THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY Arsene Wenger, Arsenal manager, is 68. Plan B, English singer/rapper and actor, is 34. Christopher Lloyd, actor, is 79. Jeff Goldblum, actor, is 65. Eamonn Collins, Dubliner who made history by playing for Blackpool aged 14, is 52. Spike Jonze, film director, is 48. Shaggy, reggae singer and rapper, is 49. Deepak Chopra, Indian-born lifestyle guru, is 71. Pat O’Neill, former Dublin GAA player, is 67. Bressie (real name Niall Breslin), singer, is 37. MONDAY, OCT 23 Ivan Yates, broadcaster and former TD, is 58. Cat Deeley, TV presenter, is 41. Ang Lee, Oscar-winning director, is 63. Pele, legendary footballer, is 77. Dwight Yoakam, country singer, is 61. Barron Hilton, hotel heir, is 90. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, singer, is 58. Emilia Clarke, actress who plays Daenerys in Game of Thrones, is 31. TUESDAY, OCT 24 Kevin Kline, actor, is 70. Wayne Rooney, Everton and England striker, is 32. Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress, is 46. Bill Wyman, former Rolling Stones bassist, is 81. Drake, rapper, is 31. Roman Abram- ovich, Russian owner of Chelsea FC, is 51. WEDNESDAY, OCT 25 Katy Perry, pop singer, is 33. Wilf McGuinness, ex-Manchester United player/manager, is 80. Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson, is 60. Darron Gibson, Ireland and Sunderland footballer, is 30. Chad Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer, is 56. Phil Daniels, Quadrophenia actor, is 59. Jimmy McIlroy, ex-Northern Ireland soccer hero, is 86. Willie Walsh, International Airlines Group boss, is 56. THURSDAY, OCT 26 Hillary Clinton, US politician and former US first lady, is 70. Jaclyn Smith, actress and former Charlie’s Angel, is 72. Austin Healey, former England rugby player, is 44. Andrew Motion, former UK poet laureate, is 65. Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, is 44. Natalie Merchant, singer, is 54. FRIDAY, OCT 27 John Cleese, comedian who starred in Fawlty Towers and Monty Python, is 78. Harry Gregg, Derryman and Busby Babe, is 85. Kelly Osbourne, TV personality, is 33. Simon Le Bon, Duran Duran singer, is 59. Glenn Hoddle, ex-England manager, is 60. Garry Tallent, bassist in Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, is 68. Pat Fitzgerald, former Offaly half-back, is 63. Roberto Benigni, Oscar-winning actor-director, is 65. SATURDAY, OCT 28 Marty Morrissey, RTE sports commentator, is 59. Joaquin Phoenix, actor who played Johnny Cash in Walk The Line, is 43. Julia Roberts, actress, is 50. Bill Gates, billionaire Microsoft co-founder, is 62. Stephen Morris, New Order drummer, is 60. Joan Plowright, actress, is 88. Cleo Laine, jazz singer, is 90. Charlie Daniels, country star, is 81.