Today’s birthdays

Walter Buller, New Zealand lawyer/ naturalist/ornithologist (18381906); Isabel Button, New Zealand horse driver/ trainer (18631921); Morrie Wood, All Black (18761956); Jim Leckie, New

Zealand hammer thrower (190382); Tom Marshal, New Zealand author/ teacher (192193); Kendrick Smithyman, New Zealand poet (192295); Bill Schaefer, New Zealand field hockey player (19252003); Sir Ron Trotter,

New Zealand businessman

(19272010); Peter Button, pioneering New Zealand rescue helicopter (192987); Mark Otway, New Zealand tennis player (19312014); Jeff Julian, New Zealand marathon runner (1935); Richard Walls, New Zealand politician/ businessman (19372011); Jackson Browne, US singer/songwriter (1948); Richard Chaves, US actor (1951); Sharon Osbourne, music manager and television personality (1952); Scott Bakula, US actor (1954); Shona Laing, New Zealand singer/musician (1955); Steve Ovett, English athlete (1955); Lydia Bradey, New Zealand mountaineer (1961); Gordon Macpherson, All Black (1962); Paul Radisich, New Zealand racingcar driver (1962); David Cameron, British politician (1966); Michele Cox, New Zealand footballer (1968); Steve McQueen, English filmmaker (1969); Steve Burns, US actor/ television host (1973); Kieren Hutchison, New Zealand actor (1974); Juliane Bray, New Zealand snowboarder (1975); Sean Lennon, US musician (1975); Greg Henderson, New Zealand cyclist (1976); Nicky Byrne, Irish singer (1978); Chris O’Dowd, Irish actor/ comedian (1979); Brandon Routh, US actor (1979); Adam Hall, New Zealand alpine skier (1987); Jay White, New Zealand professional wrestler (1992).