Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1953

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1953. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Dec. 2 Trần Trọng Kim

  Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, prime minister of vietnam (b. 1883)

• Dec. 2 Reginald Baker

  Actor and boxer from australia (d. 1953).

• Dec. 2 Francis Picabia

  French avant-garde poet, painter, and photographer.

• Dec. 4 Daniel Gregory Mason

  Composer dies at age 80

• Dec. 5 Jorge Negrete

  Jorge Negrete was a legendary Mexican actor and singer known as the 'Charro Cantor' during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was a pivotal figure in the film industry, helping establish the Film Production Union and leading the National Association of Actors (ANDA). His marriage to María Félix was one of the most famous celebrity unions of his time.

• Dec. 6 Konstanty I Galczynski

  Polish poet (zielona geos) dies at 48

• Dec. 10 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  Renowned for his translation of the Quran into English.

• Dec. 11 Sedat Simavi

  Turkish journalist and director (b. 1896)

• Dec. 14 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

  Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author and journalist who is best known for her novel 'The Yearling', for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1939.

• Dec. 15 Kishio Hirao

  Composer dies at 46

• Dec. 19 Robert Andrews Millikan

  Nobel Prize laureate for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect

• Dec. 19 Rudolf Leonhard

  Writer

• Dec. 21 Kaarlo Koskelo

  Finnish-american wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)

• Dec. 23 Lavrentiy Beria

  Soviet general and politician, head of the people's commissariat for internal affairs (b. 1899)

• Dec. 25 Patsy Donovan

  Manager and player in irish-american baseball (d. 1953).

• Dec. 25 William Haselden

  English cartoonist (d. 1953)

• Dec. 27 Şükrü Saracoğlu

  Turkish soldier and politician, 6th prime minister of turkey (b. 1887)

• Dec. 27 Julian Tuwim

  Polish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1953).

• Dec. 29 Violet MacMillan

  American broadway theatre actress (born 1887).

• Dec. 31 Albert Plesman

  Dutch businessman, founded klm (b. 1889)