THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Ryan Phillippe, actor, is 43. Johnny Fingers (John Moylett), former pianist with The Boomtown Rats, is 61. Guy Ritchie, film director and ex-husband of Madonna, is 49. Marian Keyes, best-selling Irish novelist, is 54. Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer, is 83. Colin Firth, actor, is 57. Eoin Morgan, Irish cricketer who plays for Middlesex and England, is 31. Karl Lacey, former Donegal footballer, is 33.
MONDAY, SEPT 11
Brian De Palma, movie director, is 77. Harry Connick Jr, singe r/actor, is 50. Moby, electronic musician, is 52. Ludacris, rapper, is 40. Richard Ashcroft, former frontman of The Verve, is 46. Franz Beckenbauer, legendary German footballer, is 72. Jimmy Deenihan, former Fine Gael politician, is 65.
TUESDAY, SEPT 12
Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach, is 66. Linda Gray, actress who played Sue Ellen in Dallas, is 77. Donal Lenihan, retired Irish rugby player, is 58. Ben McKenzie, actor who starred in The OC, is 39. Louis CK, comedian, is 50. Joe Schmidt, New Zealand-born Ireland rugby coach, now Irish citizen, is 52. James McCartney, musician and son of Paul, is 40. Michael McElhatton, Irish actor, is 54.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 13
Niall Horan, Irish singer with One Direction, is 24. Stella McCartney, designer and daughter of Paul, is 46. Noel King, Ireland U-21 football manager, is 61. Shane Warne, Australian cricket legend, is 48. Luke Fitzgerald, former Leinster, Ireland and Lions rugby player, is 30. Thomas Muller, German World Cup winner, is 28.
THURSDAY, SEPT 14
Sam Neill, Tyrone-born actor who starred in Jurassic Park, is 70. Joey Heatherton, actress, is 73. Nas, rapper, is 44. Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City TV writer, is 63. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is 52.
FRIDAY, SEPT 15
Oliver Stone, film-maker who made JFK, is 71. Tommy Lee Jones, actor, is 71. Prince Harry, younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, is 33. Sophie Dahl, model and grand-daughter of the late author Roald, is 40. Heidi Montag, reality TV star, is 31. Jessye Norman, opera star, is 72. Jimmy Carr, comedian, is 45. Tom Hardy, English actor, is 40. Brendan O’Carroll, comedian and star of sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys, is 62.
SATURDAY, SEPT 16
David Copperfield, celebrity magician, is 61. Mickey Rourke, actor, is 65. Russ Abbot, English comedian, is 70. Katie Melua, singer, is 33. Hugo MacNeill, ex- Irish rugby international, is 59. David McCreery, former Northern Ireland and Man Utd footballer, is 60. Nick Jonas, singer with the Jonas Brothers, is 24. Loyd Grossman, TV presenter, is 66.