BIRTHDAYS

SIR RAY DAVIES CBE British rock singer (The Kinks), 77

Don Black OBE, British lyricist, 83; Natasha Desborough, British radio presenter, 47; Russell Knox, Scottish golfer, 36; Marcella Detroit, American singer, 69; Sir Bernard Ingham, head of Government Information Service 1989-90, 89; Juliette Lewis, actress, 48; Nils Lofgren, American rock guitarist, 70; Ian Mcewan CBE, British novelist, 73; Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, 1974-97 and 2005-2015, foreign secretary 1995-97, 75; David Morrissey, British actor, 57; Carly Booth, Scottish golfer, 29; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the throne, 39; Karen Barber, English ice skater, 60.