BIRTHDAYS
Peter Andre (Peter Andrea), singer and broadcaster, 48; Ali Bastian, actor, 39; Derren Brown, illusionist, 50; Gavin Esler, broadcaster, novelist and chancellor, University of Kent, 68; Fi Glover, radio broadcaster, 52; Steve Harley (Stephen Nice), singer and songwriter (Cockney Rebel), 70; Sir Brian Heap, biologist and former master, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, 86; Jonathan Ive, industrial designer, chancellor, Royal College of Art, London, and former chief design officer, Apple, 54; Gidon Kremer, violinist, 74; Morten Lauridsen, composer, 78;
Edward Lucie-Smith, poet, photographer and art critic, 88; Kate Mara, actor, 38; Ralph Nader, political activist and author, 87; Baroness Julia Neuberger, rabbi emerita, West London Synagogue, and former chief executive, The King’s Fund, 71; Lisa Opie, managing director, UK production, BBC, 61; Graeme Pollock, former cricketer, 77; Menna Richards, television executive and former director, BBC Cymru Wales, 68; Professor Sheila Rowbotham, writer and feminist theorist, 78;
Jonjo Shelvey, footballer, 29; Dame Antoinette Sibley, former ballet dancer, the Royal Ballet, and former president, Royal Academy of Dance, 82; Sir John Skehel, virologist and former director, National Institute for Medical Research, 80; Jeffrey Skidmore, artistic director and conductor, Ex Cathedra, 70; Timothy
Spall, actor, 64; Air Chief Marshal Sir Sandy Wilson, former commander-in-chief, Personnel and Training Command, 80; Joanne Woodward, actor, 91; Lord Young of Graffham, businessman and former government minister, 89.