1953 (people)


 * 1 January - Actor Maureen Beattie was born.
 * 10 January - Actor Maya Woolfe was born.
 * 11 January - Actor John Sessions was born.
 * 15 January - Actor Gareth Hale was born.
 * 27 January - Actor Richard Bremmer was born.
 * 30 January - Actor Rab Affleck was born.
 * 12 February - Actor Nabil Shaban was born.
 * 17 February - Actor Norman Pace was born.
 * 18 February - Actor Giles Watling was born.
 * 22 February - Actor Nigel Planer was born.
 * 25 March - Actor Rosalind Lloyd was born.
 * 28 March - Actor Rosemary Ashe was born.
 * 3 April - Actor Victoria Burgoyne was born.
 * 24 April - Actor Jonathan Coy was born.
 * 26 April - Actor Andy Secombe was born.
 * 7 May - Actor Gareth Milne was born.
 * 21 May - Actor Trevor Cooper was born.
 * 1 June - Actor Tim Bentinck was born.
 * 22 June - Composer and producer Ian Levine was born.
 * 19 July - Actor Hedi Khursandi was born.
 * 30 July - Actor Phil Davis was born.
 * 7 August - Actor Suzanne Bertish was born.
 * 9 August - Actor Roberta Tovey was born.
 * 17 August - Actor Stephen Flynn was born.
 * 29 August - Actor Dona Croll was born.
 * 9 September - Actor Janet Fielding was born.
 * 10 September - Actor Stuart Milligan was born.
 * 25 September - Actor Deborah Manship was born.
 * 4 October - Actor Christopher Fairbank was born.
 * 29 October - Actor Lorelei King was born.
 * 5 November - Actor Malcolm Kohll was born.
 * 18 November - Writer Alan Moore was born.
 * 21 November - 1st assistant director Jon Older was born.
 * 5 December - Actor Christopher Guard was born.
 * 23 December - Actor Belinda Lang was born.
 * 30 December - News anchor Meredith Vieira was born.
 * Unknown - Writer Marc Platt was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Steve Morley was born.