Today’s birthdays:

James Nairn, New Zealand painter (18591904); Francis George Cumming, New Zealand Salvation Army officer/ chaplain/social worker/probation officer (18611941); Hector Edwards Gray, New Zealand jockey/horse trainer (18851957); John McIndoe, New Zealand artist/printer (18981995); Sir Alexander Kingcome Turner, New Zealand lawyer/judge (190193); Ormond Wilson, New Zealand writer/politician/farmer (190788); Sir James Clendon Tau Henare, New Zealand military officer/community leader (191189); William (Bill) Phillips, New Zealand economist (191475); Giovanni (John) Cataldo, New Zealand fisherman/ search and rescue organiser (192789); William (Bill) Alington, New Zealand modernist architect (1929); Brenda Vaccaro, US actress (1939); Linda Evans, US actress (1942); Susan Sullivan, US actress (1942); Dick Hubbard, New Zealand businessman (1946); Judy Connor, New Zealand tennis player (1953); Elizabeth Perkins, US actress (1960); Kirk Hammett, US guitarist (1962); Logan Edwards, New Zealand rugby league international (1968); Owen Wilson, US actor (1968); Elizabeth Anne Allen, US actress (1970); Chloe Sevigny, US actress (1974); Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor (1986); Jackie Thomas, New Zealand singer (1990).