THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY Brian De Palma, movie director, is 76. Harry Connick Jr, singer/actor, is 49. Moby, electronic musician, is 51. Ludacris, rapper, is 39. Richard Ashcroft, former frontman of The Verve, is 45. Franz Beckenbauer, legendary German footballer, is 71. Jimmy Deenihan, Fine Gael politician, is 64.
MONDAY Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach, is 65. Linda Gray, actress who played Sue Ellen in Dallas, is 76. Donal Lenihan, retired Irish rugby player, is 57. Ben McKenzie, actor who starred in The OC, is 38. Louis CK, comedian, is 49. Joe Schmidt, New Zealand-born Ireland rugby coach, now Irish citizen, is 51. James McCartney, musician and son of Paul, is 39.
TUESDAY Niall Horan, Irish singer with One Direction, is 23. Stella McCartney, designer and daughter of Paul, is 45. Noel King, Ireland U-21 football manager, is 60. Shane Warne, Australian cricket legend, is 47. Luke Fitzgerald, Leinster, Ireland and Lions rugby player, is 29. Thomas Muller, Ger- man World Cup winner, is 27.
WEDNESDAY Sam Neill, Tyrone-born actor who starred in Jurassic Park, is 69. Joey Heatherton, actress, is 72. Nas, rapper, is 43. Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City TV writer, is 62. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is 51. Tinchy Stryder, English rapper, is 30.
THURSDAY Oliver Stone, film-maker who made JFK, is 70. Tommy Lee Jones, actor, is 70. Prince Harry, younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, is 32. Sophie Dahl, model and grand-daughter of author Roald, is 39. Graham Taylor, ex-England manager, is 72. Heidi Montag, reality TV star, is 30. Jessye Norman, opera star, is 71. Jimmy Carr, comedian, is 44. Tom Hardy, English actor, is 39. Brendan O’Carroll, comedian and star of sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys, is 61.
FRIDAY David Copperfield, celebrity magician, is 60. Mickey Rourke, actor, is 64. Russ Abbot, English comedian, is 69. Katie Melua, singer, is 32. Hugo MacNeill, ex- Irish rugby international, is 58. David McCreery, former Northern Ireland and Man Utd footballer, is 59. Nick Jonas, singer with the Jonas Brothers, is 24. Loyd Grossman, TV presenter, is 66.
SATURDAY Des Lynam, Irish-born sportscaster, is 74. Baz Luhrmann, director of Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby, is 54. Damon Hill, former Formula One champion, is 56. Stirling Moss, champion racing driver of the 1950s, is 87. Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player, is 47. Anastacia, pop singer, is 48.