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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Roger Allam
Actor
26-Oct-1953   Privates on Parade
Deborah Allen
Country Musician
30-Sep-1953   Baby I Lied
Keith Allen
Actor
2-Jun-1953   Keith Allen Will Burn In Hell
Paul Allen
Business
21-Jan-1953   Co-Founder of Microsoft
Tim Allen
Actor
13-Jun-1953   Home Improvement
Luís Amado
Politician
17-Sep-1953   Portuguese Foreign Minister
John Shelby Amos II
Business
c. 1953   Alabama Sales Coordinator, Aflac
Louie Anderson
Comic
24-Mar-1953   Host of Family Feud, 1999-2002
C. E. Andrews
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Sallie Mae, 2007-08
Lori B. Andrews
Attorney
c. 1953   Genetics and biotechnology law
Phil Angelides
Politician
11-Jun-1953   Chair, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Leo Apotheker
Business
18-Sep-1953   CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 2010-11
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Head of State
15-Jul-1953   Twice overthrown president of Haiti
Tony Armas
Baseball
2-Jul-1953   Venezuelan MLB hitter
Bess Armstrong
Actor
11-Dec-1953   Dr. Klompus in Pecker
Curtis Armstrong
Actor
27-Nov-1953   Revenge of the Nerds
Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Actor
19-Jan-1953   Son of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball
Jari Askins
Politician
27-Apr-1953   Lt. Governor of Oklahoma
Jose Maria Aznar
Head of State
25-Feb-1953   Prime Minister of Spain, 1996-2004
Juan Babauta
Politician
7-Sep-1953   Governor of Northern Mariana Islands
Richard H. Bachmann
Attorney
c. 1953   EVP at Enterprise Products
Jane Badler
Actor
31-Dec-1953   Diana on V
Sheila C. Bair
Government
c. 1953   FDIC Chairman
Ian Bairnson
Guitarist
3-Aug-1953   Guitarist for The Alan Parsons Project
Frank Baldino, Jr.
Business
13-May-1953 16-Dec-2010 Founder of Cephalon
Brenda C. Barnes
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Sara Lee, 2005-10
Tom Barrett
Politician
8-Dec-1953   Mayor of Milwaukee
Kim Basinger
Actor
8-Dec-1953   L.A. Confidential
Karen Bass
Politician
3-Oct-1953   Congresswoman, California 33rd
Filbert Bayi
Track and Field
23-Jun-1953   1500m record holder, 1974-79
John Beilein
Basketball
5-Feb-1953   Head Coach, University of Michigan
Robert Beltran
Actor
19-Nov-1953   Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager
Pat Benatar
Singer
10-Jan-1953   Love is a Battlefield
Gerald A. Benjamin
Business
c. 1953   CAO of Henry Schein
Hilary Benn
Politician
26-Nov-1953   UK Minister for the Environment
David L. Beré
Business
c. 1953   Interim CEO of Dollar General
Peter Bergman
Actor
11-Jun-1953   The Young and the Restless
David Berkowitz
Criminal
1-Jun-1953   Son of Sam killer
Ben Bernanke
Economist
13-Dec-1953   Federal Reserve Chairman
Cydney Bernard
Relative
1953   Former partner of Jodie Foster
Benazir Bhutto
Head of State
21-Jun-1953 27-Dec-2007 Former prime minister of Pakistan
Don Black
Activist
28-Jul-1953   Stormfront.org founder
Tony Blair
Head of State
6-May-1953   UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007
David Boaz
Activist
29-Aug-1953   Cato Institute
Eric Bogosian
Actor
24-Apr-1953   Talk Radio
Robert G. Bohn
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Oshkosh Truck
Michael Bolton
Singer/Songwriter
26-Feb-1953   Love Is a Wonderful Thing
John F. Bookout III
Business
c. 1953   Former Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Michael Bowen
Actor
21-Jun-1953   The Last House on the Left
Jeff Bower
Football
28-May-1953   Head Coach, Southern Miss, 1990-2007
C. Alvin Bowman
Educator
c. 1953   President, Illinois State University
Christopher Boyce
Spy
16-Feb-1953   The Falcon
Robert Brazile
Football
7-Feb-1953   Former Houston Oilers LB
David Brennan
Business
c. 1953   CEO of AstraZeneca
George Brett
Baseball
15-May-1953   Twelve-time American League All-Star
Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr.
