Today’s birthdays:

Sir William Stewart, New Zealand politician (18411912); Robert Neill, New Zealand cricketer (18641930); Harry Porteous, All Black (18751951); Ernest Heber Thompson, New Zealand painter/ engraver (18911971); Sidney Walter Smith, New Zealand politician (18931981); Emily Elizabeth Carpenter, New Zealand consumer advocate (191791); Tui Uru, New Zealand opera singer and first Maori television announcer (19262013); Allan Tong, New Zealand rower (1931); Tom Baker, English actor (1934); Ken Comber, New Zealand politician (193998); David Lynch, US film director (1946); Paul Stanley, US singer/ songwriter (1952); Lorenzo Lamas, US actor (1958); Rainn Wilson, US actor (1966); Stacey Dash, US actress (1967); Blair Larsen, All Black (1969); Skeet Ulrich, US actor (1969); Glen Moffatt,

New Zealand singer/songwriter (1971); Gary Barlow, English singer/songwriter (1971); Toby Segran, New Zealand software developer/writer (1979); Craig Caldwell, New Zealand darts player (1983); Rushlee Buchanan, New Zealand cyclist (1988); Jared WaereaHargreaves, New Zealand rugby league international (1989); Puchen Wang, New Zealand chess player (1990); James Munro, multisport athlete and former New Zealand racing car driver (1997).