THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Jackie Stewart, three-time F1 world champion, is 78. Andy Lee, southpaw boxer, from Limerick, is 33. Shia LaBeouf, actor, is 31. Hugh Laurie, actor in House, is 58. Peter Dinklage, actor in Game of Thrones, is 48.
MONDAY, JUNE 12
Noirin Ni Riain, singer, is 66. George Bush Snr, ex-US president, is 93. Frances O’Connor, actress, is 50. Cathy Tyson, actress, is 52. Vic Damone, US crooner, is 89. Chick Corea, jazz pianist and composer, is 76. Amanda Brunker, journalist, is 43.
TUESDAY, JUNE 13
David Gray, singer-songwriter, is 49. Tim Allen, actor, is 64. Malcolm McDowell, actor who starred in A Clockwork Orange, is 74. Brian Dowling, Kildare-born ex-Big Brother winner, is 39. Kym Marsh, Coronation Street actress, is 41. Alan Hansen, ex-Liverpool defender and TV pundit, is 62. Christo, artist, is 82. Siegfried Fischbacher, magician of Siegfried & Roy fame, is 78.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
Emma Byrne, footballer who plays for Ireland and Brighton & Hove Albion as a goalkeeper, is 38. Maurice Manning, NUI chancellor and former Fine Gael politician, is 74. Donald Trump, President of the US and billionaire businessman, is 71. Steffi Graf, tennis star, is 48. Yasmine Bleeth, actress who starred in Baywatch, is 49. Boy George (real name George O’Dowd), 1980s pop star, is 56. Andy Irvine, folk musician and founding member of Planxty, is 75. Alan Carr, British comedian, is 41.
THURSDAY, JUNE 15
Courteney Cox, actress who starred in the sitcom Friends, is 53. Helen Hunt, actress, is 54. Noddy Holder, former lead singer with Slade, is 71. Ice Cube, rapper and actor, is 48. Jim Belushi, actor, is 63. Gary Lightbody, frontman of Snow Patrol, is 41. Simon Callow, English actor, is 68. Nadine Coyle, singer, is 32. Shane O’Donnell, hurler for Clare, is 23.
THURSDAY, JUNE 16
Dr Ken Egan, former president of the Irish Medical Organisation, is 72. James Bolam, British actor, is 82. Abby Elliott, actress/comedian, is 30. Phil Mickelson, golfer, is 47. Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist, is 79. Simon Coveney, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, is 45. Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool manager, is 50.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17
Venus Williams, tennis player, is 37. Lee Ryan, member of boyband Blue, is 34. Barry Manilow, singer, is 74. Ken Loach, director of I, Daniel Blake, is 81. Newt Gingrich, US Republican politician, is 74. Greg Kinnear, American actor, is 54. Fergus McFadden, Ireland rugby international, is 31.