THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Whoopi Goldberg, actress, is 61. Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris, former Chelsea defender, is 72. Chris Noth, actor who played ‘Big’ in Sex and the City, is 62. Trevor Ringland, ex-Ballymena and Irish rugby player, is 57. Gerard Butler, Scottish actor, is 47. Jimmy Kimmel, comedian, is 49.
MONDAY
Britain’s Prince Charles is 68. Condoleezza Rice, former US secretary of state, is 62. PJ O’Rourke, American political satirist, is 69. Stephen Bishop, singer, is 65. Travis Barker, member of Blink 182, is 41. Olga Kurylenko, model/ actress, is 37. Reverend Run, founding member of hip-hop group Run-DMC, is 52. Brian Gleeson, Irish actor and son of Brendan, is 29.
TUESDAY
Peter Phillips, son of Mark and Princess Anne, is 39. Jonny Lee Miller, actor who starred in Trainspotting, is 44. Dom Joly, TV comedian and journalist, is 49. Anni-Frid Lyngstad, singer of ABBA fame, is 71. Chad Kroeger, lead singer of Nickelback, is 42. Petula Clark, singer who had a hit with Downtown ,is 84. Beverly D’Angelo, actress, is 65. Ed Asner, actor, is 87.
WEDNESDAY
Griff Rhys Jones, British comedian, is 63. Diana Krall, jazz singer, is 52. Maggie Gyllenhaal, actress, is 39. Willie Carson, former champion jockey, is 74. Frank Bruno, former heavyweight boxing champion, is 55. Paul Scholes, former Man United midfielder, is 42. Mani, bass player with The Stone Roses, is 54.
THURSDAY
Sarah Harding, ex-Girls Aloud singer, is 35. Martin Scorsese, legendary film director who made Taxi Driver and Goodfellas, is 74. Danny DeVito, pint-sized actor, is 72. Jonathan Ross, TV presenter, is 56. Gordon Lightfoot, singer-songwriter, is 78. Michael Bradley, former Munster and Ireland rugby player, is 54. Sophie Marceau, French actress, is 50.
FRIDAY
Linda Evans, actress who played Sue Ellen in Dallas ,is 74. Owen Wilson, American actor, is 48. Kim Wilde, English pop singer, is 56. Chloe Sevigny, actress, is 42. Kirk Hammett, Metallica guitarist, is 54. Allyson Felix, US Olympic sprinter, is 31. Peter Schmeichel, legendary exMan Utd goalkeeper, is 53.
SATURDAY
Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, is 74. Larry King, US talk-show host, is 83. Dick Cavett, former talkshow host, is 80. Meg Ryan, actress, is 55. Jodie Foster, two-time Oscar-winning actress, is 54. Michael Conlon, Irish Olympic bronze boxer who was denied medal glory in Rio by highly dubious decisions, is 25. Jack O’Shea, former Kerry football star, is 59. Jack Dorsey, co-creator of Twitter, is 40. Ted Turner, media mogul, is 78.