Nancy Argenta, soprano, 67
Prof Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, former president, International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 76
Jim Carrey, actor, 62
Anita Charlesworth, director of research, Health Foundation, 57
Zooey Deschanel, actor, 44
Shaks Ghosh, former chief executive, Clore Social Leadership programme, 67
Damian Green, Conservative MP and former minister, 68
Françoise Hardy, singer and songwriter, 80
Calvin Harris, record producer and DJ, 40
Richard Hawley, musician, 57
James Earl Jones, actor, 93
The Right Rev Nigel McCulloch, former bishop of Manchester, 82
Prof Peter Mortimore, educationist, 82
Prof Ann Oakley, sociologist and writer, 80
Michelle Obama, former US first lady and author, 60
Matthew Owens, conductor, composer and organist, 53
Prof Nicholas Owens, director, Scottish Association for Marine Science, 70
Rowan Pelling, writer and founding editor, the Erotic Review, 56
Sir Michael Rake, chair, Great Ormond Street hospital and former chair, BT, 76
Richard Smethurst, economist and former provost, Worcester College, Oxford, 83
Mick Taylor, guitarist, 75
James Wattana, snooker player, 54
Dame Gillian Weir, organist, 83
Ricky Wilson, musician, 46
Paul Young, singer and songwriter, 68
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