Birthdays

Maj-Gen David Alexander-Sinclair, 67; Dr Robert Anderson, Director, British Museum, 50; Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough, 76; Mr Theodore Bikel, actor, 70; Professor Neil Buxton, Vice-Chancellor, University of Hertfordshire, 54; The Right Rev Bruce Cameron, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, 54; Sir Hugh Cortazzi, former diplomat, 70; Rear-Admiral Sir John Fleming, 90; Mr Alastair Forbes, journalist and writer, 76; Mr Jon Foulds, chairman, Halifax Building Society, 62; Mr Peter Foster, architect, 75; Sir Campbell Fraser, former chairman, Scottish Television, 71; Sir James Hamilton, aviation authority, 71; Dr Patrick Hillery, former President of the Irish Republic, 71; Professor Sir Robert Honeycombe, metallurgist, 73; Mr Engelbert Humperdinck, rock singer, 58; Mr Clive Jenkins, trade union leader, 68; Mr Michael Kaser, Professorial Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, 68; Dr Malcolm Lipkin, composer, 62; Miss Peggy Mount, actress, 78; Mr John Neville, actor, 69; Air Marshal Sir Ian Pedder, 68; Mrs Dawn Primarolo MP, 40; Lord Silsoe QC, barrister, 64; Sir Ronald Sinclair, former judge, 91; Dame Nancy Snagge, former director, WRAF, 88; Dr Benjamin Spock, child- care specialist, 91; Mr David Suchet, actor, 48; Sir Frederick Warner, former MEP, 76; Mr Jimmy White, snooker player, 32; Lord Woolf, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 61; Mr Robert Wyatt, former England cricket captain, 93.