Basketball
17-Sep-1953   Former Milwaukee Buck, Wendy's franchisee
Alicia Bridges
Singer
15-Jul-1953   I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)
Joe Bob Briggs
Critic
27-Jan-1953   B-movie film reviewer
Frank T. Brogan
Politician
6-Sep-1953   President, Florida Atlantic University
Tina Brown
Editor
21-Nov-1953   The Daily Beast and Newsweek
Keith D. Browning
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Carmax
Ruth E. Bruch
Business
27-Jun-1953   CIO, Kellogg Company
Bruce C. Bruckmann
Business
c. 1953   Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
Bebe Buell
Model
14-Jul-1953   Liv Tyler's mom
Ronald W. Burkle
Business
c. 1953   Supermarket Billionaire
Ken Burns
Film Director
29-Jul-1953   Documentary filmmaker
Michael J. Burns
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Dana, 2004-08
Columba Bush
Relative
1953   Wife of Florida governor Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
Politician
11-Feb-1953   Governor of Florida, 1999-2007
Cruz Bustamante
Politician
4-Jan-1953   California Lieutenant Governor, 1999-2007
Jay Bybee
Judge
27-Oct-1953   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Linda Walker Bynoe
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Telemat Limited
Mark S. Cady
Judge
12-Jul-1953   Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Charlotte Caffey
Guitarist
21-Oct-1953   Lead guitarist for The Go-Go's
Ken Calvert
Politician
8-Jun-1953   Congressman, California 44th
Colleen Camp
Actor
7-Jun-1953   Police Academy 2
Dave Camp
Politician
9-Jul-1953   Congressman, Michigan 4th
Bill Campbell
Politician
25-May-1953   Mayor of Atlanta, 1994-2002
Nell Campbell
Singer
24-May-1953   Little Nell
John Candelaria
Baseball
6-Nov-1953   Candyman, MLB pitcher
Carl Cannon
Journalist
c. 1953   RealClearPolitics
Katherine Cannon
Actor
6-Sep-1953   Mae Woodward on Father Murphy
Michael R. Cannon
Business
1953   Dell President of Global Operations
Diana Canova
Actor
1-Jun-1953   Corinne Tate on Soap
Shelley Moore Capito
Politician
26-Nov-1953   Congresswoman, West Virginia 2nd
Kate Capshaw
Actor
3-Nov-1953   Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Timothy Carhart
Actor
24-Dec-1953   Pink Cadillac
Walter C. D. Carlson
Attorney
c. 1953   Chairman of Telephone and Data Systems
Alison J. Carnwath
Business
c. 1953   British investment banker
Joseph A. Carrabba
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs
Harry Carson
Football
26-Nov-1953   NY Giants Linebacker, Hall of Famer
Chris Carter
Electronic Musician
28-Jan-1953   Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey
Thomas Carter
Film Director
17-Jul-1953   Coach Carter
Ida L. Castro
Government
1953   Chairman of the EEOC, 1998-2001
Eduardo Castro-Wright
Business
c. 1953   Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart
Dan T. Cathy
Business
1-Mar-1953   President and COO, Chick-fil-A
Steve Chabot
Politician
22-Jan-1953   Congressman, Ohio 1st
Lincoln Chafee
Politician
26-Mar-1953   Governor of Rhode Island
Riccardo Chailly
Conductor
20-Feb-1953   Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Jean-Lou Chameau
Educator
1953   President, California Institute of Technology
James Chance
Musician
20-Apr-1953   James Chance and the Contortions
Vanessa C. L. Chang
Business
c. 1953   Former partner, KPMG
Elaine Chao
Government
26-Mar-1953   US Secretary of Labor, 2001-09
Dog Chapman
TV Personality
1-Feb-1953   Dog, the Bounty Hunter
Erwin Chemerinsky
Scholar
14-May-1953   Legal Scholar
Michael Chertoff
Government
28-Nov-1953   US Homeland Security Czar
Russell Chew
Government
18-Jan-1953   Runs the US Air Traffic Control system
Judy Chu
Politician
7-Jul-1953   Congresswoman, California 32nd
Marcia Clark
Attorney
31-Aug-1953   Former O.J. prosecutor
Lenny Clarke
Actor
16-Sep-1953   Uncle Teddy on Rescue Me
Ron Clements
Film Director
25-Apr-1953   Aladdin
Cotton M. Cleveland
Business
c. 1953   Mather Associates
Martha Coakley
Politician
14-Jul-1953   Attorney General of Massachusetts
Tom Cochrane
Musician
14-May-1953   Life Is a Highway
Deborah S. Coleman
Business
c. 1953   International Business Solutions
Frances Conroy
Actor
13-Nov-1953   Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under
Janet K. Cooper
Business
c. 1953   Senior VP and Treasurer of Qwest
Tom Cora
Cellist
14-Sep-1953 9-Apr-1998 Avant-Garde cellist
Robert Cray
Guitarist
1-Aug-1953   Blues guitarist
Robert X. Cringely
Journalist
c. 1953   Computer pundit I, Cringely
Charles K. Crovitz
Business
c. 1953   EVP at Gap, 1998-2003
James S. Crown
Business
25-Jun-1953   Henry Crown and Company
John D. Cruickshank
Business
c. 1953   Chicago Sun-Times publisher, 2003-08
James R. Curtiss
Attorney
20-Dec-1953   Nuclear lobbyist, Winston & Strawn
Don Daglow
Computer Programmer
c. 1953   Utopia for the Intellivision
Alistair Darling
Politician
28-Nov-1953   Chancellor of the Exchequer
Dennis Daugaard
Politician
11-Jun-1953   Governor of South Dakota
Jim Davidson
Comic
13-Dec-1953   Stand Up Jim Davidson
Libby Davies
Politician
27-Feb-1953   Canadian NDP House Leader
Eugene I. Davis
Business
c. 1953   Pirinate Consulting Group
Fred Davis
Business
c. 1953   Strategic Perception Inc.
Ken Davitian
Actor
19-Jun-1953   Borat: Cultural Leanings
Pat Day
Jockey
13-Oct-1953   Winner of 9 triple crown races
James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr.
