Today’s birthdays

Mr HJ Foulds, Chairman, Halifax plc, 1990-99, is 90; Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice, 2000-05, 89; the Rt Rev Bruce Cameron, Primus of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, 2000-06, and Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, 1992-2006, 81; Lord Dulverton 78; Dr Robert Anderson, Director, British Museum, 1992-2002, 78; Sir David Suchet, actor, 76; Sir James Dyson, inventor and engineer; Founder, Dyson Ltd, 75; Prof Sir Stephen Holgate, Professor of Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton, 75; Prof John Mcclure, Chairman, British Red Cross, 2001-07, 75; Mr Alan Titchmarsh, horticulturist, writer and broadcaster, 73; Prof Simon Gaskell, President and Principal, Queen Mary University of London, 2009-17, 72; Mr Tim Woolcock, painter, 70; Baroness Primarolo, former Labour Government Minister, 68; Ms Carole Souter, Master of St Cross College, Oxford, 65; Mr Jimmy White, snooker player, 60; Mr Brian Lara, former West Indies cricket captain, 53; Mr David Beckham, former footballer; England captain, 2000-06, 47; Mr Zac Purchase, former rower; Olympic gold medallist, lightweight double sculls, Beijing 2008, and silver medallist London 2012, 36; Mr James Fox, rower; Paralympic gold medallist, mixed coxed four, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, 30; Mr Owain Doull, road and track cyclist; Olympic gold medallist, men’s team pursuit, Rio 2016, 29; Mr Tom Dean, swimmer; Olympic gold medallist men’s 200m feeestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay, Tokyo 2020, 22; and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 7.