BIRTHDAYS
Nigel Benn, former world middleweight and super-middleweight boxing champion, 53; Lord Bew, Professor of Irish Politics, Queen’s University of Belfast, 67; Professor Simon Biggs, Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, University of Queensland, 52; Linda Blair, actress, 58; Aidan Burley, former MP, 38; Stan Collymore, broadcaster and former England footballer, 46; Fabricio Coloccini, Argentina footballer, 35; Cmdr Lord Cottesloe, former LordLieutenant of Buckinghamshire, 90; Alan Grieve, Chairman, Jerwood Foundation, 89;
Margaret Hall, former Head of Design, British Museum, 81; David Hepher, artist, 82; Russell Hobby, General Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers, 45; Sir John Hurt, actor, 77; Huw IrrancaDavies, former MP, and Member, Welsh Assembly, 54; Jim Jarmusch, film director, 64; Graham Kerr, chef and broadcaster, 83; Diane Lane, actress, 52; Professor David Latchman, geneticist and Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, 61; Piper Laurie, actress, 85; Baroness Lockwood, former
President, Birkbeck College, London, and a former Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, 93; Shane Long, Republic of Ireland footballer, 30;
Sir David Maddison, a former High Court judge, 70; Phil Miller, guitarist, 68; Dr Lotte Newman, former President, Royal College of General Practitioners, 88; Pamela Salem, actress, 67; Sir Robert Scott, former chairman, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, 73; Baroness Shephard of Northwold, former government minister, 77; Lord Spicer, former government minister, 74; Francis Wheen, writer and journalist, 60; Roger Williams, former MP, 69; Lady Wise, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 54.