Business
8-May-1953   CEO of WGL Holdings
John Denham
Politician
15-Jul-1953   British MP, Southampton Itchen
Reginald Denny
Victim
21-Apr-1953   Truck driver beaten in Rodney King riots
Cleavant Derricks
Actor
15-May-1953   Rembrandt Brown on Sliders
Tom DiCillo
Film Director
14-Aug-1953   Living in Oblivion
Sheila Dixon
Politician
17-Dec-1953   Baltimore Mayor, resigned in disgrace
Don Dokken
Singer
29-Jun-1953   Lead singer of Dokken
Michael J. Dolan
Business
c. 1953   Senior VP at Exxon Mobil
Thomas C. Dolan
Business
c. 1953   EVP at Cablevision
Peter M. Donohue
Educator
c. 1953   President, Villanova University
Mike Doyle
Politician
5-Aug-1953   Congressman, Pennsylvania 14th
Dina Dublon
Business
1953   CFO of JP Morgan Chase, 1998-2004
Patricia Dunn
Business
27-Mar-1953 4-Dec-2011 Hewlett Packard chair, 2005-06
Ronnie Dunn
Country Musician
1-Jun-1953   Brooks & Dunn
Denis Duverne
Business
31-Oct-1953   CFO of AXA
George Dyson
Author
1953   Darwin Among the Machines
Myron Ebell
Activist
c. 1953   Global Warming cynic
Christine Ebersole
Actor
21-Feb-1953   Rachel Gunn, RN
John Edwards
Politician
10-Jun-1953   2004 Vice Presidential candidate
Danny Elfman
Musician
29-May-1953   Oingo Boingo, movie composer
Stuart Elliott
Drummer
5-May-1953   Drummer for Alan Parsons and Kate Bush
Thomas J. Engibous
Business
31-Jan-1953   CEO of Texas Instruments, 1996-2004
Eve Ensler
Playwright
25-May-1953   The Vagina Monologues
Jeffrey E. Epstein
Business
20-Jan-1953   Reclusive money manager
Charles W. Ergen
Business
1-Mar-1953   Co-Founder of Echostar
Mike Espy
Government
30-Nov-1953   US Secretary of Agriculture, 1993-94
Greg Evigan
Actor
14-Oct-1953   B.J. and the Bear
John Fahey
Business
c. 1953   CEO of National Geographic Society
Gary Farmer
Actor
12-Jun-1953   Henry & Verlin
Russ Feingold
Politician
2-Mar-1953   US Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-2011
Douglas Feith
Government
16-Jul-1953   Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05
Cynthia L. Feldmann
Business
c. 1953   Jetty Lane Associates
Leonel Fernández
Head of State
26-Dec-1953   President of the Dominican Republic
Lawrence D. Fink
Business
c. 1953   CEO of BlackRock
Norman Finkelstein
Scholar
8-Dec-1953   The Holocaust Industry
Peter Firth
Actor
27-Oct-1953   Harry Pearce on Spooks
Roger L. Fix
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Standex
Timothy Flanigan
Government
16-May-1953   Would-be Deputy US Attorney General
David Flaum
Activist
c. 1953   Flaum Management Company
William J. Flynn
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide
Althea Flynt
Relative
6-Nov-1953 27-Jun-1987 Larry Flynt's dead wife
James Foley
Film Director
28-Dec-1953   Glengarry Glen Ross
Matt Fong
Government
20-Nov-1953 1-Jun-2011 Strategic Advisory Group
Peter T. Francis
Business
c. 1953   J. M. Huber Corporation
Gary Franks
Politician
9-Feb-1953   Congressman from Connecticut, 1991-97
Leslie M. Frécon
Business
c. 1953   LFE Capital, LLC
Thomas Friedman
Journalist
20-Jul-1953   New York Times
Kurt Fuller
Actor
16-Sep-1953   Joel on Better with You
Frank Gaffney
Columnist
5-Apr-1953   Prominent neocon
Rakesh Gangwal
Business
1953   CEO of Worldspan
Lee Garlington
Actor
20-Jul-1953   Brenda Baxworth on Everwood
Peter Garrett
Musician
16-Apr-1953   Frontman, Midnight Oil
Mimi Gardner Gates
Administrator
c. 1953   Director, Seattle Art Museum
Murry S. Gerber
Business
c. 1953   Equitable Resources
William K. Gerber
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Kelly Services, 1998-2007
Valery Gergiev
Conductor
2-May-1953   Principal Conductor, LSO
David Gest
Relative
11-May-1953   Ex-Husband of Liza Minnelli
Kathie Lee Gifford
Talk Show Host
16-Aug-1953   Half of Regis and Kathie Lee
Louie Gohmert
Politician
18-Aug-1953   Congressman, Texas 1st
Lynda Goodfriend
Actor
31-Oct-1953   Lori Beth on Happy Days
Ilene S. Gordon
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Alcan Packaging
Kim Gordon
Musician
28-Apr-1953   Sonic Youth
James Grauerholz
Author
14-Dec-1953   William S. Burrough's assistant
Bill Graves
Politician
9-Jan-1953   Governor of Kansas, 1995-2003
James E. Graves, Jr.
Judge
c. 1953   Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
Roger L. Gregory
Judge
17-Jul-1953   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Alex Grey
Artist
29-Nov-1953   Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
Mark B. Grier
Business
c. 1953   Vice Chairman of Prudential
Nanci Griffith
Singer/Songwriter
6-Jul-1953   Other Voices, Other Rooms
Cheryl W. Grise
Business
c. 1953   Northeast Utilities senior executive
Mary Gross
Actor
25-Mar-1953   Saturday Night Live
Sanford J. Grossman
Business
21-Jul-1953   CEO of Quantitative Financial Strategies
Jack Grubman
Business
8-Oct-1953   Shady-dealings securities analyst
Ira J. Gumberg
Business
c. 1953   CEO of J. J. Gumberg Co.
