JANUARY January 3 Victor Borge, Danish comedian and musician (1909). David Vine, English sports commentator (1936). January 4 John McLaughlin, blues and jazz guitarist (1943). January 5 Robert Duvall, American film actor (1931). Diane Keaton, American film actress (1946). January 6 Sylvia Syms, British actress famous for the 'Carry-on' film series (1934). Rowan Atkinson, English comedy actor (1957). January 8 Elvis Presley, American rock singer (1935). Shirley Bassey, singer (1937). David Bowie, English pop singer and songwriter (1947). January 9 Susannah York, English film actress (1942). Clive Dunn, English TV actor and comedian (1922). January 10 Freddie Starr, comedian (1944). Rod Stewart, Scottish rock singer and songwriter (1946). January 11 John Sessions, actor and comedian (1953). January 12 Michael Aspel, TV presenter (1933). Des O'Connor, comedian and singer (1932). January 13 Stephen Hendry, snooker player (1969). January 15 Frank Bough, TV presenter (1933). J. Blake, Welsh celebrity (1964). January 18 Dr David Bellamy, botanist (1933). Kevin Costner, American actor (1955). January 19 Michael Crawford, actor and singer (1942). Dolly Parton, American country singer, songwriter and actress (1946). January 20 Tom Baker, actor (1936). January 21 Placido Domingo, Spanish opera singer (1941). Vic Reeves, English comedian (1959). January 22 John Hurt, actor (1940). January 24 Neil Diamond, singer and songwriter (1941). Jools Holland, English musician (1959). January 28 Alan Alda, US TV and film actor (1936). January 29 Tom Selleck, US TV and film actor (1945). January 30 Gene Hackman, US film actor (1932). Phil Collins, English pop singer and songwriter (1951). FEBRUARY February 2 David Jason, English TV actor (1940). February 4 Norman Wisdom, comedian (1920). February 5 Frank Muir, writer and broadcaster (1920). Charlotte Rampling, actress (1946). February 6 Axl Rose, lead singer of American rock group 'Guns n' Roses' (1962). February 7 Derek Jenkins, English celebrity (1947). February 9 Mia Farrow, US actress (1945). February 11 Leslie Nielson, American comedy film actor (1926). Burt Reynolds, US film actor (1936). February 13 Oliver Reed, actor (1938). Sonia, English pop singer (1975). February 14 Peter Gabriel, English rock singer and songwriter (1950). February 18 John Travolta, American film actor and dancer (1954). February 19 Seal, English pop singer and songwriter (1963). February 20 Jimmy Greaves, TV commentator and ex-footballer (1940). February 22 Bruce Forsythe, TV presenter and entertainer (1928). Drew Barrymore, American film actress (1975). February 25 George Harrison, singer and former member of the Beatles (1943). February 26 Sandy Shaw, singer (1947). Johnny Cash, singer (1932). MARCH March 2 Jon Bon Jovi, American rock singer of 'Bon Jovi' rock group (1962). March 4 Patsy Kensit, English singer and actress (1968). March 5 Elaine Page, English musical actress (1952). Craig and Charles Reid, Scottish musical brothers known as 'The Proclaimers' (1962). March 7 Rik Mayall, English TV comedy actor (1958). March 10 Neneh Cherry, English singer (1964). March 12 Liza Minnelli, US actress and singer (1946). March 13 Adam Clayton, Irish member of rock group U2 (1960). March 15 Terence Trent D'Arby, English pop singer and songwriter (1962). March 19 Bruce Willis, American film actor, husband of Demi Moore (1955). March 22 William Shatner, American star of Star Trek (1931). March 23 Barry Cryer, writer and comedian (1935). March 25 Elton John, English pop singer and songwriter (1947). March 26 Leonard Nimoy, US screen actor (1931). Diana Ross, US singer (1944). March 29 John Suchet, TV reporter and newscaster (1944). March 30 Warren Beatty, US actor (1937). Eric Clapton, musician and singer (1945). APRIL April 1 Jean-Claude Van-Damme, Dutch action film actor (1966). April 2 Linford Christie, athlete (1960). April 3 Marlon Brando, US actor (1924). April 6 Paul Daniels, stage magician (1938). April 8 Julian Lennon, musician (1963). April 11 Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer and songwriter (1966). April 12 Shannen Doherty, American TV actress (1971). April 13 Peter Davison, actor (1951). April 14 Julian Lloyd Webber, cellist (1951). April 15 Emma Thompson, actress (1959). April 16 Sir Peter Ustinov, actor and writer (1921). Ruth Madoc, actress (1943). April 19 Dudley Moore, actor (1935). April 20 Luther Vandross, American soul singer and songwriter (1951). April 24 Paula Yates, English TV presenter (1960). April 25 Al Pacino, US film actor (1940). April 27 Sheena Easton, Scottish pop singer (1959). K. Wilson, Scottish celebrity (1971). April 29 Michelle Pfeiffer, American film actress (1958). Duke Ellington, American composer and band leader (1899). MAY May 1 Joanna Lumley, English TV actress of 'Absolutely Fabulous' (1947). May 2 Bing Crosby, American singer and film actor (1901). Jimmy White, English snooker player (1962). May 3 James Brown, American soul and funk singer (1933). Ben Elton, English comedian and writer (1957). May 4 Terry Scott, English comedy actor (1927). Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-actress (1929). May 5 Michael Palin, English comedy actor, traveller and member of Monty Python (1943). Richard E Grant, English actor (1957). May 6 Stewart Granger, English film actor (1913). Orson Welles, American actor and director (1915). May 7 Anne Baxter, American film actress (1923). Richard O'Sullivan, British TV actor (1944). May 8 David Attenborough, English naturalist and broadcaster (1926). Gary Glitter, English rock singer (1940). May 9 Alan Bennett, English playwright and actor (1934). Billy Joel, American singer and songwriter (1949). May 10 Fred Astaire, American dancer (1899). Bono (Paul Hewson), Irish lead singer of rock group U2 (1960). May 11 Phil Silvers, American actor and 'Sergeant Bilko' character (1912). May 12 Ian Dury, English singer (1942). Emilio Estevez, American film actor (1962). May 13 Peter Gabriel, English rock singer, former lead singer of the rock group 'Genesis' (1950). Stevie Wonder, blind American Motown singer and songwriter (1950). May 14 Eric Morecambe, English comedian and partner of Ernie Wise (1926). David Byrne, singer and songwriter of pop group 'Talking Heads' (1952). May 15 Anthony Shaffer, English playwrite (1926). Brian Eno, musician and composer, formerly of the pop group 'Roxy Music' (1948). May 16 Liberace, flamboyant American pianist (1919). Janet Jackson, sister of Michael Jackson (1966). May 17 Dennis Potter, English playwrite (1935). Enya, Irish singer and songwriter (1961). May 18 Rick Wakeman, rock composer and former member of the rock group 'Yes' (1949). May 19 Pete Townsend, English musician and former member of the rock group 'Who' (1945). Victoria Wood, English comedienne (1953). May 20 Joe Cocker, English rock singer (1944). Cher, American actress and singer (1946). May 21 Fats Waller, American jazz pianist and composer (1904). Desmond Wilcox, English producer and husband of Esther Rantzen (1931). May 22 Bernie Taupin, lyricist partner of Elton John (1950). Morrissey, British pop singer (1959). May 23 Joan Collins, English actress (1933). May 24 Bob Dylan, American folk singer and songwriter (1941). Priscilla Presley, American widow of Elvis Presley (1945). May 25 Miles Davies, American jazz trumpeter (1926). Paul Weller, English pop singer and songwriter (1958). May 26 Al Jolson, American singer and entertainer (1886). John Wayne, American film actor (1907). Peter Cushing, English horror actor (1913). May 27 Christopher Lee, English horror actor (1922). Cilla Black, English 60s pop singer and TV presenter (1943). May 28 Gladys Knight, Motown soul singer (1944). Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer (1968). May 29 Bob Hope, American comedian and film actor (1903). May 31 Clint Eastwood, American film actor and director (1930). JUNE June 1 Jason Donovan, Australian singer (1968). June 2 Johnny Weissmuller, Romanian Olympic swimming champion and actor (1904). Charlie Watts, drummer of the rock group Rolling Stones (1941). June 5 Marky Mark, American lead singer of pop group 'New Kids on the Block' (1971). June 6 Bjorn Borg, Swedish tennis player (1956). June 7 Tom Jones, Welsh singer (1940). Prince, American pop singer and songwriter (1958). June 8 Mick Hucknall, British singer and songwriter of pop group 'Simply Red' (1960). D. Petitt, English celebrity (1969). June 9 Cole Porter, American composer of musicals (1893). Johnny Depp, American film actor (1963). Michael J Fox, American film actor (1961). June 10 Julie Garland, American film actress and singer (1922). Lionel Jeffries, English actor and dancer (1926). June 11 Gene Wilder, American comedy actor (1935). Hugh Laurie, English actor (1959). June 13 Basil Rathbone, English actor (1892). Malcolm McDowell, English actor (1943). June 14 Mike Yarwood, English impersonator (1941). Boy George, English pop singer and songwriter (1961). June 15 Simon Callow, English actor (1949). June 16 Arthur Stanley Jefferson, known as Stan Laurel, English comedian and partner of Oliver Hardy (1890). June 17 Beryl Reid, English stage, screen and radio actress (1920). Barry Manilow, American singer (1946). June 18 Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter, member of pop group Beatles (1942). Garfield, the world's most popular cat (1978). June 19 Kathleen Turner, American actress (1954). Paula Abdul, American pop singer (1963). June 20 Catherine Cookson, novelist (1906). Cyndi Lauper, American singer (1953). June 21 Jane Russell, American film actress (1921). Maurice Saatchi, British advertising guru (1946). June 22 Prunella Scales, English actress (1932). Meryl Streep, American film actress (1949). June 23 Adam Faith, English singer and TV actor (1940). June 24 Jeff Beck, American rock guitarist (1944). Mick Fleetwood, founder of the pop group Fleetwood Mac (1947). June 25 Carly Simon, American singer and songwriter (1945). George Michael, English pop singer and songwriter (1963). June 26 Georgie Fame, English singer (1943). Chris Isaak, American singer and songwriter (1956). June 27 Little Eva, American singer famous for 'The Locomotion' song (1945). June 28 Mel Brooks, American comedian and director (1926). John Inman, British TV actor (1935). June 29 Ian Paice, drummer of the rock group 'Deep Purple' (1948). Colin Hay, member of the Australian pop group 'Men at Work' (1953). JULY July 1 Debbie Harry, lead singer of the pop group 'Blondie' (1945). Dan Aykroyd, American comedy actor (1953). Pamela Anderson, American star of TV Baywatch (1967). July 3 Ken Russell, English film director (1927) Tom Cruise, American film actor (1962). July 4 Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpet player, distinctive singer and a major influence on Dixieland jazz (1900). July 6 Bill Haley, American member of the band 'Bill Haley And The Comets' (1925). Sylvester Stallon, American action film (1950). July 7 John Pertwee, English actor (1919). Ringo Starr, English drummer of the Beatles pop group (1940). July 8 Andy Fletcher, British member of the pop group 'Depeche Mode' (1961). July 9 Barbara Cartland, English novelist (1901). Tom Hanks, American film actor and double academy award winner (1956). July 10 Neil Tennant, English singer and songwriter of pop group 'Pet Shop Boys' (1954). July 11 Richie Sambora, guitarist of the rock group 'Bon Jovi' (1959). Suzanne Vega, American pop singer and songwriter (1959). July 12 Bill Cosby, American comedian (1937). July 13 Patrick Stewart, British Shakespearian actor, noted for his role in 'Star Trek, The Next Generation' (1940). Harrison Ford, American film actor (1942). July 14 Woody Guthrie, American folk singer (1912). Sue Lawley, English TV news presenter (1946). July 15 Linda Ronstadt, American pop singer (1946). July 16 Barbara Stanwyck, or Ruby Stevens, American actress (1907). Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (1911). July 17 James Cagney, American actor (1899). Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor, write and member of the 'Goodies' (1940). Wayne Sleep, English dancer and choreographer (1948). July 18 Richard Branson, entrepreneur and founder of Virgin Group (1950). July 19 Alan Gorrie, member of rock group 'Average White Band' (1946). Brian May, English guitarist of rock group 'Queen' (1947). July 20 Carlos Santana, founder of rock group Santana (1947). Slash, member of the American rock group 'Guns n' Roses' (1965). July 21 Dr Jonathan Miller, English theatre, opera and film director (1934). Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (1952). July 22 Terence Stamp, English actor and author (1938). Bonnie Langford, English actress and dancer (1964). July 23 David Essex, English singer and actor (1947). Martin Gore, British member of pop group 'Depeche Mode' (1961). July 24 Lynda Carter, American actress (1951). July 26 Helen Mirren, British stage and screen actress (1946). P. Barnham, English celebrity (1972). July 27 Christopher Dean, English ice-skater (1958) July 30 Sir Clive Sinclair, English inventor (1940). Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American action film actor (1947). Daley Thompson, Olympic gold medal-winning athlete (1958). July 31 Jonathan Dimbleby, television presenter and journalist (1944). AUGUST August 2 Alan Whicker, TV presenter (1925). Peter O'Toole, Irish actor best known for his portrayal of Lawrence of Arabia (1932). August 3 Terry Wogan, television and radio presenter (1938). Martin Sheen, US actor (1940). August 6 Robert Mitchum, US film actor (1917). Barbara Windsor, English actress (1937). August 7 Alexei Sayle, stand-up comedian, writer and actor (1952). August 8 Andy Warhol, US painter and film painter (1931). Dustin Hoffman, US actor (1937). August 9 M. Jackson, English celebrity (1974). Melanie Griffith, US actress (1957). Whitney Houston, American pop singer (1963). August 10 Rosanna Arquette, (1959). August 12 Mark Knopfler, lead guitarist and singer with Dire Straits (1949). August 16 Madonna, American rock singer (1958). August 17 Robert de Niro, Oscar-winning US actor (1943). Belinda Carlisle, American pop singer (1958). August 18 Robert Redford, US actor and director (1937). Patrick Swayze, American film actor (1952). August 20 Jim Bowen, English entertainer and presenter (1937). Robert Plant, singer (1948). August 21 Barry Norman, English author, journalist and film critic (1933). August 22 Steve Davis, English snooker player (1957). August 23 Keith Moon, flamboyant drummer with The Who (1947). August 24 Stephen Fry, English writer and actor (1957). August 25 Sean Connery, British film actor (1930). August 28 Windsor Davies, British comedy actor (1930). August 29 Richard Gere, US actor (1949). Lenny Henry, comedian and actor (1958). Michael Jackson, American rock singer and songwriter (1958). August 31 Larry Grayson, English entertainer (1930). Roy Castle, English entertainer (1932). SEPTEMBER September 1 Barry Gibb, Singer, producer and guitarist with the Bee Gees (1946). Gloria Estefan, American pop singer (1957). September 3 Pauline Collins, English actress of stage television and film (1940). Charlie Sheen, American film actor (1965). September 5 Raquel Welch, American film actress (1942). Freddy Mercury, flamboyant lead singer with Queen (1946). September 6 Bernie Winters, English comedian (1932). September 7 Buddy Holly, US rock singer (1936). September 8 Sir Harry Secombe, English singer, actor, presenter and former member of 'The Goons' (1921). Peter Sellers, English actor, television and radio comedian, and former member of 'The Goons' (1925). September 9 Otis Redding, US singer (1941). Dave Stewart, English musician and songwriter, member of pop group Eurythmics (1952). September 12 Maurice Chevalier, French actor and entertainer (1888). September 16 B B King, blues singer and guitarist (1925). Peter Falk, US actor, most familiarly known as 'Columbo' (1927). September 17 Anne Bancroft, US actress who won an Oscar for 'The Miracle Worker' in 1962 (1931). Desmond Lynam, TV sports journalist (1942). September 18 Greta Garbo, Swedish actress who became one of