THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY Kenny Rogers, country singer, is 79. Barry Norman, film critic, is 83. Usain Bolt, fastest man in the world, is 30. James Burton, legendary ‘Wrecking Crew’ guitarist for Elvis and many more, is 77. Melvin Van Peebles, actor/filmmaker, is 84. Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City actress, is 60. Liam Howlett, musician with The Prodigy, is 45. Sergey Brin, Google co-founder, is 43. Hayden Panettiere, actress, is 27. MONDAY James Corden, actor and TV host, is 38. Honor Blackman, actress, is 91. Tori Amos, singer-songwriter, is 53. Mats Wilander, Swedish former tennis player, is 52. Steve Davis, snooker star, is 59. David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, is 71. Kristen Wiig, actress and comedian, is 43. TUESDAY John Rocha, Hong Kong-born designer based in Dublin, is 63. Willy Russell, Liverpool playwright, is 69. Rick Springfield, rock musician, is 67. Shelley Long, actress who played Diane in Cheers, is 67. Julian Casablancas, singer of The Strokes, is 38. Kobe Bryant, US basketball star, is 38. Shaun Ryder, Happy Mondays frontman, is 54. Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey actress, is 36. WEDNESDAY BP Fallon, music critic, is 70. Stephen Fry, actor and wit, is 59. Steve Guttenberg, actor, is 58. Sam Torrance, golfer, is 63. Rupert Grint, actor who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is 28. Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author, is 69. Dave Chappelle, comedian, is 43. Jean Michel Jarre, composer, is 68. Orla Fallon, Irish singer and harpist, is 42. THURSDAY Blake Lively, actress, is 29. Martin Amis, novelist, is 67. Elvis Costello, rock star, is 62. Sean Connery, James Bond actor, is 86. Tim Burton, film director, is 58. Claudia Schiffer, supermodel, is 46.
Alexandra Burke, singer, is 28. Gene Simmons, Kiss frontman and reality TV star, is 67. Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author and Sunday
Independent contributor, is 78. Joanne Whalley, actress, is 55. Conrad Black, former media tycoon and convicted fraudster, is 72. FRIDAY Macaulay Culkin, actor, is 36. Melissa McCarthy, comedienne, is 46. Chris Pine, Star Trek actor, is 36. SATURDAY Tuesday Weld, actress, is 73. Paul Reubens, actor famous for his Pee-wee Herman character, is 64. Glen Matlock, original Sex Pistols bassist, is 60. Jeff Kenna, former Irish footballer, is 46. Sarah Neufeld, Arcade Fire violinist, is 37. Aaron Paul, actor who played Jesse in Breaking Bad, is 37. Dietmar Hamann, former German footballer turned RTE pundit, is 43. Cesar Millan, aka The Dog Whisperer, is 47. Tom Ford, fashion designer, is 55.