Today’s birthdays

Mr Ralph Koltai, theatre designer, is 93; Mr Peter Nichols, playwright, 90; Sir Charles Mccullough, a former High Court Judge, 86; Viscount Churchill 83; Sir Richard Greenbury, Chairman, 1991-99, and Chief Executive, 1988-99, Marks and Spencer, 81; Lord James Douglas-hamilton, QC, former MSP, 75; Lord Lingfield, Chairman of the Institution for Further Education, 75; Lord Dyson, Treasurer, Middle Temple; Master of the Rolls, 2012-16, 74; Mr Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster, journalist and author, 73; Lord Inglewood, former MEP, 66; Mrs Evonne Goolagong Cawley, former tennis player; Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Champion 1971 and 1980, 66; Mr Mark Thompson, Directorgeneral, BBC, 2004-12, 60; Mr Andrew Marr, broadcaster, 58; Mr Colin Roberts, diplomat; Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 58; Rear-adml Tim Lowe, National Hydrographer and Deputy Chief Executive, UK Hydrographic Office, 54; Ms J.K. Rowling, author, 52; Mrs Marina Mowatt, daughter of Princess Alexandra and the late Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy, 51; and Miss Emilia Fox, actress, 43.