Hollywood's most legendary stars (1905). Russ Abbot, English TV comedian(1948). September 21 Stephen King, novelist (1948). September 23 Bruce Springsteen, American rock singer and songwriter (1949). September 25 Michael Douglas, US actor (1944). September 28 Brigitte Bardot, French film actress (1934). OCTOBER October 2 Sting, English singer and songwriter, member of pop group 'Police' (1951). October 4 Buster Keaton, American comic silent film actor (1895). October 5 Bob Geldof, Irish singer of pop group 'Boomtown Rats', founder of Live Aid concerts (1954). October 6 Melvyn Bragg, writer and TV presenter (1939). October 10 Chris Lowe, English singer and songwriter of pop group 'Pet Shop Boys' (1959). October 11 Dawn French, English comedy writer and actress, wife of comedian Lennie Henry (1957). October 12 Luciano Pavarotti, Italian opera singer (1935). October 14 Cliff Richard, English pop singer (1940). October 17 Harry Carpenter, journalist and TV commentator on boxing (1925). October 18 Chuck Berry, rock and roll singer (1926). October 20 Mark King, English lead singer of pop group 'Level 42' (1958). October 21 Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter (1917). Carrie Fisher, US film actress and author (1956). October 22 Catherine Deneuve, French film actress (1943). October 26 Bob Hoskins, actor (1942). October 27 John Cleese, English comedian and writer, co-founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1939). October 28 Julia Roberts, American film actress (1967). October 29 Winona Ryder, American film actress (1971). NOVEMBER November 3 Roseanne Arnold, American TV comedian (1952). November 5 Bryan Adams, Canadian rock singer and songwriter (1959). November 6 Frank Carson, comedian (1926). Nigel Havers, actor (1949). November 7 Su Pollard, TV actress (1949). November 9 Katherine Hepburn, US film actress (1909). November 11 Demi Moore, American film actress, wife of Bruce Willis (1962). November 13 Whoopi Goldberg, American film comedian and actress (1955). November 15 Petula Clark, singer and actress (1934). November 17 Jonathan Ross, English TV presenter (1960). November 19 Calvin Klein, US fashion designer (1942). Jodie Foster, US actress (1963). November 21 Goldie Hawn, US film actress (1945). November 22 Terry Gilliam, animator, writer and director (1940). November 24 Billy Connolly, comedian (1942). November 26 Tina Turner, American pop singer (1940). November 29 John Mayall, vocalist and guitarist (1933). November 30 Billy Idol, English rock singer (1955). DECEMBER December 1 Woody Allen, US film actor, writer, director and former stand-up comedian (1935). Bette Midler, American film comedian and singer (1945). December 3 Ozzy Osbourne, English rock singer of rock group 'Black Sabbath' (1948). Mel Smith, actor and comedian (1952). December 4 Ronnie Corbett, comedian (1930). Jeff Bridges, US film actor (1949). December 5 José Carreras, Spanish operatic tenor (1946). December 6 Jonathan King, broadcaster and pop producer (1944). December 8 Kim Bassinger, American film actress (1953). Sinead O'Connor, Irish singer and songwriter (1966). December 10 Kenneth Branagh, actor (1960). December 13 Jim Davidson, comedian (1954). December 14 V Mills, celebrity (1971). December 15 Don Johnson, American TV actor (1958). December 16 Arthur C Clarke, science fact and fiction writer (1917). December 18 Brad Pitt, American film actor (1965). Steven Spielberg, American film maker and director (1947). December 20 Bo Derek, US film actress (1957). Billy Bragg, British singer and songwriter (1958). December 21 Kiefer Sutherland, American film actor (1966). December 22 Noel Edmonds, TV presenter (1948). Maurice and Robin Gibb, members of the Bee Gees pop group (1949). December 24 Lemmy, British member of rock group Motorhead (1944). December 25 Annie Lennox, singer of pop group Eurythmics (1954). December 28 Nigel Kennedy, violinist (1956). December 30 Tracy Ullman, actress and comedienne (1959). December 31 Anthony Hopkins, actor (1937). Ben Kingsley, actor (1943).