HAPPY BIRTHDAY

CATH KIDSTON, 59. The designer and entrepreneur is known for her vintage, nostalgic floral products, ranging from ironing board covers and wallpaper to tents and radios. Kidston is dyslexic, but her mother didn’t tell her until she was 24, saying: ‘I didn’t want you to think you were odd.’ ETHAN HAWKE, 47. U.S. star of Dead Poets Society and Training Day, almost died several times. Hawke ( pictured) recalls: ‘A stabbing when I was young; terrible loss of blood due to poor surgery; several almost car crashes and one almost plane crash.’