List of Famous people who died in 1953

Vladimir Konstantinovich Arkadiev was a Russian and Soviet physicist who studied magnetism and related phenomena. He was among the first to make use of the Meissner effect to levitate magnets as a test of superconductivity.

Grace Audrey Laura St John-Mildmay was an English and Canadian soprano and co-founder, with her husband, John Christie, of Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The Canadian Encyclopedia describes her voice "as a light lyric soprano employed with much charm."

Charles William Miller was a Brazilian sportsman, who is considered to be the father of football in Brazil.

Carlo Schanzer was a Vienna-born Italian jurist and politician. He held several cabinet posts from 1906 to 1922.

Wenxiu, also known as Noble Consort Shu, was a consort of Puyi, The Last Emperor of China and final ruler of the Qing dynasty. She was from the Mongol Erdet (額爾德特) Clan and her family was under the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners.

Frederick Emil Ahlert was an American composer and songwriter.

Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford was a British peer. He was born at Cairnsmore House, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire the son of Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford and his wife Mary Du Caurroy Tribe, DBE, RRC, FLS, the aviator and ornithologist. He was known for both his career as a naturalist and for his involvement in far-right politics.