BIRTHDAYS
Ralph Armond, Director General, Zoological Society of London, 60; Devendra Banhart, singer and songwriter, 36; Phil Brown, football manager, 58; Tim Burgess, musician, 50; The Hon Sir Paul Coleridge, former High Court judge, 68; Ray Cooney, actor, writer, director, and theatrical producer, 85; Stephen Duffy, musician, 57; Keir Dullea, actor, 81; Harry Enfield, comedy actor and writer, 56; Andy Farrell, coach and former England and Great Britain rugby player, 42; Klaus Flouride, bassist, 68; Leigh Francis, comedian, 45; Steven Gerrard, coach and former footballer, 37;
Paul Grayson, coach and former England rugby union player, 46; Cee Lo Green (Thomas Callaway), musician, 42; Richard Hannon Sr, racehorse trainer, 72; Lord Haskins, former chairman, Northern Foods, and Express Dairies, 80; Topper Headon, drummer, 62; Duncan Jones, film director, 46; Wynonna Judd, country singer, 53; Sir David Knox, former MP, 84; Jeremy Lefroy, politician, 58; Timothy Loughton, politician, 55; Professor Jacqueline McGlade, chief scientist of the United Nations
Environment Programme, 61; Stephen Malkmus, musician, 51; Colm Meaney, actor, 64;
Sir Duncan Nichol, former Chief Executive, National Health Service, 76; Lord Richard QC, former Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, 85; Nathan Robertson, badminton player, 40; Helen Sharman, chemist and astronaut, 54; Paul Smith, director, USA, British Council, 61; Rachael Stirling, actress, 40; The Hon Dame Caroline Swift, Chair, Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, 62; Colm Tóibín, writer, 62; Agnes Varda, film director, 89; The Right Rev David Walker, Bishop of Manchester, 60; Clint Walker, actor, 90; Robert Walter, former MP, and President, European Security and Defence Association, 69; Timothy Waterstone, founder, Waterstones Booksellers, 78; Bob Willis, broadcaster and former England cricketer, 68.