TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Jon Anderson, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Yes), 74; Glynis Barber, actress, 63; Bat for Lashes (Natasha Khan), singer and multi-instrumentalist, 39; Lt-Gen Sir Henry Beverley, former commandant general of the Royal Marines, 83; Diana Burrell, composer and former artistic director of Spitalfields Music Festival, 70; Nancy Cartwright, actress and voice artist, 61; Peter Curwen, director for economic and financial affairs, UK representation to the EU, 55; Phil Daniels, actor, 60; Ciaran Devane, chief executive of The British Council, 56; Dominic Dromgoole, film director and producer, and former artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 55; Robin Eubanks, trombonist, 63; Reanne Evans, snooker player, 33; David Furnish, film-maker, 56; Darron Gibson, footballer, 31; Adam Goldberg, actor and composer, 48; Professor Dame Wendy Hall, professor of computer science, and former dean of the faculty of physical and applied sciences, University of Southampton, 65; Nick Hancock, radio and television presenter, 56; Ciara Harris, singer-songwriter,
33; Steve Hodge, former footballer, 56; Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, former commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 61; Stephen Leather, novelist, 62; Richard Lloyd, guitarist and singer with Television, 67; Michael Lynagh, commentator and former rugby union player, 55; Midori Goto, violinist, 47; Chris Norman, singer with Smokie, 67; Katy Perry (Katheryn Hudson), singer and songwriter, 34; Helen Reddy, singer and songwriter, 77; Alan Smith, former cricketer and chief executive of the Test and County Cricket Board, 82; Glenn Tipton, guitarist with Judas Priest, 71; Anne Tyler, novelist and literary critic, 77.