Today’s birthdays

Mr Francis Jackson, Organist and Master of the Music, York Minster, 1946-82, now Organist Emeritus, is 103; Mr Sam Wainwright, Deputy Chairman, Post Office Corporation, 1981-85, 96; Miss Jan Morris, writer, 94; Sir Robin Duthie,

Chairman, Scottish Development Agency, 1979-88, 92; Prof Sir John

Gurdon, joint winner Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 2012; Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1995-2002, 87; Lord

Scott of Foscote, a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 86; Dr

Duncan Thomson, Keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1982-97, 86; Mr Peter Frankl, pianist, 85; Lord Davies,

Chairman, Welsh National Opera Company, 1975-2000, 80; Sir

Christopher Pitchers, a former

High Court Judge, 78; Miss Anna Ford, broadcaster, 77; Sir Trevor

Brooking, former England footballer and administrator; broadcaster, 72; Mr Peter

Freeman, QC, Chairman, Competition Appeal Tribunal; Chairman, Competition Commission, 2006-11, 72; Mr

David Levin, Managing Director, Independent Schools, United Learning, 2014-15; Headmaster, City of London School, 1999-2013, 71; Sting (Mr Gordon Sumner), musician, songwriter and actor, 69; Dame Nancy Rothwell,

President and Vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester, 65;

Dr Jon Speelman, chess grandmaster, mathematician and chess writer, 64; Mr Wade

Dooley, former England rugby player, 63; Mr Keith Bradshaw,

Secretary and Chief Executive, MCC, 2006-11, 57; Miss Victoria

Derbyshire, journalist and broadcaster, 52; Mr Liam Byrne,

MP, 50; Mr Matt Hancock, MP,

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 42; Ms Marion

Bartoli, former tennis player; Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Champion, 2013, 36; Mr George

Nash, former rower; dual Olympic medal winner and three-times World Champion, 31; and Mr

Gordon Reid, wheelchair tennis player; Wimbledon Men’s Wheelchair Doubles Champion 2017; Paralympic gold medallist, Rio 2016, 29. Today is the anniversary of the birth of Marshal Foch in 1851 and of Mahatma Gandhi in 1869.