Birthdays

The Right Rev Ronald Bowlby, former Bishop of Southwark, 68; Sir Philip Dowson, architect, President of the Royal Academy, 70; Mr Ted Drake, footballer, 82; Mr George Galloway MP, 40; Sir David Gillmore, Head of the Diplomatic Service, 60; Miss Eydie Gorme, singer, 62; Miss Katharine Hamnett, fashion designer, 47; Mr Trevor McDonald, television news presenter, 55; Madonna (Louise Vernon Ciccione), rock singer, 36; Sir Donald Maitland, chairman, Health Education Authority, 72; Mr Tom Maschler, publisher, Jonathan Cape Children's Books, 61; Mr John Standing (Sir John Leon Bt), actor, 60; Professor William St Clair Symmers, pathologist, 77; Sir James Taylor, mining engineer, 92; Mr Jeff Thomson, cricketer, 44; Mr Arthur Walsh, chairman, National Transcommunications, 68; Sir Geoffrey Warnock, former Principal, Hertford College, Oxford, 71; Sir Jack Wellings, former chairman, the 600 Group, 77; Mr Franz Welser-Most, conductor, 34; Professor Brian Woledge, Emeritus Professor of French Language and Literature, London University, 90.