Birthdays

TODAY: Miss Grace Bumbry, opera singer, 60; Miss Dyan Cannon, actress, 58; Mr Alexander Chancellor, journalist, 57; Capt Sir Ivar Colquhoun of Luss Bt, Chief of the Clan, 81; Miss Rosalie Crutchley, actress, 75; Mr Iain Cuthbertson, actor, 67; Mr Alan Dyer, chief constable, Bedfordshire, 63; Professor Keith Hancock, economist, 62; Lt-Cdr Sir Ian Clark Hutchison, a member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, 94; Professor Brian Josephson, physicist, 57; Air Vice-Marshal Richard Kyle, 54; Professor Lance Lanyon, Principal, Royal Veterinary College, 53; Mr John McLaughlin, blues and jazz guitarist, 54; Miss Margaret Marshall, opera singer, 48; Mr Mick Mills, footballer, 48; Mr Floyd Patterson, boxer, 62; Mr Nicholas Payne, Director, the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, 52; Mr Timothy Rix, publisher, 63; Miss Barbara Rush, actress, 67; Sir Alan Thomas, chairman, G.M.Firth (Holdings) plc, 54; Mrs Audrey Wise MP, 62; Miss Jane Wyman, actress, 83.

TOMORROW: King Juan Carlos of Spain, 59; Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 76; Mr Mansur Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi, former Indian cricketer, 56; M Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor, 86; Mr Alfred Brendel, concert pianist, 66; Mrs Jean Clark, President, National Council of Women of Great Britain, 62; Mr John Darby, former chairman, Ultramar, 67; Mr Terry Davis MP, 59; Mr Robert Duvall, actor, 66; Sir Frank Hartley, former Vice-Chancellor, London University, 86; Sir Alan Hume, former chairman, Ancient Monuments Board, Scotland, 84; Miss Diane Keaton, actress, 51; Lord Kingsdown, Lord- Lieutenant of Kent, 70; Miss Jan Leeming, broadcaster, 55; Miss Sarah Lucas, radio presenter, 46; Mr Maurizio Pollini, pianist, 55; Maj-Gen Henry Quinlan, former Director of the Army Dental Service, 91; Lt-Gen Sir Michael Rose, UN commander in Bosnia, 57; General Sir John Stibbon, Chief Royal Engineer, 62.