Today’s birthdays

Sophia Anstice, New Zealand businesswoman (18491926); Ante Kosovich, New Zealand gumdigger/ balladeer/poet/writer (18791958); Annette Mary Eleanor Jane Clifford, New Zealand property owner (18811968); Kepa Hamuera Anaha Ehau, New Zealand tribal leader/ interpreter/soldier/historian (18851970); Graham Beresford Parkinson, New Zealand military leader (18961979); Esther James, one of New Zealand’s first professional fashion models and a keen supporter of ‘‘buy New Zealandmade’’ (190090); Geoff Smale, New Zealand sailor (19242011);

Elke Sommer, Germanborn actress (1940); Art Garfunkel, US musician (1941); Graham Griffiths, New Zealand football international (1944); Bryan Adams, Canadian singer (1959); Lauren Kim Roche, New Zealand author/physician (1961); Tatum O’Neal, US actress (1963); Michael Bennett, New Zealand writer/director (1964); Famke Janssen, Dutch actress (1965); Chantal Brunner, New Zealand international sprinter/ long jumper (1970); Marco Rojas, New Zealand football international (1991).