page_title: 1953
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1953 / Deaths / March
caption_attribution_description: English: A cropped image of Joseph Stalin during the Tehran Conference. In the full photo he is sitting beside Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill on the portico of the Russian Embassy. Lëtzebuergesch: Eng geschnidde Foto vum Joseph Stalin während der Konferenz vun Teheran. An der ganzer Foto setzt hien nieft dem Franklin D. Roosevelt an dem Winston Churchill an der Portikus vun der russescher Botschaft.
context_page_description: 1953 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: March 2 – James Lightbody, American middle-distance runner (b. 1882)
  March 3 – James J. Jeffries, American boxing champion (b. 1875)
  March 5
  Herman J. Mankiewicz, American writer and producer (b. 1897)
  Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (b. 1891)
  Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader (b. 1878)
  March 7 – Edward Sedgwick, American director (b. 1892)
  March 13 – Johan Laidoner, Commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army (b. 1884)
  March 14 – Klement Gottwald, 5th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
  March 15 – Carl Stockdale, American actor (b. 1874)
  March 20 – Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian writer (b. 1892)
  March 21 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychoanalyst (b. 1888)
  March 23
  Raoul Dufy, French painter (b. 1875)
  Oskar Luts, Estonian writer and playwright (b. 1887)
  March 24
  Queen Mary, consort of George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
  Paul Couturier, French priest (b. 1881)
  March 28 – Jim Thorpe, Native-American athlete and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1887)
  March 31 – Ivan Lebedeff, Russian actor (b. 1895)
caption: Joseph Stalin
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