BIRTHDAYS
Dame Antonia (AS) Byatt DBE, British novelist, 84; Stephen Fry, British actor, writer and comedian, 63; Anne Archer, US actress, 73; Rupert Grint, English actor, 32; Steve Guttenberg, US actor, 62; Jean-michel Jarre, French musician, 72; Alexander Mccall Smith CBE, academic and novelist, 72; Madsen Pirie, president, Adam Smith Institute, 80; Sam Torrance OBE, Scottish golfer and commentator, 67