Tim Gunn
TV Personality
29-Jul-1953   Project Runway
Carlos Gutierrez
Government
4-Nov-1953   US Secretary of Commerce
Luis Gutierrez
Politician
10-Dec-1953   Congressman, Illinois 4th
James T. Hackett
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Anadarko Petroleum
Pat Haden
Football
23-Jan-1953   LA Rams Quarterback, Investor
David S. Haffner
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Leggett & Platt
Kay Hagan
Politician
26-May-1953   US Senator from North Carolina
Paul Haggis
Screenwriter
10-Mar-1953   Crash
John E. Haire
Business
c. 1953   EVP at Time, 2001-05
Greg Ham
Musician
27-Sep-1953 19-Apr-2012 Wind and keyboards for Men at Work
Victor Davis Hanson
Historian
5-Sep-1953   Carnage and Culture
Robin Harris
Comic
30-Aug-1953 18-Mar-1990 Bébé's Kids
Mary Harron
Film Director
12-Jan-1953   American Psycho
Matthew J. Hart
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Hilton Hotels
Steven Hatfill
Scientist
24-Oct-1953   US biowarfare researcher
Trip Hawkins
Business
28-Dec-1953   Founder of Electronic Arts
Colin Hay
Musician
29-Jun-1953   Men at Work frontman
Pamela Hayden
Actor
28-Nov-1953   Milhouse on The Simpsons
John L. Hennessy
Educator
c. 1953   President of Stanford University
Robert H. Henry
Judge
3-Apr-1953   President of Oklahoma City University
Keith Hernandez
Baseball
20-Oct-1953   Mets first baseman
Andy Hertzfeld
Computer Programmer
6-Apr-1953   Macintosh designer
Dan Hesse
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Sprint Nextel
Earl J. Hesterberg
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Group 1 Automotive
Carl Hiaasen
Author
12-Mar-1953   Team Rodent: How Disneyland Devours the World
John P. Hiler
Politician
24-Apr-1953   Congressman from Indiana, 1981-91
Baron Hill
Politician
23-Jun-1953   Congressman from Indiana, 1999-2005 and 2007-11
David D. Hiller
Publisher
12-Jun-1953   LA Times publisher, 2006-08
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Actor
4-Sep-1953   Welcome Back, Kotter
Ciarán Hinds
Actor
9-Feb-1953   Munich
Robyn Hitchcock
Singer/Songwriter
3-Mar-1953   The Soft Boys
Pete Hoekstra
Politician
30-Oct-1953   Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011
Hulk Hogan
Wrestling
11-Aug-1953   Hogan Knows Best
Drake Hogestyn
Actor
29-Sep-1953   Days of Our Lives
Geoff Hoon
Politician
6-Dec-1953   UK Minister of Defence, 1999-2005
James Horner
Composer
14-Aug-1953   Scored Titanic
Peter Horton
Actor
20-Aug-1953   thirtysomething
Kent Hovind
Religion
15-Jan-1953   Creation Science evangelist
Tom Hulce
Actor
6-Dec-1953   Amadeus
Erich Hunziker
Business
15-Sep-1953   CFO of Roche Group
Isabelle Huppert
Actor
16-Mar-1953   La Pianiste
Karen Ignagni
Business
c. 1953   America's Health Insurance Plans PAC
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Head of State
26-Dec-1953   President of Estonia
Jimmy Iovine
Music Producer
11-Mar-1953   President of Interscope Records
Amy Irving
Actor
10-Sep-1953   Carrie and Yentl
Darrell Issa
Politician
1-Nov-1953   Congressman, California 49th
Lawrence V. Jackson
Business
c. 1953   Wal-Mart executive
Tito Jackson
Musician
15-Oct-1953   Jackson Five
Jim Jarmusch
Film Director
22-Jan-1953   Permanent Vacation
Reuben Jeffery III
Business
c. 1953   Under Secy. State, Economic Affairs
Howard M. Jenkins
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Publix, 1990-2001
John I. Jenkins
Educator
17-Dec-1953   President, University of Notre Dame
Richard Jenkins
Actor
2-Dec-1953   Six Feet Under
Ron Jeremy
Pornstar
12-Mar-1953   The Hedgehog
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Film Director
3-Sep-1953   Alien: Resurrection
Linda Jewell
Diplomat
c. 1953   US Ambassador to Ecuador
Charles F. Johnson
Blogger
13-Apr-1953   Little Green Footballs
Gary Johnson
Politician
1-Jan-1953   Governor of New Mexico, 1995-2003
Griff Rhys Jones
Actor
6-Nov-1953   Alas Smith & Jones
June Jones
Football
19-Feb-1953   Hawaii Warriors Head Coach
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Business
13-Jul-1953   CEO of Nokia
Janis Karpinski
Military
c. 1953   Brig. General in charge of Abu Ghraib prison
Joette Katz
Judge
3-Feb-1953   Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Robert A. Katzmann
Judge
22-Apr-1953   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Edward J. Kelly III
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Mercantile Bankshares, 2001-07
Jeffrey D. Kelly
Business
1953   Vice Chairman of National City
Kathleen Kennedy
Film/TV Producer
5-Jun-1953   Co-Founder of Amblin Entertainment
Arthur Kent
Journalist
27-Dec-1953   Persian Gulf War reporter
Joanna Kerns
Actor
12-Feb-1953   Maggie Seaver on Growing Pains
Chaka Khan
Singer
23-Mar-1953   I Feel For You
Thomas L. Kilbride
Judge
1953   Justice, Illinois Supreme Court
Sam Kinison
Comic
8-Dec-1953 10-Apr-1992 Caustic stand-up comic
Bill Kirchenbauer
Actor
19-Feb-1953   Coach Lubbock on Just the Ten of Us
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Head of State
19-Feb-1953   President of Argentina
Franz Klammer
Skier
3-Dec-1953   Austrian Alpine skier
Scott L. Klug
Politician
