Birthdays

Birthdays

Mr Richard Adler, composer, 78; Mr Osvaldo Ardiles, football manager, 46; Mr Robert Ayling, chief executive, British Airways, 53; Air Marshal Sir Peter Bairsto, 73; Mr Tony Bennett, singer, 73; Mr Steven Berkoff, actor and director, 62; Lt-Gen Sir Alexander Boswell, former Lieutenant- Governor of Guernsey, 71; Sir Paul Bryan, former MP, 86; Mrs Elizabeth Chilver, former Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, 85; Mr Peter Easterby, racehorse trainer, 70; Mr Josh Gifford, racehorse trainer, 58; Mr Nick Harvey MP, 38; Baroness James of Holland Park, (P.D. James), writer, 79; Lord Philip, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 57; Mr Anthony Sampson, writer and journalist, 73; Sir David Scott, former diplomat, 80; Mr Martin Sheen, actor, 59; Miss Sue Slipman, director, Gas Consumers' Council, 50; Lt-Col Robert Stewart, Lord-Lieutenant for Clackmannan, 73; Mr Jack Straw MP, Home Secretary, 53; Sir Jock Taylor, chairman, Siemens Ltd, 75; The Right Rev Dr Roger Wilson, former Bishop of Chichester, 94; Mr Terry Wogan, broadcaster, 61.