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1953: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Snake 🐍 · Born in 1953 turn 73 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.27

Median home

$8,750

Minimum wage

$0.75/hr

Movie ticket

$0.46

US population

2.68B

US president

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Top song

"Song from Moulin Rouge" — Percy Faith

Top film

Peter Pan

Top TV show

I Love Lucy

Best Picture

From Here to Eternity

In the news: DNA structure discovered by Watson and Crick

What happened in 1953

1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.

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Born in 1953

268 people in our data · most viewed first

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

b. 1953 · December 17

American actor

Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto

1953–2007 · June 21

Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996)

Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)

Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)

b. 1953 · September 17

British Pakistani politician; founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

b. 1953 · May 24

British actor

Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan

b. 1953 · March 23

American singer

David Berkowitz

David Berkowitz

b. 1953 · June 1

American serial killer

Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

b. 1953 · May 29

American composer

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Desi Arnaz Jr.

b. 1953 · January 19

American actor and musician

Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

b. 1953 · January 22

American filmmaker

Amy Irving

Amy Irving

b. 1953 · September 10

American actress and singer

Debralee Scott

Debralee Scott

1953–2005 · April 2

American actress

Alan Moore

Alan Moore

b. 1953 · November 18

British writer

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

b. 1953 · May 30

Irish actor

John Beilein

John Beilein

b. 1953 · February 5

American basketball coach

Alex Van Halen

Alex Van Halen

b. 1953 · May 8

American drummer

Alex Lifeson

Alex Lifeson

b. 1953 · August 27

Canadian guitarist

Christine Ebersole

Christine Ebersole

b. 1953 · February 21

American actress and singer

Ahmad Shah Massoud

Ahmad Shah Massoud

1953–2001 · September 2

Afghan military leader

Aleksandr Akimov

Aleksandr Akimov

1953–1986 · May 6

Soviet engineer

Colin Hay

Colin Hay

b. 1953 · June 29

Scottish-Australian musician

Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller

b. 1953 · November 3

American comedian and television host

Antonio Villaraigosa

Antonio Villaraigosa

b. 1953 · January 23

American attorney and politician

Jimmy McCulloch

Jimmy McCulloch

1953–1979 · June 4

Scottish musician

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

b. 1953 · November 13

President of Mexico from 2018 to 2024

Died in 1953

  • Dylan Thomas1914–1953 · Welsh poet and writer
  • Django Reinhardt1910–1953 · Romani-French jazz musician
  • Dooley Wilson1886–1953 · American actor, musician
  • Francis Picabia1879–1953 · French painter and writer
  • Bill Tilden1893–1953 · American tennis player
  • Ludwig Prandtl1875–1953 · German physicist
  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali1872–1953 · Indian-British barrister
  • Arnold Bax1883–1953 · English composer
  • Albert Gleizes1881–1953 · French painter
  • Annie Kenney1879–1953 · British suffragette
  • Elsa Beskow1874–1953 · Swedish artist
  • Boris Kidrič1912–1953 · Slovenian communist politician and revolutionary
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