Famous people born in 1953
Michael Portillo
Michael Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, former MP, and a former cabinet minister
Mata Amritanandamayi
Mata Amritanandamayi, lovingly called Amma, Ammachi, or Mother, is a Hindu spiritual leader of international standing
Leon Spinks
Leon Spinks is an American former boxer who became the world heavyweight champion in 1978
Tony Blair
Tony Blair is a former Prime Minister of Britain and is one of the youngest leaders to have served as the Prime Minister of a Country.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015
Dominique de Villepin
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepinis a French diplomat, politician, and writer who served as the Prime Minister of France during 2005–07
Herta Müller
Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was known in his native Afghanistan as the ‘Lion of Panjshir’, was a political and military leader
Peter Garrett
Peter Garrett is an Australian singer from the rock band Midnight Oil, who later turned into a politician