Celebrity Deaths in 1953

69 notable figures died in 1953. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Alfred Laliberté

  1878 – 1953 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Derek Bentley

  1933 – 1953 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 1
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  Edna Payne

  1891 – 1953 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Hank Williams

  1923 – 1953 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers, Singer Jan 1
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  Hank Williams Sr.

  1923 – 1953 · Country Music Jan 1
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  Ibn Saud

  1876 – 1953 · Politicians, Royalty Jan 1
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  Leila McIntyre

  1882 – 1953 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Lionel Belmore

  1867 – 1953 · Entertainers Jan 1
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  Alan Curtis

  1909 – 1953 · Actors Feb 2
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  Cliff Clark

  1889 – 1953 · Actors Feb 2
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  Carrie Marcus Neiman

  1883 – 1953 · Business Magnates Mar 3
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  Jim Jeffries

  1875 – 1953 · Boxers Mar 3
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  Raoul Dufy

  1877 – 1953 · Artists and Architects Mar 3
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  Joseph Stalin

  1878 – 1953 · Politicians Mar 5
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  Sergei Prokofiev

  1891 – 1953 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Mar 5
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  Carrie Neiman

  1883 – 1953 · Business Magnates Mar 6
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  Jim Thorpe

  1953 · Athletes, Baseball, Basketball, Celebrities Mar 28
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  Cyril Edwin Mitchinson “C.E.M.” Joad

  1891 – 1953 Apr 4
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  Moise Kisling

  1891 – 1953 · Artists and Architects Apr 4
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  Sarah Adler

  1858 – 1953 · Actresses Apr 4
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  George S. Barnes

  1892 – 1953 · Entertainers May 5
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  Jean Adair

  1873 – 1953 · Actresses May 5
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  Django Reinhardt

  1910 – 1953 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers May 16
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  Mozelle Britton

  1912 – 1953 · Actresses May 18
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  Dooley Wilson

  1886 – 1953 · Actors, Singer May 30
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  Bill Tilden

  1893 – 1953 · Athletes Jun 5
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  Roland Young

  1887 – 1953 · Actors Jun 5
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  William Farnum

  1876 – 1953 · Actors Jun 5
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  Albert J. “Curley” Dresden

  1899 – 1953 · Actors Jun 6
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  Burr Caruth

  1865 – 1953 · Actors Jun 6
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  Elsa Maartman Beskow

  1874 – 1953 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Ernest Trow Carter

  1866 – 1953 · Actors Jun 6
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  Lillian McMurray

  1908 – 1953 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Irving Reis

  1906 – 1953 · Director, Film Director Jul 3
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  Austin Ira Aten

  1862 – 1953 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 7
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  Frankie Bailey

  1859 – 1953 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Hilaire Belloc

  1870 – 1953 · Authors and Writers Jul 7
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  Howard Arden Edwards

  1884 – 1953 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  Maude Adams

  1872 – 1953 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Tsumasaburo Bando

  1901 – 1953 · Actors Jul 7
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  James Finlayson

  1887 – 1953 · Actors Jul 13
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  John Horne Burns

  1916 – 1953 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Luis Dubón

  1892 – 1953 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  Margarete Slezak

  1901 – 1953 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Charles Chadwick

  1874 – 1953 · Authors and Writers Sep 9
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  Viola Fortesque

  1875 – 1953 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Walter Bonn

  1888 – 1953 · Actors Sep 9
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  Bobby Greenlease

  1947 – 1953 · Victims of crime and disaster Sep 28
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  Kathleen Ferrier

  1912 – 1953 · Singer Oct 8
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  Nigel Bruce

  1895 – 1953 · Actors, Authors and Writers Oct 8
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  Everett Brown

  1902 – 1953 · Actors Oct 10
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  George Creel

  1876 – 1953 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  James Earle Fraser

  1876 – 1953 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Porter Hall

  1888 – 1953 · Actors Oct 10
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  Dylan Thomas

  1914 – 1953 · Celebrities, Film Director, Musicians Nov 9
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  Charles Beyer

  1893 – 1953 · Actors Nov 11
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  Henry Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein

  1876 – 1953 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Ivan Bunin

  1870 – 1953 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Milt Gross

  1895 – 1953 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Eugene O’Neill

  1888 – 1953 · Musicians and Composers Nov 27
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  Jorge Negrete

  1911 – 1953 · Actors, Singer Dec 5
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  Baldwin Cooke

  1888 – 1953 · Actors Dec 12
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  Coit Albertson

  1880 – 1953 · Actors Dec 12
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  Harold Bruce Callbeck Carruthers

  1901 – 1953 · Actors Dec 12
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  Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria

  1899 – 1953 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 12
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  Robert Andrews Millikan

  1868 – 1953 Dec 12
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  Snowy Baker

  1884 – 1953 · Actors Dec 12
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  Lavrentiy Beria

  1899 – 1953 · Politicians Dec 23
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  Bigelow Cooper

  1867 – 1953 · Actors