THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY, JAN 29
Pat Kenny, radio and television broadcaster, is 69. Oprah Winfrey, chat show host, is 63. Tom Selleck, actor, is 72. Germaine Greer, Australian feminist author, is 78. Tony Blackburn, British radio DJ, is 74. Romario, Brazilian striker-turned politician, is 51. Heather Graham, actress, is 47.
MONDAY, JAN 30
Anne Doyle, former RTE newsreader, is 65. Gene Hackman, actor, is 87. Vanessa Redgrave, British actress, is 80. Christian Bale, actor, is 43. Phil Collins, singer, is 66. Marty Balin, singer with Jefferson Airplane, is 75.
TUESDAY, JAN 31
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is 79. Patrick Kielty, comedian and television presenter, is 46. Minnie Driver, Oscar-nominated English actress, is 47. John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols frontman, is 61. Justin Timberlake, pop singer-turned actor, is 36. Marcus Mumford, lead singer of English folk/ pop group Mumford & Sons, is 30. Philip Glass, American composer, is 80. Lloyd Cole, singer-guitarist, is 56.
WEDNESDAY, FEB 1
Joan Burton, Labour TD and former Tanaiste, is 68. Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis and former wife of Michael Jackson, is 49. Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player, is 35. Kevin Kilbane, former Irish footballer-turned RTE pundit, is 40. Don Everly, singer/guitarist in The Everly Brothers, is 80. Terry Jones, Monty Python comedian, is 75. Harry Styles, singer with One Direction, is 23. Princess Stephanie of Monaco is 52. Ray Sawyer, singer with Dr Hook & the Medicine Show, is 80.
THURSDAY, FEB 2
Shakira, Colombian pop singer, is 40. Gerard Pique, Barcelona footballer boyfriend of Shakira, is 30. David Jason, actor who played Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, is 77. Graham Nash, of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, is 75. Des O’Malley, former leader of the Progressive Democrats, is 78. Christie Brinkley, former supermodel, is 63.
FRIDAY, FEB 3
Morgan Fairchild, actress, is 67. Isla Fisher, actress who starred in Wedding Crashers and Home and Away, is 41. Maura Tierney, Irish-American actress who starred in ER, is 52. Dave Davies, The Kinks guitarist, is 70. Joachim Loew, German World Cup-winning manager, is 57.
SATURDAY, FEB 4
Dara O Briain, Irish comedian and TV presenter, is 45. Patrick Bergin, Irish actor who starred in Sleeping with the Enemy, is 66. Natalie Imbruglia, Australian pop singer, is 42. Alice Cooper, rock singer who had a hit with School’s Out, is 69. Oscar De La Hoya, retired boxing champion, is 44. Tim Booth, singer with James, is 57.