Birthdays

Birthdays

Sir Derek Andrews, former senior civil servant, 65; Mr Yasser Arafat, chairman, Palestine National Authority, 69; Mr Alan Bates, actor, 64; Mr Jim Brown, actor, 63; Dr Julia Browne Kuschbach, former Editor, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 103; Mr Bryan Cassidy, MEP, 64; Mr Tom Clausen, former chairman and chief executive, Bank America Corp, 75; Dr Gordon Cook, physician, 66; Miss Angela Eagle MP, Parliamentary Under- Secretary, Environment, 37; Miss Maria Eagle MP, 37; The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Lord-Lieutenant of Fife, 74; Lord Foot, solicitor and conservationist, 89; Miss Prunella Gee, actress, 48; Mr Bernie Grant MP, 54; Mr Barry Humphries, entertainer, 64; Sir Gordon Jones, former chairman, Yorkshire Water, 71; Mr Richard Kennedy, Head Master, Highgate School, 49; Mr Andrew Leigh, General Manager, the Old Vic, 57; Miss Julia McKenzie, actress and singer, 57; General Sir John Mogg, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 85; Professor Dr Claire Palley, former Principal, St Anne's College, Oxford, 67; Mr Gene Pitney, country and western singer and composer, 57; Baroness Rendell of Babergh (Ruth Rendell), crime novelist, 68; Miss Patricia Routledge, actress, 69; Lord Slynn of Hadley, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 68; Mr Graham Stringer MP, 48; Commandant Mary Talbot, former Director, WRNS, 76; Sir Anthony Wilson, former head of the Government Accountancy Service, 70.