26 February - 21 April 1953 - Battle of Chatkol during the Korean War. Luxembourg soldiers fought against 55 consecutive nights of Chinese assaults.
9 April – Hereditary Grand Duke Jean marries Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium.
1 May – First iron cast by the European Coal and Steel Community at Belval, Esch-sur-Alzette.
12 May – Albert Goldmann is appointed to the Council of State.
12 May – Léon Schaus is appointed to the Council of State.
24 June – Law passed to build Esch-sur-Sûre Dam, which would create the Upper Sauer Lake.
29 December – Prime Minister Pierre Dupong dies in office. He is replaced by Christian Social People's Party colleague Joseph Bech, who leads the Bech-Bodson Ministry.
1 February – Roland Schauls, painter
5 March – Robert Weber, politician and trade unionist
13 March – François Valentiny, architect
31 March - Jean Marc Braun, pioneer oilman
18 April – Marc Theis, photographer
27 April – Simone Beissel, politician
1 July – Nico Helminger, writer
3 July – Carlo Wagner, politician
30 July – Nico Ries, soldier and Chief of Defence
24 September – Carlo Hommel, musician
29 November - Mariette Kemmer, opera singer
10 December – Nicolas Schmit, politician
13 December – André Jung, actor
30 May – Jean-Pierre Pierrard, politician
14 September – Edouard Luja, biologist
4 October – Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland
22 October – Helen Buchholtz, composer
1 December – Aloyse Hentgen, resistance leader
17 December – Nicolas Petit, architect
29 December – Pierre Dupong, politician and Prime Minister