BIRTHDAYS
Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wright), singer and songwriter, 49; Corinne Bailey Rae, singer and songwriter, 41, Steve Bell, cartoonist, 69; Michael Bolton (Michael Bolotin), singer, 67; Professor Jennifer Cheshire, professor of linguistics, Queen Mary, University of London, 74; Baroness Clark of Calton QC, a senator of the College of Justice in Scotland and former chair, Scottish Law Commission, 71; Jeremy ‘Jaz’ Coleman, singer and songwriter (Killing Joke), 60;
David Edgar, author and playwright, 72; Sir Stuart Etherington, former chief executive, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, 65; Rev Preb Kay Garlick, Chaplain to the Queen, 71; Mark Garnier MP, 57; Mark Harper MP, 50; Christopher Hope, novelist and poet, 76; Michel Houellebecq, novelist, 64; Professor Deborah Howard, professor emerita of architectural history, University of Cambridge, 74; Joy Hutcheon, former director, Department for International Development, 55; Rt Rev John Inge, bishop of Worcester, and lord high almoner to the Queen, 65;
Dame Emma Kirkby, soprano and co-president, Hampstead Garden Opera, 71; Professor Marta Kwiatkowska, professor of computing systems, University of Oxford, 63; Paul Levy, author and broadcaster, 79; Matt Prior, businessman and former cricketer, 38; Tony Selby, actor, 82; Sandie Shaw (Sandra Goodrich), singer, 73; Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, manager and former footballer, 47; Josephine Tewson, actor, 89; Dr Diana Walford, physician and former principal, Mansfield College, Oxford, 76; Sir Everton Weekes, former West Indies cricket captain, 95.