Today’s birthdays

Today is the anniversary of the collapse of the General Strike in 1926. Prof Sir John Rowlinson, chemist, is 91; Mr Burt Bacharach, pianist and composer, 89; Lord Joffe, Chairman, Oxfam, 1995-2001, 85; Mr Robert Dickinson, Chairman, Northern Rock plc, 1992-99, 83; Dr

Miriam Stoppard, writer and

broadcaster, 80; Miss Susan Hampshire, actress, 80; Sir Terry Farrell, architect, 79; Prof Paul Huxley, painter, 79; Prof Sir Cyril

Chantler, Chairman, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, 2000-08, 78;

Sir Dominic Cadbury, Chairman, The Wellcome Trust, 2000-2006; Chairman, Cadbury Schweppes, 1993-2000, 77; Lord Sawyer, former trades unionist, 74; Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of Oxford University; Chairman, BBC Trust, 2011-14; 73; Mr Daniel Libeskind, architect, 71; Mr Steve Winwood, singer and songwriter, 69; Mrs Justice Slade 68; Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, QC, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, 67; Dame Jenni Murray, broadcaster, 67; Dame Rosalind Savill, Director, The Wallace Collection, 1992-2011, now Curator Emeritus, 66; Lord Justice Underhill 65; Mr Justice Goss, Presiding Judge, North Eastern Circuit, 64; Miss Deborah Warner, theatre and opera director, 58; Ms

Jane Gandee, Headmistress, St Swithun’s School, Winchester, 49;

Mr Graeme Dott, snooker player; World Champion 2006, 40; and Ms

Sophie Bray, Great Britain field hockey player; Olympic gold medallist, women’s tournament, Rio 2016, 27.