Today’s birthdays

Sir Everton Weekes, former West Indies cricketer, is 93; Sir Peter Cazalet, former company

chairman, 89; Sir Michael Perry, former company chairman, 84; Dr

Diana Walford, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, 2002-11, 74; Prof Sir Andrew

Haines, Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, 2001-10, 71; Prof David Edgar, author and playwright, 70; Baroness Clark of Calton, Chairman, Scottish Law Commission, 2012-14; a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 69; Dame Emma Kirby, soprano, 69; Ms Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1999-2008, 68; the Rt Rev Dr

John Inge, Bishop of Worcester and Lord High Almoner, 63; Mr

Paul Ackford, journalist; former England rugby union international, 60; Mr Paul Dodge, former England rugby union international, 60; Dr Roger Lewis, writer, 58; Mr Pen Hadow, polar guide and explorer,

56; Mr Mark Harper, MP, 48; and Mr Ric Egington, rower; Olympic bronze medallist, men’s eight, London 2012, 39. Today is the anniversary of the birth of Victor Hugo in 1802.