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Who’s Who

the definitive directory of everyone who’s anyone in Britain, and beyond, today.

Today in Who’s Who

The greasy pole

Danny Alexander goes up, Kevin Rudd comes down.

Born on 31 July

Joanne Rowling (45), writer of children’s books
Andrew Marr (51), Presenter, Start The Week, Radio 4 and Sunday AM, BBC TV
Prof. Francis McCormick (60), Director, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Cancer Research Institute
Jonathan Dimbleby (66), freelance broadcaster, journalist and author

In the pit

Vladimir Ashkenazy, John Eliot Gardiner, and Simon Rattle are conducting at this year’s Proms. The life of Proms’ founder Henry Wood is available in the Oxford DNB.

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