THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Charles Manson, jailed American mass murderer, is 83. Neil Young, Canadian singer/ songwriter, is 72. Jim McGuinness, Donegal sporting icon, is 45. Booker T Jones, of Booker T & the MGs, is 73. Anne Hathaway, Oscar-winning actress, is 35. Ryan Gosling, Hollywood heartthrob, is 37. Cian O’Connor, Irish Olympic showjumper who won bronze in 2012, is 38.
MONDAY, NOV 13
Whoopi Goldberg, actress, is 62. Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris, former Chelsea defender, is 73. Chris Noth, actor who played ‘Big’ in Sex and the City, is 63. Trevor Ringland, ex-Ballymena and Irish rugby player, is 58. Gerard Butler, Scottish actor, is 48. Nikolai Fraiture, bassist with The Strokes, is 39.
TUESDAY, NOV 14
Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, is 69. Condoleezza Rice, former US secretary of state, is 63. PJ O’Rourke, American political satirist, is 70. Travis Barker, member of Blink 182, is 42. Olga Kurylenko, model/actress, is 38. Reverend Run, founding member of hip-hop group Run-DMC, is 53. Brian Gleeson, Irish actor and son of Brendan, is 30.
WEDNESDAY, NOV 15
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, singer of Abba, is 72. Ed Asner, veteran actor, is 88. Peter Phillips, son of Mark and Princess Anne, is 40. Jonny Lee Miller, actor who starred in Trainspotting, is 45. Dom Joly, TV comedian and journalist, is 50. Chad Kroeger, lead singer of Nickelback, is 43. Petula Clark, singer who had a hit with Downtown, is 85. Beverly D’Angelo, actress, is 66.
THURSDAY, NOV 16
Griff Rhys Jones, British comedian, is 64. Diana Krall, jazz singer, is 53. Maggie Gyllenhaal, actress, is 40. Willie Carson, former champion jockey, is 75. Frank Bruno, former heavyweight boxing champion, is 56. Paul Scholes, former Manchester United midfielder, is 43. Mani, bass player with The Stone Roses, is 55.
FRIDAY, NOV 17
Sarah Harding, ex-Girls Aloud singer, is 36. Martin Scorsese, legendary film director who made Taxi Driver and Goodfellas, is 75. Danny DeVito, pint-sized actor, is 73. Ru Paul, drag queen, is 57. Jonathan Ross, TV presenter, is 57. Gordon Lightfoot, singer-songwriter, is 79. Michael Bradley, former Munster and Ireland rugby player, is 55. Sophie Marceau, French actress, is 51.
SATURDAY, NOV 18
Linda Evans, actress who played Sue Ellen in Dallas ,is 75. Owen Wilson, American actor, is 49. Kim Wilde, English pop singer, is 57. Chloe Sevigny, actress, is 43. Kirk Hammett, Metallica guitarist, is 55. Graham Parker, singer, is 67. Allyson Felix, US Olympic sprinter, is 32. Peter Schmeichel, former Man Utd goalkeeper, is 54.