Mark Lawrenson

Mark Thomas Lawrenson is a former professional footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool, among others, during the 1970s and 1980s. After a short career as a manager, he then became a radio, television and internet pundit for the BBC, TV3, BT Sport and Today FM, retiring at the end of the 2021–22 football season. Born and raised in England, Lawrenson qualified to play for the Republic of Ireland through his grandfather, Thomas Crotty, who was born in Waterford.

2 June 1957

Born on the same birth day (2 June): Adam Taggart • Dorothy West • Erzsi Kovács • John Randolph of Roanoke • Juan Antonio Bardem • Karl Adolph Gjellerup • Maryka Holtzhausen • Olga Bondarenko • Pete Robinson (drag racer) • Rineke Dijkstra • Ruth Atkinson

Born in the same month (June 1957): Al Hunter Ashton • Berkeley Breathed • Bud Black • David Houghton (cricketer) • Frances McDormand • Georgi Parvanov • Jean Rabe • Kevin Bond (English footballer) • Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian • Luis Antonio Tagle • Mark Parkinson • Nicola Palazzo • Randy Read • Scott Adams • Uģis Prauliņš