THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY Pauline Bewick, Kerry-based artist, is 81. Damon Wayans, comedian and actor, is 56. Tom Watson, US golfer, is 67. Wes Bentley, actor who starred in American Beauty, is 38. Beyonce Knowles, superstar singer/actress, is 35.
MONDAY Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, former Fianna Fail minister and current European Commissioner, is 66. Johnny Briggs, ‘Mike Baldwin’ from Coronation Street, is 81. Raquel Welch, actress and 60s sex symbol, is 76. Liam O’Brien, former Shamrock Rovers and Manchester United midfielder, is 52. Loudon Wainwright III, singer, is 70. George Lazenby, actor and former 007, is 77. Michael Keaton, actor, is 65. Werner Herzog, German filmmaker, is 74.
TUESDAY Dolores O’Riordan, singer with The Cranberries, is 45. Richard Lewis, fashion designer, is 71. Roger Waters, founding member of Pink Floyd, is 73. Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski, British tennis players, are 42 and 43 respectively. Kerry Katona, former Atomic Kitten singer and reality TV star, is 36. Pippa Middleton, socialite sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is 33. Barry O’Donnell, pioneer children’s surgeon, is 90
WEDNESDAY Sonny Rollins, jazz saxophonist, is 86. Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-born former Chelsea and France defender, is 48. Chrissie Hynde, singer with The Pretenders, is 65. Julie Kavner, actress who voices Marge Simpson, is 66. Gloria Gaynor, I Will Survive singer, is 67. Evan Rachel Wood, actress, is 29. Toby Jones, English actor, is 50. Shannon Elizabeth, actress, is 43.
THURSDAY Desmond Guinness, author and conservationist, is 85. Henry Thomas, actor who played Elliott in ET, is 45. David Arquette, Scream actor, is 45. Pink, real name Alecia Moore, pop singer, is 37. Martin Freeman, English actor, is 45.
FRIDAY Paul Cleary, singer of The Blades, is 57. Hugh Grant, actor, is 56. Dave Stewart, of pop band Eurythmics, is 64. Adam Sandler, actor, is 50. Jazz/pop singer Michael Buble is 41. Denis McBride, former Ireland rugby international, is 52. Topol, actor who starred in Fiddler on the Roof, is 81.
SATURDAY Ryan Phillippe, actor, is 42. Johnny Fingers (John Moylett), former pianist with The Boomtown Rats, is 60. Guy Ritchie, film director and ex-husband of Madonna, is 48. Marian Keyes, best-selling Irish novelist, is 53. Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer, is 82. Colin Firth, actor, is 56. Arnold Palmer, American golfer, is 87. Eoin Morgan, Irish cricketer who plays for Middlesex and England, is 30.