BIRTHDAYS

TIM CURRY British actor, 75 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, vice-lord lieutenant of Dumfries and Galloway, 80; Sue Barker OBE, tennis player and broadcaster, 65; Harold “Dickie” Bird OBE, cricket umpire, 88; Hayden Christensen, actor, 40; Trevor Francis, footballer and manager, 67; Dame Kelly Holmes MBE, DBE, Olympic double gold medal winner, 51; Kate Hudson, actress, 42; Ashley Judd, actress, 53; Professor Hugh Pennington CBE, Aberdeen University E coli expert, 83; Alan Price, British pop musician, 79; Maria Sharapova, tennis player, 34; Ruby Wax OBE, US comic, 68; Andrew Welsh, MP 1997-2001, 77