Birthdays today

Dame Ellen MacArthur, round-the-world sailor, 48; Ayman Asfari, chief executive, Petrofac (2002-20, oilfield service company), 66; Kevin Bacon, actor, Mystic River (2003), 66; Prof Dinesh Bhugra, president, British Medical Association (2018-19), World Psychiatric Association (2014-17), 72; Sir Alan Campbell, parliamentary secretary to the Treasury (chief whip), Labour MP for Tynemouth, 67; Martin Carver, archaeologist, emeritus professor, University of York, 83; John Clark, founder (1976) and chairman, John Clark Motor Group, 77; Jamie Cook, guitarist, Arctic Monkeys, 39; Claire Coutinho, Conservative MP for East Surrey, secretary of state for energy security and net zero (2019-July 2024), 39; Monty Don, TV presenter, Gardeners’ World, and gardening writer, 69; Giuseppe Eskenazi, Oriental art dealer, 85; Sir Douglas Flint, chairman, abrdn (formerly Standard Life Aberdeen), group chairman, HSBC Holdings plc (2010-17), 69; Sourav Ganguly, cricketer, India (1996-2008), 52; James Graham, playwright, Dear England (2023), 42; Benjamin Grosvenor, classical pianist, 32; Guto Harri, director of communications, 10 Downing Street (2022), 58; John Heaps, chairman, Yorkshire Building Society (2015-23), 71; Anjelica Huston, actress, Prizzi’s Honor (1985), 73; Polly James, actress, The Liver Birds (1969-74, 1996), 83; Sarah Kennedy, broadcaster, The Dawn Patrol (1993-2010, BBC Radio 2), 74; Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco, businessman, chief executive, Grupo México (mining), 83; Katherine Parkinson, actress, The IT Crowd (2006-13), 47; Pauline Quirke, actress, Birds of a Feather (1989-2017), 65; Lord (Chris) Rennard, chief executive, Liberal Democrats (2003-09), 64; Dame Jo Williams, chairwoman, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, chief executive, Mencap (2002-08), 76; Valerii Zaluzhnyi, ambassador of Ukraine to the UK, commander-in-chief, armed forces of Ukraine (2021-Feb 2024), 51.