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Birthdays today: Rachel Johnson, 49

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Rachel Johnson, pictured, journalist, former editor of The Lady, and author, Winter Games (2012), 49; Michael Acton Smith, CEO and founder, Mind Candy, 40; Sarah Bradford (Viscountess Bangor), historian and author best known for her royal biographies, 76; Pauline Collins, actress, Shirley Valentine (1989), Quartet (2013), 74; Mario Draghi, president, European Central Bank, 67; Kiran Desai, author, The Inheritance of Loss (2006), 43; Frank Duffy, founder, DEGW architectural practice, and president of Riba (1993-95), 74; Nick Gibb, minister of state for schools, and Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, 54; Professor Peter Goddard, physicist and master, St John’s College, Cambridge (1994-2004), 69; Al Jardine, singer, the Beach Boys, 72; Steve Jones, guitarist, the Sex Pistols, 59; Professor Alison Lurie, author, Foreign Affairs (1984), The Language of Houses (2014), 88; Josie Rourke, artistic director, Donmar Warehouse, 38.