THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY, APRIL 22
Tim Pat Coogan, author and columnist, is 83. Donald Tusk, European Council president, is 61. Jack Nicholson, actor, is 81. Gary Rhodes, chef, is 58. Peter Frampton, guitarist, is 68. Lloyd Honeyghan, boxer, is 58. James McClean, West Brom and Ireland footballer, is 29. Pol Brennan, member of Donegal band Clannad, is 62. Amber Heard, actress, is 32.
MONDAY, APRIL 23
Bernadette McAliskey, former Republican activist and politician, is 71. Michael Moore, film-maker, is 64. Lee Majors, actor, is 79. John Hannah, Scottish actor, is 56. Callum O’Dowda, Bristol City and Ireland winger, is 23. Chuck Feeney, businessman and philanthropist, is 87. Gigi Hadid, model, is 23.
TUESDAY, APRIL 24
Enda Kenny, former Taoiseach, is 67. Eamon Gilmore, former Tanaiste, is 63. Aidan Gillen, actor, is 50. Johnny McEvoy, folk singer, is 73. Tommy Docherty, former Manchester United and Scotland manager, is 90. Barbra Streisand, singer, is 76. Shirley MacLaine, actress, is 84. Gabby Logan, sports presenter, is 46. Jean-Paul Gaultier, fashion designer, is 66. Lee Westwood, golfer, is 45. Kelly Clarkson, singer, is 36.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25
Roisin Shortall, TD, is 64. Al Pacino, actor, is 78. Len Goodman, retired judge on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, is 74. Renee Zellweger, actress, is 49. Hank Azaria, voice of Moe, Chief Wiggum and Apu in The Simpsons, is 54. Bjorn Ulvaeus, songwriting member of Abba, is 73. David Moyes, West Ham manager, is 55. William Roache, aka Ken Barlow of Coronation Street, is 86. Tony Christie, English pop singer of the 1970s, is 75.
THURSDAY, APRIL 26
Melania Trump, US first lady, is 48. Koo Stark, actress, is 62. Carol Burnett, actress, is 85. Roger Taylor, Duran Duran drummer, is 58. Duane Eddy, guitarist, is 80. Channing Tatum, actor, is 38. Ciara Kelly, journalist and doctor, is 47.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
Rt Rev Robin Eames, former Anglican Primate of All Ireland, is 82. Michael Fish, BBC TV weatherman, is 74. Anouk Aimee, French actress, is 86. Sheena Easton, singer, is 59. Mica Paris, singer, is 49. Patrick Stump, singer with Fall Out Boy, is 34. Fionn Fitzgerald, Kerry footballer, is 28. Tess Daly, presenter of Strictly Come Dancing, is 49.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Danny Doyle, folk singer, is 78. Penelope Cruz, actress, is 44. Jay Leno, US chat show host, is 68. Jessica Alba, actress, is 37. Ann-Margret, actress and singer, is 77. Kim Gordon, former bassist with Sonic Youth, is 65. Bradley Wiggins, retired professional cyclist, is 38. Steve Rider, ITV sports presenter, is 68. Howard Donald, member of pop group Take That, is 50.