THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Anna Ford, former ITN newscaster, is 73. Don McLean, singer-songwriter, is 71. Sting, singer, is 65. Donna Karan, fashion designer, is 68. Damon Gough (aka Badly Drawn Boy), singer-songwriter, is 47. Gillian Welch, country singer, is 49. Keith Earls, Ireland rugby player, is 29. Phil Oakey, singer with the Human League, is 61.
MONDAY
Chubby Checker, American singer who pioneered ‘the twist’, is 75. Gwen Stefani, singer, is 46. Clive Owen, actor, is 52. Lindsey Buckingham, singer-guitarist with Fleetwood Mac is 67. Paul Allen, top Dublin PR man, is 54. Neve Campbell, Canadian actress, is 43. Ashlee Simpson, singer, is 32. Steve Reich, composer, is 80. Danny O’Donoghue, The Script frontman, is 36.
TUESDAY
Alicia Silverstone, actress, is 40. Rachael Leigh Cook, actress, is 37. Chris Lowe ,of Pet Shop Boys, is 57. Susan Sarandon, actress who won an Oscar for Dead Man Walking, is 70. Christoph Waltz, actor, is 60.
WEDNESDAY
Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats frontman, is 65. Kate Winslet, Oscar-winning actress, is 41. Guy Pearce, actor, is 49. Jesse Eisenberg, actor, is 33. Brian Johnson, AC/ DC singer, is 69. Nicola Roberts, Girls Aloud singer, is 31. Glynis Johns, actress/ singer who played Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins ,is 93. Steve Miller, guitarist/ singer/songwriter, is 73.
THURSDAY
Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, is 68. Ricky Hatton, English boxer, is 38. Britt Ekland, Swedish actress, is 74. Melvyn Bragg, TV presenter and author, is 77. Niall Quinn, former Ireland striker, is 50. Elisabeth Shue, actress, is 53. Bruce
Grobbelaar, former Liverpool goalkeeper, is 59.
FRIDAY
Simon Cowell, judge on The X Factor, is 57. Vladimir Putin, Russian President, is 64. Thomas Keneally, Australian author, is 81. Thom Yorke, singer with Radiohead, is 48. Yo-Yo Ma, American cellist, is 61. Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid activist, is 85. Cian Healy, Leinster and Ireland rugby player, is 29.
SATURDAY
Ardal O’Hanlon, comedian who played Dougal in Father Ted, is 51. Matt Damon, actor, is 46. Gavin Friday, Irish musician, is 57. Sigourney Weaver, actress, is 67. Paul Hogan, Crocodile Dundee actor, is 77. Chevy Chase, actor/comedian, is 73. Jesse Jackson, US civil rights activist, is 75. Cathal Flynn, former Leitrim footballer, is 82. Mick O’Driscoll, former Ireland rugby player, is 38. Bruno Mars, singer, is 31.