Today’s birthdays

Mr David Mlinaric, interior decorator and designer, 85; Prof Lord Wallace of Saltaire, academic, writer and politician, 83; Sir Nicholas Montagu, Chairman, Financial Ombudsman Service, 2012-19, 80; Miss Liza Minnelli, actress and singer, 78; Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, former Conservative Cabinet minister, 76; Maj Gen AAJR Cumming, Controller, SSAFA - Forces Help, 2004-12, 76; Prof Anthony Legge, international opera coach and conductor; Sir Arthur Sullivan Visiting Professor of Opera, Royal Academy of Music, 76; Mr David Mellor, KC, journalist and broadcaster; former Conservative Cabinet minister, 75; Prof Sir Martin Sweeting, Chairman, Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey, 73; Mr Charles Gray, former diplomat; Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, 2008-14, 71; Lord Rotherwick, 70; Baroness Buscombe, former Conservative government minister; Chairman, Press Complaints Commission, 2009-11, 70; Sir Anish Kapoor, artist and sculptor, 70; Dame Shan Morgan, former senior civil servant, 69; Mr John Rankin, diplomat; Governor, British Virgin Islands, 67; Mr Richard Meddings, Chairman, NHS England, 66; Mr Graham Stuart, MP, Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, 62; Dame Karen Bradley, MP, 54; Dame Amanda Milling, MP, 49; Mr Neil Fachie, cyclist; Paralympic gold medallist, men’s individual B 1km time trial, London 2012 and Tokyo 2020, 40; Mr Ed Clancy, track and road cyclist; three times Olympic champion and six times World champion, team pursuit, 39; and Ms Katie Archibald, racing cyclist: Olympic gold medallist, women’s team pursuit, Rio 2016 and silver medallist, Tokyo 2020, and gold medallist, women’s Madison, Tokyo 2020, 30. Today is the anniversary of the death of the jazz saxophonist and composer, Charlie Parker, aged 34, in 1955.