Hank Williams Sr. (1923-1953)
Country Singer
1
Guccio Gucci (1881-1953)
Fashion Designer
2
Ben Ames Williams (1889-1953)
Novelist
3
Jim Thorpe (1888-1953)
Football Player
4
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Poet
5
Mary of Teck (1867-1953)
Queen
6
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Composer
7
Ibn Saud (1876-1953)
King
8
Edwin Hubble (1889-1953)
Astronomer
9
Harry Daniels (1884-1953)
War Hero
10
Django Reinhardt (1910-1953)
Guitarist
11
Nathan L. Miller (1868-1953)
Politician
12
James Finlayson (1887-1953)
Movie Actor
13
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)
14
Morgan Wallace (1881-1953)
15
Jorge Negrete (1911-1953)
World Music Singer
16
Lester Horton (1906-1953)
Dancer
17
Tazio Nuvolari (1892-1953)
Motorcycle Racer
18
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
19
Charlie Spencer (1899-1953)
Soccer Player
20
Philip Graves (1876-1953)
Journalist
21
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
Playwright
22
James Earle Fraser (1876-1953)
Sculptor
23
Dooley Wilson (1886-1953)
24
Robert Taft (1889-1953)
25
Maude Adams (1872-1953)
Stage Actress
26
Lewis Stone (1879-1953)
27
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953)
Young Adult Author
28
Millard Mitchell (1903-1953)
29
Robert Millikan (1868-1953)
Physicist
30
Richard Pearse (1877-1953)
Pilot
31
Fred M. Vinson (1890-1953)
Supreme Court Justice
32
John Marin (1870-1953)
Painter
33
Kid Nichols (1869-1953)
Baseball Player
34
Edwin Joseph Cohn (1892-1953)
Biologist
35
Alan Curtis (1909-1953)
36
Gerd Von Rundstedt (1875-1953)
37
Oliver Campbell (1871-1953)
Tennis Player
38
Florence Sabin (1871-1953)
Anatomist
39
Lee Dixon (1914-1953)
Stage Actor
40
John Cornwell (1867-1953)
41
Edward Sedgwick (1889-1953)
Screenwriter
42
Charles Abner Powell (1860-1953)
43
Irene Bordoni (1885-1953)
44
Maud Gonne (1866-1953)
Civil Rights Leader
45
Bill Tilden (1893-1953)
46
Emanuel Vidovic (1870-1953)
47
Julian Tuwim (1894-1953)
48
Celebrities Born in 1953
Deaths by Year