16-Jan-1953   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1991-99
Steve Kmetko
TV Personality
16-Feb-1953   Boyfriend of Greg Louganis
Jeff Kober
Actor
18-Dec-1953   Dodger on China Beach
Abby F. Kohnstamm
Business
1953   Senior VP at IBM, 1993-2005
Ernest Bai Koroma
Head of State
2-Oct-1953   President-Elect of Sierra Leone
Paul Krugman
Columnist
28-Feb-1953   New York Times columnist/economist
Howard Kurtz
Journalist
1-Aug-1953   Media critic
Alan J. Lacy
Business
19-Oct-1953   CEO of Sears, 2000-05
Amy B. Lane
Business
c. 1953   Former Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
Cyndi Lauper
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jun-1953   Girls Just Want To Have Fun
J. Michael Lawrie
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Siebel Systems, 2004-05
John LeBoutillier
Politician
26-May-1953   Congressman from New York, 1981-83
John C. Lechleiter
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Eli Lilly
Geddy Lee
Bassist
29-Jul-1953   Bassist for Rush
Steven F. Leer
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Arch Coal
Jeffrey M. Leiden
Doctor
c. 1953   Clarus Ventures
Nancy Lenehan
Actor
26-Apr-1953   Kay Hickey on My Name Is Earl
Kay Lenz
Actor
4-Mar-1953   Reasonable Doubts
Alex Lifeson
Guitarist
27-Aug-1953   Guitarist for Rush
Carl H. Lindner III
Business
c. 1953   Co-CEO of American Financial Group
Arto Lindsay
Musician
28-May-1953   No-Wave pioneer
Linda Lingle
Politician
4-Jun-1953   Governor of Hawaii, 2002-10
Barry Livingston
Actor
17-Dec-1953   Ernie Douglas on My Three Sons
Anne Lockhart
Actor
6-Sep-1953   Lt. Sheba on Battlestar Galactica
Eddie Long
Religion
12-May-1953   Georgia Baptist minister
Janiece M. Longoria
Attorney
1953   Ogden, Gibson, Broocks & Longoria
Linda Koch Lorimer
Business
c. 1953   Secretary of Yale University
Mark Loughridge
Business
1953   CFO of IBM
Herbert H. Lusk II
Religion
19-Feb-1953   Pro-Bush preacher
Douglas Lute
Military
c. 1953   White House War Czar
Arie Luyendyk
Auto Racing
21-Sep-1953   Winner, 1990 and 1997 Indianapolis 500
John Malkovich
Actor
9-Dec-1953   Subject of Being John Malkovich
Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.
Business
12-Nov-1953   Chief Justice of Michigan, 1997-99
Julianne Malveaux
Columnist
c. 1953   Pundit
Peter Mandelson
Politician
21-Oct-1953   EU Commissioner for Trade
Joseph A. Marengi
Business
c. 1953   Senior VP at Dell, 1997-2007
Michael E. Maroone
Business
c. 1953   President and COO of AutoNation
R. Niels Marquardt
Diplomat
c. 1953   Consul General, Sydney, Australia
Paula Marshall
Business
c. 1953   CEO of The Bama Companies
Pamela Sue Martin
Actor
5-Jan-1953   Fallon Carrington on Dynasty
Mary Matalin
Politician
19-Aug-1953   Political creature
Robert Mathews
Criminal
16-Jan-1953 8-Dec-1984 White supremacist died in shootout with FBI
Brian Maxwell
Inventor
14-Mar-1953 19-Mar-2004 Inventor of the PowerBar
Michael G. McCaffery
Business
c. 1953   Makena Capital Management
Claire McCaskill
Politician
24-Jul-1953   US Senator from Missouri
Joseph W. McClanathan
Business
c. 1953   President of Energizer Battery Div.
Charles G. McClure
Business
c. 1953   CEO of ArvinMeritor
Steven R. McCracken
Business
1953 7-Feb-2008 CEO of Owens-Illinois, 2004-06
James S. McDonald
Business
26-Jan-1953 12-Sep-2009 CEO of Rockefeller & Co.
Robert A. McDonald
Business
20-Jun-1953   CEO of Procter & Gamble
Scott McInnis
Politician
9-May-1953   Congressman from Colorado, 1993-2005
Colm Meaney
Actor
30-May-1953   Transporter Chief O'Brien in Star Trek: TNG
Gregory Meeks
Politician
25-Sep-1953   Congressman, New York 6th
Nana Mensah
Business
c. 1953   PepsiCo Restaurants International
Carlos Mesa
Government
12-Aug-1953   President of Bolivia, 2003-05
Kenneth R. Meyers
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Telphone and Data Systems
Richard Michaelson
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Life Sciences Research
Thomas Middelhoff
Business
11-May-1953   CEO of Bertelsmann, 1997-2002
Les Miles
Football
10-Nov-1953   Head Coach, LSU Football
Brad Miller
Politician
19-May-1953   Congressman, North Carolina 13th
Dennis Miller
Comic
3-Nov-1953   SNL news anchor, born-again Republican
Larry Miller
Comic
15-Oct-1953   Michael Dobson on Law & Order
Carol Mills
Business
c. 1953   Former EVP at Juniper Networks
Karen Gordon Mills
Business
c. 1953   Solera Capital LLC
Alfred Molina
Actor
24-May-1953   Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2
Regina Montoya
Business
25-Dec-1953   CEO of New America Alliance
John Moody
Journalist
c. 1953   Fox News senior VP
Alan Moore
Author
18-Nov-1953   Created The Watchmen
Jack B. Moore
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Cameron International
Charles W. Moorman
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Norfolk Southern
Rick Moranis
Actor
18-Apr-1953   SCTV, Honey I Shrunk The Kids
Nanni Moretti
Film Director
19-Aug-1953   Caro Diario
Thomas I. Morgan
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Hughes Supply, 2003-06
Ikue Mori
Musician
17-Dec-1953   Electronic music and drum machine innovator
