This week’s birthdays

TODAY

Simon Crowe, Boomtown Rats drummer,

69. Majella O’Donnell, wife of Daniel, 64. Ted Walsh, racehorse trainer, 74. Robert Carlyle, actor, 63. Julie Christie, actress, 84. Adrien Brody, actor, 51. Julian Lloyd Webber, cellist, 73. Win Butler, singer with Arcade Fire, 44. Peter Capaldi, actor, 66.

MONDAY, APRIL 15

Emma Watson, actress, 34. Seth Rogen, actor, 42. Jeffrey Archer, author, 84. Samantha Fox, singer, 58. Emma Thompson, actress, 65. Claudia Cardinale, actress, 86. Marty Wilde, 1960s pop singer, 85. Graeme Clarke, songwriter and founder of Wet Wet Wet, 59.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16

Ellen Barkin, actress, 70. Jimmy Osmond, youngest member of the Osmond family, 61. Rafael Benitez, former soccer manager, 64. Bobby Vinton, American pop singer of the 1960s, 89. Joan Bakewell, author, 91. Anya Taylor-Joy, actress, 28. Dave Pirner, singer, 60.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17

Michael ‘Babs’ Keating, Tipperary hurling and football great, 80. Seán O’Fearghaíl, Ceann Comhairle, 64. Rosanna Davison, model, 40. Henry Kelly, Athlone-born broadcaster, 78. Victoria Beckham, fashion designer, 50. Sean Bean, actor, 65.

THURSDAY, APRIL 18

Michael D Higgins, President, 83. Melanie Verwoerd, South African political analyst and former diplomat, 57. Ruth Coppinger, former TD, 57. Hayley Mills, actress, 78. Conan O’Brien, US chat-show host, 61. America Ferrera, star of Ugly Betty, 40. Kourtney Kardashian, reality TV star, 45. Eddie Stobart, haulage firm founder, 95.

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

Paul O’Donovan, Olympic sculls silver-medallist, 30. Geordan Murphy, ex-Ireland rugby player, 46. Kate Hudson, actress, 45. Ruby Wax, TV personality, 71. Maria Sharapova, former tennis ace, 37. Denis O’Brien, businessman, 66.

SATURDAY, APRIL 20

Shay Given, former goalie, 48. Alan Dukes, former FG leader, 79. Jessica Lange, actress, 75. Nicolas Lyndhurst, Rodney in Only Fools and Horses, 63. Carmen Electra, actress, 52. Peter Snow, Dublinborn BBC TV presenter, 86. Raymond van Barneveld, former world darts champ, 57.