BIRTHDAYS
Ursula Andress, actress, 82; Professor Sara Arber, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, and Co-Director, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender, University of Surrey, 69; Lord Blair of Boughton, Chairman, Woolf Institute for the Study of Relationships Between Jews, Christians and Muslims, and former Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 65; John Burnside, novelist, poet, and Professor in Creative Writing, University of St Andrews, 63; Glenn Close, actress, 71; Sir David Foskett, High Court judge, 69; Elizabeth Gardiner, First Parliamentary Counsel, 52;
Dr John Gribbin, science writer and astronomer, 72; Sir Ernest Hall, pianist and entrepreneur, 88; Terry Hall, singer and songwriter, 59; Sir Peter Hendy, Chairman, Network Rail, 65; Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, pianist and singer, 81; Hans Küng, theologian and President, Foundation for a Global Ethic, 90; Neil LaBute, screenwriter and film-maker, 55; Tom McRae, singer and songwriter, 49; Dr Mario Monti, economist and former Prime Minister of Italy, 75; Alessandro Nesta, coach and former footballer, 42;
Lord Plant of Highfield, Professor of Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy, King’s College London, 73; Ruth Pointer, singer, 72; Philip Roth, novelist, 85; Eduardo Saverin, businessman and co-founder, Facebook, 36; Andy Sinton, manager and former footballer, 52; Ven Christopher Skilton, Archdeacon of Croydon, 63; Kolo Touré, coach and former footballer, 37; Lord Vestey, Master of the Horse to the Royal Household, 77; Harvey Weinstein, film producer, 66; Kirsty Williams, Cabinet Secretary for Education, National Assembly for Wales, 47; Bruce Willis, actor and singer, 63.