Denise M. Morrison
Business
c. 1953   Campbell Soup executive
David Morse
Actor
11-Oct-1953   Mike Olshansky on Hack
Donny Most
Actor
8-Aug-1953   Ralph Malph on Happy Days
Russell Mulcahy
Film Director
23-Jun-1953   Highlander
Herta Müller
Author
17-Aug-1953   German writer
Steven P. Murphy
Business
c. 1953   Former President, Prentice Hall Publishing
Conrad Murray
Doctor
19-Feb-1953   Michael Jackson's personal physician
John Musker
Film Director
8-Nov-1953   Aladdin
Kevin Nealon
Comic
18-Nov-1953   Saturday Night Live
Wendy B. Needham
Business
c. 1953   Automotive Research, CSFB
Ronald L. Nelson
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Avis Budget Group
Michael Newdow
Activist
24-Jun-1953   Waged war against "under God"
Barbara Niven
Actor
26-Feb-1953   Pensacola: Wings of Gold
David C. Novak
Business
1953   CEO of Yum Brands
Bill Nunn
Actor
20-Oct-1953   Do the Right Thing
Jane Margaret O'Brien
Educator
c. 1953   President, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Michael D. O'Halleran
Business
c. 1953   President and COO of Aon, 1999-2004
Douglas R. Oberhelman
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Caterpillar
William E. Oberndorf
Business
c. 1953   SPO Partners & Co.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Politician
13-Nov-1953   Mayor of Mexico City
Judy C. Odom
Business
c. 1953   Software Spectrum
David W. Ogden
Attorney
12-Nov-1953   Deputy US Attorney General
Mike Oldfield
Musician
15-May-1953   Composer, Tubular Bells
Gordon A. Paris
Business
c. 1953   Interim CEO of Hollinger, 2003-06
Robert Parish
Basketball
30-Aug-1953   NBA Hall of Famer
Andy Partridge
Musician
11-Nov-1953   XTC singer/songwriter
Jerry Pate
Golf
16-Sep-1953   Winner, 1976 US Open
Butch Patrick
Actor
2-Aug-1953   Eddie on The Munsters
Michael Patsalos-Fox
Business
c. 1953   Chairman for the Americas, McKinsey & Co.
Mark Pauline
Performance Artist
14-Dec-1953   Survival Research Labs
Ken Paulson
Editor
c. 1953   Editor of USA Today
Steve Peace
Film/TV Producer
30-Mar-1953   Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Steve Pence
Politician
22-Dec-1953   Lt. Governor of Kentucky, 2003-07
Peter M. Perez
Business
c. 1953   EVP Human Resources at ConAgra
Ed Perlmutter
Politician
1-May-1953   Congressman, Colorado 7th
William L. Petersen
Actor
21-Feb-1953   CSI, Manhunter
John Pethica
Physicist
1953   Atomic force microscopy
Charles Petzold
Computer Programmer
2-Feb-1953   Windows programming guru
Robert Picardo
Actor
27-Oct-1953   Holographic doctor on Star Trek: Voyager
Nigel Planer
Actor
22-Feb-1953   Neil on The Young Ones
June Pointer
Musician
30-Nov-1953 11-Apr-2006 The Pointer Sisters
Michael Portillo
Politician
26-May-1953   Former Conservative MP
Denis Potvin
Hockey
29-Oct-1953   New York Islanders, 1973-88
Eliot G. Protsch
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Alliant Energy
Vikki L. Pryor
Business
c. 1953   CEO of SBLI Mutual Life
Bill Pullman
Actor
17-Dec-1953   Independence Day
Bill Purcell
Politician
25-Oct-1953   Mayor of Nashville, 1999-2007
David E. I. Pyott
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Allergan
Anna Quindlen
Columnist
8-Jul-1953   NYT columnist, later novelist
Nancy K. Quinn
Business
c. 1953   Hanover Capital LLC
Martha Raddatz
Journalist
1953   ABC News correspondent
Deborah Raffin
Actor
13-Mar-1953   Windmills of the Gods
Bobby Rahal
Auto Racing
10-Jan-1953   Formula 1 and Indy car racer
John Raisian
Economist
c. 1953   Director, Hoover Institution
Barbara L. Rambo
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Nietech Corporation
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Head of State
26-Jan-1953   Secretary General of NATO
Mark H. Rauenhorst
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Opus Corporation
Ian C. Read
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Pfizer
James Read
Actor
31-Jul-1953   North & South
Martyn R. Redgrave
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Limited Brands
Lawrence Reed
Activist
1953   Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Judith Regan
Publisher
1953   ReganBooks
Dennis H. Reilley
Business
1953   Chairman of Praxair, 2000-07
James Remar
Actor
31-Dec-1953   The Warriors
Christopher Rich
Actor
16-Sep-1953   Miller Redfield on Murphy Brown
Robert Richer
Business
11-Dec-1953   Total Intelligence Solutions
Bruce Riedel
Spy
c. 1953   CIA Near East Asia Specialist
Zoogz Rift
Musician
10-Jul-1953 22-Mar-2011 Island of Living Puke
Phyllis B. Riggins
Business
c. 1953   Managing Director, Bluffview Capital
Roberto A. Rivera-Soto
Judge
10-Nov-1953   Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
Linda Gosden Robinson
Business
c. 1953   Public Relations executive
Jack Roche
Terrorist
31-Oct-1953   al Qaeda's man in Australia
Alfonso Rodriguez
Criminal
18-Feb-1953   Multiple rapist, alleged murderer
Dayton Leroy Rogers
Criminal
30-Sep-1953   Serial killer, on death row in Oregon
Kenneth S. Rogoff
Economist
22-Mar-1953   Harvard economist
Kevin Rollins
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Dell Computer, 2004-07
Jim Romenesko
