Birthdays

Sylvia Syms, actress, 87; Terry Venables, former football coach, 78; Barry John, former rugby player, 76; Rowan Atkinson, comic actor, 66, pictured; Angus Deayton, actor and broadcaster, 65; Kapil Dev, former cricketer, 62; Nigella Lawson, chef and writer, 61; Alex Turner, singer songwriter (Arctic Monkeys), 35.