Birthdays

Maj-Gen Sir Christopher Airy, former Private Secretary to the Prince and Princess of Wales, 60; Mr David Austick, bookseller and former MP, 74; Sir John Badenoch, gastroenterologist, 74; Mr Gyles Brandreth MP, journalist and broadcaster, 46; Sir Julian Bullard, former ambassador to West Germany, 66; Professor Sir Donald Campbell, President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 64; Sir Anthony Caro, sculptor, 70; Miss Cyd Charisse, actress and dancer, 73; Sir James Comyn, former High Court judge, 73; Mr Phil Edmonds, cricketer, 43; Mr Michael Grade, chief executive of Channel 4 Television, 51; The Hon Douglas Hurd MP, Foreign Secretary, 64; Mr Michael Inchbald, interior designer, 74; Miss Ann Jenner, ballerina, 50; Mr Gary Numan, rock musician, 36; Miss Lynn Redgrave, actress, 51; Dr Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi, 46; Miss Lynn Seymour, ballerina, 55; Professor Norman Stone, modern historian, 53; Mr Robert Tear, operatic tenor, 55; Miss Claire Trevor, actress 85; Mr John Ward MP, 69; Mr David Wilkie, Olympic swimmer, 40.