BIRTHDAYS
Hank Azaria, actor, 53; Dr Jane Barrett, former President, Royal College of Radiologists, 64; Andy Bell, singer and songwriter, 53; Eric Bristow, former world darts champion, 60; Fiona Bruce, broadcaster, 53; Melvin Burgess, children's novelist, 63; Tony Christie, singer, 74; Lord Christopher, Life President, TU Fund Managers, 92; Stu Cook, bassist, 72; David de Peyer, former Director-General, Cancer Research Campaign, 83; John Elderfield, Emeritus Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 74; Judith Farnworth, Ambassador to Armenia, 51; James Fenton, poet and journalist, 68; Fish (Derek Dick), singer, 59; Len Goodman, dancer and broadcaster, 73;
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, chairman, Johnson Bros & Co, 75; Kevan Jones MP, 53; Peter Jurasik, actor, 67; Richard Lapthorne, former chairman, Cable and Wireless, 74; Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith, former diplomat and Vice President, British School at Athens, 78; John McFall, Paralympic sprinter, 36; Iain McMillan, former Director, CBI Scotland, 66; Peter McParland, former Northern Ireland footballer,
83; Felipe Massa, Formula 1 racing driver, 36; Paul Madden, Ambassador to Japan, 58;David Moyes, football manager, 54; Al Pacino, actor, 77; Monty Panesar, England cricketer, 35; Robert Peston, Political Editor, ITV News, 57; William Roache, actor, 85; Adrian Sanders, former MP, 58; Mike Selvey, journalist, broadcaster, and former cricketer, 69; David Shepherd, painter, 86; Talia Shire, actress, 71; Lord Skidelsky, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Warwick University, 78; Paul Stinchcombe, barrister and former MP, 55; Dame Veronica Sutherland, former diplomat and former President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, 78; Bertrand Tavernier, film director, 76; Albert Uderzo, comic book artist ,90; Björn Ulvaeus, musician and composer, 72; Professor Anthony Venables, BP Professor of Economics, Director, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford, 64; Matt Walker, Paralympic swimming champion, 39; Renée Zellweger, actress, 48.