BIRTHDAYS
Gabriel Agbonlahor, former footballer, 34; Sacha Baron Cohen, comedian and actor, 49; Gareth Batty, cricketer, 43; Stephen Bayley, journalist, writer, and curator, 69; Wes Brown, footballer, 41; Chris Carter, screenwriter and television producer, 64; Edwina Currie, broadcaster, author and former politician, 74; Michael Ellis MP, solicitor general for England and Wales, 53; Chris Farlowe (John Deighton), singer (Colosseum), 80; Terry Gibbs (Julius Gubenko), vibraphonist, 96;
Mike Gooley, founder and chairman, Trailfinders, 84; Sammy Hagar, singer (Van Halen), 73; David Haye, sports promoter and former boxer, 40; Michael Heath, cartoonist, 85; Nancy Kerrigan, former ice figure skater, 51; Dame Beverley Lang, High Court judge, 65; Victoria McCloud, Queen’s bench master, High Court, 50; Nana Mouskouri (Ioanna Mouschouri), singer and former MEP, 86; Simon Nicol, singer and multi-instrumentalist (Fairport Convention) and record producer, 70; Marie Osmond, singer, actor and doll designer, 61;
Scott Parker, manager and former footballer, 40; Paul Potts, tenor, 50; Pharoah Sanders (Farrell Sanders),
saxophonist and composer, 80; Paul Simon, singer and songwriter (Simon & Garfunkel), 79; John Simpson, lexicographer and former chief editor, Oxford English Dictionary, 67; John Snow, former cricketer, 79; Melvyn Tan, pianist, 64; Rachel De Thame, gardener, broadcaster and former model, 59; Ian Thorpe, former swimmer, 38; Rt Rev Mgr Joseph Toal, RC bishop of Motherwell, 64.