THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY, OCT 7
Vladimir Putin, Russian president, is 66. Simon Cowell, talent show judge, is 59. Thomas Keneally, author, is 83. Thom Yorke, Radiohead singer, is 50. Desmond Tutu, South African bishop and activist, is 87. Cian Healy, Leinster and Ireland rugby player, is 31. Clive James, author and TV host, is 79. Alesha Dixon, talent show judge, is 40. Oliver North, US colonel in the Iran-Contra affair, is 75. Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, is 63.
MONDAY, OCT 8
Ardal O’Hanlon, actor, is 53. Matt Damon, actor, is 48. Gavin Friday, musician, is 59. Sigourney Weaver, actress, is 69. Paul Hogan, Crocodile Dundee actor, is 79. Chevy Chase, actor, is 75. Jesse Jackson, US activist, is 77. Bruno Mars, singer, is 33. Mick Galwey, All-Ireland winner with Kerry, and Irish and Lions rugby player, is 52.
TUESDAY, OCT 9
Nicky Byrne, Westlife singer, is 40. Ronan Collins, RTE radio presenter, is 66. Tony Ward, Ireland rugby great, is 64. Sharon Osbourne, TV personality, is 66. Tom Mathews, cartoonist and poet, is 66. James Fearnley, the Pogues’ accordion player, is 64. Chris O’Dowd, comic actor, is 39. David Cameron, former UK PM, is 52. Holly Carpenter, model, is 27.
WEDNESDAY, OCT 10
Aengus Mac Grianna, former RTE newsreader, is 54. Dean Kiely, former Ireland goalkeeper, is 48. Martin Kemp, EastEnders star and bassist with Spandau Ballet, is 57. Amanda Burton, actress, is 62. David Lee Roth, Van Halen singer, is 64. Chris Tarrant, TV presenter, is 72. Una Healy, singer with The Saturdays, is 37. Midge Ure, musician, is 65. Tony Adams, ex-footballer, is 53.
THURSDAY, OCT 11
Anne Enright, author, is 56. Austin Currie, former TD and member of NI parliament, is 79. Joan Cusack, actress, is 56. Dawn French, actress and comedian, is 61. Bobby Charlton, Man Utd legend, is 81. Luke Perry, actor, is 52. Seamus Coleman, Everton and Ireland full-back, is 30. Joe Canning, hurler, is 30.
FRIDAY, OCT 12
Brian Kennedy, singer-songwriter, is 52. Brendan Bowyer, showband star since the 1950s, is 80. Angela Rippon, TV presenter, is 74. Les Dennis, TV presenter and comedian, is 65. Hugh Jackman, actor, is 50. Katie Piper, TV presenter and former model, is 35. Josh Hutcherson, actor, is 26. Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, aka Carlos the Jackal, the notorious Venezuelan militant serving three life sentences in a French jail, is 69.
SATURDAY, OCT 13
Paul Simon, singer-songwriter, is 77. Ashanti, singer, is 38. Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer, is 84. Sacha Baron Cohen, comedian, is 47. Tiffany Trump, daughter of Donald Trump, is 25. Marie Osmond, of the singing family, is 59.