1953

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1920s  1930s  1940s  – 1950s –  1960s  1970s  1980s
Years:	1950 1951 1952 – 1953 – 1954 1955 1956

Events

• May 29 – The first humans reach the top of Mount Everest.
• July 27 – Korean War ends
• The Taito Corporation is founded in Japan

Births

• January 9 – Morris Gleitzman, English writer
• January 21 – Paul Allen, American entrepreneur
• February 11 – Jeb Bush, American politician
• February 19 – Cristina Fernández, President of Argentina
• February 25 – Levon Mkrtchyan, Armenian movie director
• March 16 – Richard Stallman, Computer programmer and political activist
• March 26 – Lincoln Chafee, American politician
• May 6 – Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• May 25 – Eve Ensler, American playwright
• May 29 – Danny Elfman, American musician
• June 4 – Linda Lingle, American politician
• June 21 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician
• June 29 – Geddy Lee, Canadian musician and singer (Rush)
• July 11- Leon Spinks, boxer
• July 31 – James Read, American actor
• August 29 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian musician
• September 2 – John Zorn, American musician
• September 3 – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director
• September 22 – Ségolène Royal, French politician
• October 1 – Klaus Wowereit, German politician
• November 14 – Dominique de Villepin, Premier of France
• November 14 – Jos Oehlen, Dutch sculptor
• December 27 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 2007)
• December 9 – John Malkovich, American actor and director

Deaths

• January 1 – Hank Williams, American musician
• January 28 – James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• March 5 – Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader (b.1878)
• March 5 – Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (b. 1891)
• September 29 – Ernst Reuter, German politician (b. 1889)
• October 9 – Jimmy Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
• November 9 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1914)