Birthdays.

Professor John Baines, Egyptologist, 68; Jeff Banks, fashion designer, 71; Sir Donald Barron, former Chairman, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 93; Pattie Boyd, model and photographer, 70; Sir John Chalstrey, surgeon and former Lord Mayor of London, 83; Billy Corgan, musician, 47; Lee Dixon, broadcaster and former England footballer, 50; Lesley-Anne Down, actress, 60; Patrick Duffy, actor, 65; Professor Michael Finnissy, composer, 68; William Gibson, writer, 66; Clare Grogan, singer and actress, 52; Justin Hawkins, musician, 39; Nigel Haywood, Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 59; Rt Rev Alan Stephen Hopes, RC Bishop of East Anglia, 40; Julie Jones, former Chief Executive, Social Care Institute for Excellence, 66; Shinji Kagawa, Japan footballer, 25; Paul Kantner, musician, 73; Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, yachtsman, 75; Professor John Lill, concert pianist, 70; Dame Penelope Lively, writer, 81; Rob Lowe, actor, 50; Rory McGrath, comedian and writer, 58; Leonard Porter, Chief Executive, Rail Safety and Standards Board, 62; Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman, Ocado, 65; Andrew Rosindell MP, 48; Kurt Russell, actor, 63; John Sebastian, musician, 70; Sir Patrick Sergeant, Founder and former Chairman, Euromoney Publications, 90; Gary Sinise, actor, 59; Max Stafford-Clark, Artistic Director, Out of Joint Theatre Company, 73; Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, a Justice of the Supreme Court, 76; Michael Whitaker, show-jumper, 54. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]