THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Nicky Byrne, Westlife singer, is 38. PJ Harvey, singer-songwriter, is 47. Sharon Osbourne, TV personality, is 64. Tom Mathews, Irish cartoonist and poet, is 64. James Fearnley, accordion player with The Pogues, is 62. Chris O’Dowd, actor and comedian, is 37. David Cameron, former UK Prime Minister, is 50.
MONDAY
Martin Kemp, EastEnders star and bassist of Spandau Ballet, is 55. Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress, is 59. David Lee Roth, Van Halen singer, is 62. Chris Tarrant, TV presenter, is 70. Tony Adams, former Arsenal and England captain, is 50. Una Healy, Irish singer with The Saturdays, is 35. Midge Ure, musician who organised Live Aid with Bob Geldof, is 63.
TUESDAY
Joan Cusack, actress, is 54. Dawn French, comedian, is 59. Bobby Charlton, Manchester United and England legend, is 79. Luke Perry, former star of Beverly Hills 90210, is 50. Seamus Coleman, Everton and Ireland footballer, is 28.
WEDNESDAY
Hugh Jackman, actor is 48. Rick Parfitt, of Status Quo, is 68. Angela Rippon, Britain’s first female TV newscaster, is 72. Marion Jones, former US athlete, is 41. Brian Kennedy, Belfast-born singer-songwriter, is 50. Josh Hutcherson, actor best known for The Hunger Games, is 24.
THURSDAY
Paul Simon, singer songwriter, is 75. Ian Thorpe, Australia’s record-breaking swimmer, is 34. Ashanti, singer, is 36. Pharoah Sanders, jazz saxophonist, is 76. Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian who created AliG and Borat, is 45.
FRIDAY
Usher, multi-platinum selling R&B singer and actor, is 38. Cliff Richard, singer, is 76. Ralph Lauren, fashion designer, is 77. Roger Moore, actor most famous for playing James Bond, is 89. Brian Laws, retired Nottingham Forest footballer and former director of football at Shamrock Rovers, is 55. Steve Coogan, comedian who created Alan Partridge, is 51. Shaznay Lewis, former singer with All Saints, is 41. Justin Hayward, singer with the Moody Blues is 70. Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress and star of Alice in Wonderland, is 28.
SATURDAY
David Trimble, former Unionist leader who became Northern Ireland’s First Minister, is 72. Andy Cole, former Man Utd and Newcastle striker, is 45. Barry McGuire, Sixties singer, is 81. Christopher John Davison (aka Chris de Burgh), is 68. Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, is 57. Dominic West, actor, who starred in The Wire, is 47. Richard Carpenter, of The Carpenters is 70. Mesut Ozil, footballer for Arsenal and Germany, is 28.