Today’s birthdays:

Sir Frederick Revans Chapman, first New Zealandborn Supreme Court judge (18491936); Vivian Potter, New Zealand soldier/politician (18781968); Francis William Dry, New Zealand geneticist/biologist/wool researcher (18911979); Josip Petrov Babich, New Zealand gumdigger/ winemaker (18951983); Monica Beatrice McKenzie, New Zealand dietitian (190588); Sir James McNeish, New Zealand novelist/ playwright/biographer (19312016); Barry Sinclair, New Zealand cricketer (1936); Lawrie Creamer, New Zealand scientist (19372019); Sir Patrick Hogan, New Zealand breeder of thoroughbred racehorses (1939); Pel´e, Brazilian soccer star (1940); Anita Roddick, activist and founder of The Body Shop (19422007); Graeme Revell, New Zealand filmscore composer

(1955); Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand discusthrower (1974); Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor (1976); Jessica Stroup, US actress (1986); Annabel Fay, New Zealand singer (1987); Louise Ayling, New Zealand rower (1987); Monique Fiso, New Zealand chef (1987).