BIRTHDAYS
Lou Bega (David Lubega), singer, 46; Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, immunologist, chair of Cancer Research UK, and former vice chancellor, University of Cambridge, 70; Sam Bush, mandolin playerm (New Grass Revival), 69; Antonia Byatt, chief executive, First Story, 59; Jack Casady, bassist (Jefferson Airplane), 77; Mike Chapman, songwriter and record producer, 74; Bill Conti, conductor and composer, 79;
Peter Davison (Peter Moffett), actor, 70; Jimmy Destri (James Mollica), songwriter and keyboardist (Blondie), 67; Edward Fox, actor, 84; Al Green, singer-songwriter, 75; Garry Kasparov, political activist, chair, Human Rights Foundation, and chess grandmaster, 58; Davis Love III, golfer, 57; Tony Lundon, singer (Liberty X) and broadcaster, 42; Jason Maguire, racing manager and former jockey, 41; Max Mosley, former president, Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), 81; Philip Norman, biographer and novelist, 78;
Denise O’Donoghue, television executive and co-founder, Hat Trick Productions, 66;
O’Neill, racehorse trainer and former jockey, 69; Dick Palmer, executive vice-president, British Olympic Association, and former Chef de Mission, Great Britain Team, 88; Barbara Roche, founder, Migration Museum, and former MP, 67; Ricky Schroder, actor, 51; Paul Sorvino, actor, 82; Christopher Strauli, actor, 75; John Swinney MSP, deputy first minister of Scotland, 57; Kyle Walker-Peters, footballer, 24; Marjorie Yates, actor, 80.