Birthdays

Ai Weiwei, artist, activist and film-maker, Rohingya (2021), 67; Kim Appleby, singer-songwriter, Mel and Kim, Respectable (1987), 63; Stuart Bithell, sailor, Olympic gold medallist, men’s 49er class (2020, with Dylan Fletcher), 38; Jack Black, actor, School of Rock (2003), 55; Prof Karim Brohi, clinical director, London Major Trauma System (NHS England), 56; Paul Brummell, UK ambassador to Latvia, 59; Lindka Cierach, couturier and fashion designer, 72; Dame Imogen Cooper, concert pianist, 75; Hugh Cornwell, singer and guitarist, the Stranglers, Golden Brown (1982), 75; Sir Michael Craig-Martin, conceptual artist, 83; Prof Wendy Davies, historian, Welsh History in the Early Middle Ages (2009), 82; Baroness (Rona) Fairhead, chairwoman, RS Group (distributor of industrial and electrical products), chairwoman, BBC Trust (2014-17), 63; David Fincher, film director, Fight Club (1999), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), 62; Sir Tom Hughes-Hallett, co-founder, Helpforce NHS support group, 70; Sir John Kingman, mathematician, chairman, Statistics Commission (2000-03), 85; Mary McCartney, photographer, 55; Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch UK (think tank), former UK diplomat, 76; Jamie Osborne, National Hunt trainer, 57; Jason Priestley, actor, Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000), 55; Jonathan Reynolds, business and trade secretary and president of the Board of Trade, Labour (Co-op) MP for Stalybridge & Hyde, 44; LeAnn Rimes, country singer, Blue (1996), 42; Prof Sasha Roseneil, vice-chancellor and president, University of Sussex, 58; Phil Salt, cricketer, Lancashire and England, 28; Emma Samms, actress, General Hospital (1983-2023), 64; Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer, Meta (Facebook) (2008-22), 55; Rod Tucker, Australian cricketer, ICC elite umpire panel member, 60; Florence Welch, singer, Florence + the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015), 38.