Blogger
16-Sep-1953   The Obscure Store and Reading Room
Raul Romero
Business
1953   S&B Infrastructure
Francis Rooney
Business
4-Dec-1953   US Ambassador to the Vatican, 2005-08
Irene B. Rosenfeld
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Kraft Foods
Ségolène Royal
Politician
22-Sep-1953   French presidential candidate
Rita Rudner
Comic
17-Sep-1953   Naked Beneath My Clothes
Alan Rusbridger
Editor
29-Dec-1953   Editor of The Guardian
James Russo
Actor
23-Apr-1953   The Box
Patricia F. Russo
Business
1953   CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, 2006-08
Thomas M. Ryan
Business
1953   CEO of CVS Caremark
Michael J. Sabia
Business
1953   CEO of Bell Canada, 2002-08
John Salazar
Politician
21-Jul-1953   Congressman from Colorado, 2005-11
Barry Salzberg
Business
1953   CEO of Deloitte & Touche
Gary Samore
Government
31-Mar-1953   White House WMD Czar
Ricardo Sanchez
Military
1953   Commander of US forces in Iraq, 2003-04
Jay O. Sanders
Actor
16-Apr-1953   Steve Kordo on Crime Story
Linda S. Sanford
Business
c. 1953   Senior VP Enterprise at IBM
Joseph M. Scaminace
Business
c. 1953   CEO of OM Group
Morton Owen Schapiro
Educator
1953   President, Northwestern University
Tom Schatz
Activist
c. 1953   Citizens Against Government Waste
Leonard A. Schlesinger
Educator
c. 1953   President of Babson College
Cynthia P. Schneider
Scholar
16-Aug-1953   US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1998-2001
James M. Schneider
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Dell Computer, 2000-07
Thomas M. Schoewe
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Wal-Mart
Bill Schuette
Politician
13-Oct-1953   Congressman from Michigan, 1985-91
Howard Schultz
Business
19-Jul-1953   CEO of Starbucks
Diane Schuur
Musician
1953   The New First Lady of Jazz
Mark S. Schweiker
Politician
31-Jan-1953   Governor of Pennsylvania, 2001-03
Tracy Scoggins
Actor
13-Nov-1953   Lochley on Babylon-5
Debralee Scott
Actor
2-Apr-1953 5-Apr-2005 Feathered hair in Police Academy
Yahoo Serious
Actor
27-Jul-1953   Young Einstein
Brent Sexton
Actor
23-Jul-1953   Stan Larsen on The Killing
Tokyo Sexwale
Business
5-Mar-1953   Mvelaphanda Holdings
Tony Shalhoub
Actor
9-Oct-1953   Monk
Steven J. Shapiro
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Burlington Resources, 2000-05
Cheryl L. Shavers
Business
c. 1953   Under Secy. Commerce for Technology, 1999-2001
Tommy Shaw
Musician
11-Sep-1953   Styx and Damn Yankees
Dennis W. Shedd
Judge
28-Jan-1953   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Billy Sheehan
Bassist
19-Mar-1953   Former Mr. Big bassist
James D. Shelton
Business
21-Jul-1953   CEO of Triad Hospitals, 1999-2007
Jan Simonsen
Politician
3-Mar-1953   Excluded Norwegian parliament member
Pradeep Sindhu
Business
1953   Co-Founder of Juniper Networks
Jeffrey Skilling
Business
25-Nov-1953   Disgraced former CEO of Enron
James D. Slavik
Business
c. 1953   Mark IV Capital, Inc.
Abbie J. Smith
Educator
c. 1953   Accounting Professor, University of Chicago
Arthur L. Smith
Business
c. 1953   John S. Herold, Inc.
Charles Martin Smith
Actor
30-Oct-1953   The Untouchables
Chris Smith
Politician
4-Mar-1953   Congressman, New Jersey 4th
Martha Smith
Actor
16-Oct-1953   Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Richard Norton Smith
Historian
1953   Presidential historian
William G. Smith, Jr.
Business
c. 1953   Capital City Bank Group
Barry Sonnenfeld
Film Director
1-Apr-1953   Men in Black
Flavio Sosa
Politician
1953   Jailed APPO councilman
Leon Spinks
Boxing
11-Jul-1953   Olympic boxing champion
Judith A. Sprieser
Business
3-Aug-1953   CFO of Sara Lee, 1995-99
Craig Stadler
Golf
2-Jun-1953   The Walrus, winner of 1982 Masters
Jack L. Stahl
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Revlon, 2002-06
Jerry Stahl
Author
28-Sep-1953   Permanent Midnight
Richard Stallman
Computer Programmer
16-Mar-1953   Founder, GNU software project
Bern Nadette Stanis
Actor
22-Dec-1953   Thelma on Good Times
Mary Steenburgen
Actor
8-Feb-1953   Goin' South
James B. Steinberg
Government
7-May-1953   Deputy Secretary of State
Philip Stephens
Journalist
2-Jun-1953   Financial Times Associate Editor
Mindy Sterling
Actor
11-Jul-1953   Frau Farbissina in Austin Powers
H. Michael Stevenson
Educator
1953   President of Simon Fraser University, 2000-10
Laura Denvir Stith
Judge
30-Oct-1953   Missouri Chief Justice
David P. Storch
Business
c. 1953   CEO of AAR Corporation
Peter Stormare
Actor
27-Aug-1953   Ran the woodchipper in Fargo
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton
Judge
c. 1953   Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
Keith Strickland
Musician
26-Oct-1953   Drummer and guitarist for the B-52s
Pamela B. Strobel
Attorney
c. 1953   Former CAO, Exelon
J. Curtis Struble
Diplomat
c. 1953   US Ambassador to Peru, 2004-07
John G. Stumpf
Business
1953   CEO of Wells Fargo
Richard C. Tallman
Judge
3-Mar-1953   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
David K. Y. Tang
Attorney
c. 1953   Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Herbert H. Tate, Jr.
