernhard Gustav Weinert was a German Communist writer and a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

John Francis Ashley Erskine, Lord Erskine GCSI, GCIE was a British soldier, Conservative Party politician and administrator who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare and Brighton. Erskine also served as the Governor of Madras Presidency from 1934 to 1940.

Joseph M. Darst was the 37th Mayor of St. Louis, serving from 1949 to 1953.

Georg Zacharias was a German backstroke and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Karen Poulsen was a Danish stage and film actress. She married Valdemar Lund in 1902 and in 1919 she married Bjørn Thalbitzer.

Lancelot Edward Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, OBE, DL was an English peer, the fourth and youngest son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale.

Leonid Kreutzer was a classical pianist.

Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg was a German noblewoman. She was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and a princess of Anhalt by marriage.

Gustav Herglotz was a German Bohemian physicist. He is best known for his works on the theory of relativity and seismology.