Birthdays

Dr Alan Borg, Director-general, Imperial War Museum, 52; Dr John Burnett, former Principal, Edinburgh University, 72; Dr Rohan Butler, historian, 77; Dr David Carey, joint Registrar, Faculty Office, Archbishop of Canterbury, 77; Lord Cayzer, former chairman, British and Commonwealth Shipping Co, 84; The Rev John Coventry, former Master, St Edmund's House, Cambridge, 79; Mr John Denison, former general manager, Royal Festival Hall, 83; Mr Placido Domingo, operatic tenor, 53; Mr George Foulkes MP, 52; Dr John Hayes, former Director, National Portrait Gallery, 65; Mr Kenneth Maginnis MP, 56; Sir George Humphrey Middleton, former diplomat, 84; Mr Jack Nicklaus, golfer, 54; Sir Nicholas Phillips, High Court judge, 56; Dr Sir John Reid, adviser on international health, 69; Miss Seona Reid, director, Scottish Arts Council, 44; Mr Telly Savalas, actor, 70; Mr Paul Scofield, actor, 72; Mr Martin Shaw, actor, 49; Mr Aubrey Singer, former Deputy Director-General, BBC, 67; Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge, 74; Mr Laurence Whistler, glass-engraver and writer, 82; Mr Norman Willis, former General Secretary of the TUC, 61.