Attorney
22-Feb-1953   President, NJ Board of Public Utilities, 1994-2001
Robert S. Taubman
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Taubman Centers
Gene Taylor
Politician
17-Sep-1953   Congressman from Mississippi, 1989-2011
Julien Temple
Film Director
26-Nov-1953   The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Mark B. Templeton
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Citrix Systems
George Tenet
Government
5-Jan-1953   CIA Director, 1997-2004
Mark Thatcher
Relative
15-Aug-1953   Margaret Thatcher's ne'er-do-well son
David Thomas
Musician
1953   Founder of avant-rock band Pere Ubu
Sidney R. Thomas
Judge
14-Aug-1953   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
David Thornton
Actor
12-Jun-1953   The Last Days of Disco
Michael C. Thurk
Business
c. 1953   COO of Avaya
Kenneth R. Timmerman
Journalist
4-Nov-1953   Foundation for Democracy in Iran
Peter Tippett
Computer Programmer
c. 1953   Antivirus software pioneer
James S. Tisch
Business
2-Jan-1953   CEO of Loews
Jonathan M. Tisch
Business
7-Dec-1953   CEO of Loews Hotels
Bud Tribble
Business
c. 1953   Apple, NeXT
Gloria Tristani
Government
20-Dec-1953   FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001
Paul A. Trivelli
Diplomat
1953   US Ambassador to Nicaragua
Massimo Troisi
Actor
19-Feb-1953 4-Jun-1994 Il Postino
Ronald W. Tysoe
Business
1-Apr-1953   Vice Chairman of Federated, 1990-2006
John H. Tyson
Business
5-Sep-1953   Chairman, Tyson Foods
Ron Underwood
Film Director
6-Nov-1953   Tremors
Fred Upton
Politician
23-Apr-1953   Congressman, Michigan 6th
Midge Ure
Musician
10-Oct-1953   Frontman for Ultravox
Roy A. Vallee
Business
1953   CEO of Avnet
Alex Van Halen
Drummer
8-May-1953   Drummer for Van Halen
Nydia Velázquez
Politician
28-Mar-1953   Congresswoman, New York 12th
Guy Verhofstadt
Head of State
11-Apr-1953   Prime Minister of Belgium, 1999-2008
Meredith Vieira
Game Show Host
30-Dec-1953   Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Antonio Villaraigosa
Government
23-Jan-1953   Mayor of Los Angeles
Tom Villard
Actor
19-Nov-1953 14-Nov-1994 Popcorn
Dominique de Villepin
Head of State
14-Nov-1953   Prime Minister of France, 2005-07
James W. Wagner
Educator
c. 1953   President, Emory University
Rick Wagoner
Business
9-Feb-1953   CEO of General Motors, 2000-09
David F. Walker
Business
c. 1953   Former Partner, Arthur Andersen
F. Borden Walker
Business
c. 1953   EVP at Hess Corporation
J. David Wargo
Business
1-Oct-1953   New Mountain Capital
William D. Watkins
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Seagate
Peter S. Watson
Government
1953   CEO of OPIC, 2001-05
Coral Eugene Watts
Criminal
7-Nov-1953 21-Sep-2007 Maybe America's most prolific serial killer
C. David Welch
Diplomat
1953   US Ambassador to Egypt, 2001-05
Dave Weldon
Politician
31-Aug-1953   Congressman from Florida, 1995-2009
David Wessel
Journalist
c. 1953   Wall Street Journal
Cornel West
Activist
2-Jun-1953   Prominent blackademic
Rosemary West
Criminal
29-Nov-1953   British serial killer, along with husband Fred
Dan A. Westbrook
Business
c. 1953   Former executive, BP China
Lynn Whitfield
Actor
6-May-1953   The Josephine Baker Story
Andrew Wiles
Mathematician
11-Apr-1953   Proved Fermat's Last Theorem
Jett Williams
Country Musician
6-Jan-1953   Daughter of Hank Williams, Sr.
Keith E. Williams
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Underwriters Laboratories
Lucinda Williams
Musician
26-Jan-1953   Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Roberta Williams
Artist
16-Feb-1953   Queen of the Graphic Adventure
Tookie Williams
Criminal
29-Dec-1953 13-Dec-2005 Co-Founder, West Side Crips
Walter Jon Williams
Novelist
15-Oct-1953   Hardwired
Tyrone Willingham
Football
30-Dec-1953   Head Football Coach, Washington Huskies
Charlie Wilson
Singer
29-Jan-1953   R&B singer, The Gap Band
Ricky Wilson
Guitarist
19-Mar-1953 12-Oct-1985 Guitarist for the B-52's
Daniel E. Winfree
Judge
c. 1953   Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Patricia A. Woertz
Business
17-Mar-1953   CEO of Archer Daniels Midland
Carolyn Y. Woo
Educator
c. 1953   Dean, Mendoza College of Business
Phoebe A. Wood
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Brown-Forman, 2001-08
Alfre Woodard
Actor
8-Nov-1953   K-PAX
Malcolm Young
Guitarist
6-Jan-1953   Rhythm guitar for AC/DC
William Allen Young
Actor
1953   Frank Mitchell on Moesha
Pia Zadora
Singer
4-May-1953   The Clapping Song
Steven Zaillian
Screenwriter
30-Jan-1953   Schindler's List
Robin Zander
Musician
23-Jan-1953   Cheap Trick vocalist
Zico
Soccer
3-Mar-1953   Legendary Brazilian midfielder
Chuck Zito
Actor
1-Mar-1953   Hell's Angel, Bodyguard to the Stars, Oz
Robert Zoellick
Government
25-Jul-1953   World Bank president, 2007-12
Jim Zorn
Football
10-May-1953   Former coach, Washington Redskins
John Zorn
Composer
2-Sep-1953   Prolific avant-garde composer


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