BIRTHDAYS
Damon Albarn, musician, 49; Michael Atherton, broadcaster and former England cricket captain, 49; Norman Bailey, baritone, 84; Sir Roger Bannister, former athlete, neurologist and Master, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, 88; Professor Robert Bennett, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge, 69; Alan Bleasdale, writer and producer, 71; Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas, former director, Chatham House Royal Institute of International Affairs, 69; Joe Calzaghe, former world boxing champion, 45; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, 64; Joseph Connolly, writer and former bookseller, 67; Barry Cryer, writer and comedian, 82; Professor Patrick Dowling, former chairman, British Science Association, 78; Mo Farah, Olympic 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres champion, 34;
Peter Fox, Emeritus Librarian, Cambridge University, 68; Rosalind Gilmore, former Principal, HM Treasury, 80; Professor Kenneth Gregory, Visiting Professor within Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, 79; Russell Howard, comedian, 37; Sir Chris Hoy, Olympic cycling
champion, and racing driver, 41; Dr Olga Kennard, former director, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 93; Jason Kenny, Olympic cycling champion, 29; Chaka Khan, singer, 64; Sir David McNee, former commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 92; Tony McPhee, singer, songwriter and guitarist, 73; Andrew Mitchell MP, 61; Michael Nyman, composer, 73;
Professor Timothy Pedley, GI Taylor Professor Emeritus of Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University, 75; Marti Pellow, singer, 52; Sir Desmond Pitcher, former chairman, United Utilities, 82; Amanda Plummer, actress, 60; Gail Porter, television presenter, 46; Henry Porter, London editor, Vanity Fair, 64; Sir Steve Redgrave, Olympic rowing champion, 55; Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction writer, 65; Shelley Rudman, former skeleton world champion, 36; Fraser Wheeler, former diplomat, 60; Professor Richard Whish, Emeritus Professor of Law, King’s College London, 64.