BIRTHDAYS
Baroness Andrews, deputy speaker, House of Lords, and vice-president, Campaign for National Parks, 78; Pierce Brosnan, actor, 68; Nicky Chinn, songwriter and record producer, 76; Billy Cobham, drummer (Mahavishnu Orchestra), 77; Judy Finnigan, television presenter and novelist, 73; Megan Fox, actor, 35; Robert Fripp, guitarist (King Crimson), 75; Professor Christine Greenhalgh, professor emeritus of applied economics, and economics research director, Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, University of Oxford, 75; Glenn Gregory, singer-songwriter (Heaven 17), 63;
Professor Rachel Griffith, professor of economics, University of Manchester, and research director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 58; Mary Anne Hobbs, DJ and journalist, 57; Janet Jackson, singer, 55; Milton Jones, comedian, 57; Olga Korbut, former gymnast, 66; Christian Lacroix, fashion designer, 70; Dr Richard Lane, museum consultant, and former director of science, Natural History Museum, 70; Adrian Legg, guitarist, 73; Lord Morgan, historian, broadcaster, and former vice-chancellor, University of Wales,
87; Scott Nicholls, speedway rider, 43; Professor Maria Nikolajeva, professor emeritus and former director, Centre for Children’s Literature, University of Cambridge, 69; Krist Novoselic, bass guitarist (Nirvana), 56; Hazel O’Connor, singer-songwriter and actor, 66;
Jonathan Richman, guitarist and singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers), 70; Professor Emma Rothschild, director, Joint Centre for History and Economics, University of Cambridge, 73; Gabriela Sabatini, former tennis player, 51; Thomas Sangster, actor, 31; Tori Spelling, actor, 48; Debra Winger, actor, 66; Hon Lord Woolman, senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 68.