TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Zoë Ball, radio and television broadcaster, 48; Ross Brawn, Formula One managing director, Motorsports, 64; Dr Laurie Bristow, ambassador to Russia, 55; Kelly Brook, model and actor, 39; Vincent Cassel, actor, 52; Maxwell Caulfield, actor, 59; Professor Richard Crampton, historian, 78; Miley Cyrus (Destiny Cyrus), actor, singer and songwriter, 26; Bruce Edgar, former cricketer, 62; Ludovico Einaudi, composer and pianist, 63; Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter, 74; Shane Gould, former swimmer, 62;
Bruce Hornsby, singer and pianist (Bruce Hornsby and the Range), 64; Merv Hughes, former cricketer, 57; Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Knight, former UK military representative to Nato and chair, the Air League, 86; Sir David Lees, businessman and former chair, Court of Directors, Bank of England, 82; Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, 56; Johnny Mandel, composer and arranger, 93; Alison Mosshart, singer and songwriter (The Kills), 40; Alan Mullery, former footballer and manager, 77; Franco Nero (Francesco Sparanero), actor, 77; Sue Nicholls, actor, 75; Kayvan Novak, actor, 40; Krzysztof
Penderecki, composer and conductor, 85;
Asafa Powell, sprinter, 36; Diana Quick, actor, 72; Timothy Sheader, artistic director, Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, 47; Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer, SpaceX, 55; Peter Stanford, writer and broadcaster, 57; Sandra Stevens, singer (Brotherhood of Man), 69; Robert Towne, screenwriter, 84; Frank Worthington, former footballer, 70; Kirsty Young, broadcaster, 50.