THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY, FEB 11
Vincent May, drummer with Kodaline, is 29. Jack Lukeman (aka Jack L), Athy-born singer, is 45. Jennifer Aniston, actress, is 49. Sergio Mendes, Brazilian bandleader, is 77. Burt Reynolds, actor, is 82. Sarah Palin, US politician, is 54. Jeb Bush, US politician and brother of George W, is 65. Damian Lewis, actor, is 47. Mary Quant, fashion icon, is 84.
MONDAY, FEB 12
Jennie McAlpine, plays Fiz Brown in Coronation Street ,is 34. ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed, former boxing champion, is 44. Des Smyth, Irish golfer, is 65. Fergus Slattery, former Irish rugby international, is 69. Jimmy Keaveney, former Dublin GAA star, is 73. Josh Brolin, actor, is 50. Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer-songwriter, is 37. Jessica Harrington, Irish racehorse trainer, is 71.
TUESDAY, FEB 13
Robbie Williams, pop singer, is 44. Jerry Springer, US chat-show host, is 74. Niamh Kavanagh, Eurovision winner in 1993, is 50. Peter Gabriel, musician, is 68. Liam Brady, former Irish football international, is 62. Denis Hickie, former Irish rugby international, is 42. Kim Novak, actress who starred in Vertigo, is 85. Peter Tork, bassist with The Monkees, is 76. Hugh Dennis, comedian, is 56.
WEDNESDAY, FEB 14
Alan Shatter, former Fine Gael minister, is 67. Carl Bernstein, Washington Post reporter who broke Watergate scandal, is 74. Alan Parker, director of The Commitments, is 74. Kevin Keegan, former footballer, is 67. Kieran Duff, former Dublin footballer, is 57. Simon Pegg, comedy actor, is 48. Sean O’Brien, Leinster and Ireland rugby player, is 31. Michael Bloomberg, media tycoon, is 76.
THURSDAY, FEB 15
Sharon Ni Bheolain, RTE presenter, is 47. Matt Groening, creator and animator of The Simpsons, is 64. Jane Seymour, actress, is 67. Ali Campbell, UB40 singer, is 59. Janice Dickinson, self-proclaimed ‘first supermodel’, is 63. Mick Avory, drummer with The Kinks, is 74. Adam Boulton, news anchor, is 59.
FRIDAY, FEB 16
John McEnroe, tennis legend, is 59. Christopher Eccleston, actor and ninth Doctor Who ,is 54. Ice-T, rapper turned actor, is 60. June Brown, Dot Cotton in EastEnders, is 91. Fintan O’Toole, journalist, is 60.
SATURDAY, FEB 17
Brenda Fricker, Oscar-winning actress for My Left Foot, is 73. Paris Hilton, celebrity heiress, is 37. Michael Jordan, basketball legend, is 55. Barry Humphries, comedian known as Dame Edna Everage, is 84. Ed Sheeran, singer-songwriter, is 27. Billie Joe Armstrong, singer of Green Day, is 46. Rene Russo, actress, is 64. Bill Cullen, businessman, is 76. Jim Brown, American footballer and actor, best known for role in The Dirty Dozen, is 82.