Birthdays today: Sir Peter Walters, 83

Sir Peter Walters, former CEO and chairman, BP, 83; Jake Arnott, novelist, The House of Rumour (2012) 53; John Barrowman, actor, Doctor Who, Torchwood, 47; Peter Berg, film director, Lone Survivor (2013), 50; Thora Birch, actress, Ghost World (2001), 32; Didier Drogba, former Chelsea footballer, 36; Stephen Deuchar, director, the Art Fund, 57; David Gentleman, watercolourist, lithographer and engraver, 84; Jonathan Gestetner, chairman, Marlborough Rare Books, 74; Tom James, rower, Olympic gold medallist, 30; Rami Jaffee, keyboardist, the Wallflowers, 45; Alex Kingston, actress, ER, 51; Lisa Loeb, singer, Stay (I Missed You), 46; Lord (Nigel) Lawson of Blaby, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, 82; Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher