List of Famous people who died in 1953

Princess María de las Mercedes of Bavaria, Infanta of Spain was a German-Spanish princess. She was the third wife of Georgian Prince Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani. Through her father, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, she was a member of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach. Through her mother, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, she was a granddaughter of Alfonso XII and niece of Alfonso XIII.

Mary, Lady MacCarthy was a British writer; known for her involvement in the "Bloomsbury Group", and commonly called Molly.

Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu was a Turkish politician, the fifth Prime Minister of Turkey and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stages of World War II. He signed the German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship in 1941, which would prevent Turkish involvement in the war. He was also the chairman of the Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe S.K. for 16 years between 1934 and 1950, including holding that post concurrently with his time as Prime Minister from 1942 to 1946.

Klyment Vasilyovich Kvitka (1880-1953) was a Ukrainian musicologist and ethnographer, and the husband of poet Lesya Ukrainka.

Eduard Künneke was a German composer notable for his operettas, operas, theatre music and some orchestral works.

Rino Parenti was an Italian fascist leader.

Ruggero Ruggeri was an Italian stage and film actor. Ruggeri was a celebrated theatre actor, appearing alongside Lyda Borelli on stage in 1909. From 1914 onward he sporadically made films in both the silent and sound eras.

Suzanne Adams was an American lyric coloratura soprano. Known for her agile and pure voice, Adams first became well known in France before establishing herself as one of the Metropolitan Opera's leading sopranos at the beginning of the twentieth century.

William Tubbs was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in a number of European films in the years after the Second World War including several by Roberto Rossellini.

George Allison Wilson was an American politician and lawyer. He was a United States Senator and 28th Governor of Iowa.