Birthdays

Lady Brook, founder, Advisory Centre for Young People, 87; Professor Juliet Cheetham, sociologist, 55; Dame Elizabeth Chesterton, architect, 79; Mr Jaroslav Drobny, former tennis player, 73; Mr Kenneth Griffith, actor, writer and documentary film maker, 73; Mr Robert Heron, former director, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, 67; Mr Jonathan Holborow, editor, the Mail on Sunday, 51; Mr Magnus Magnusson, broadcaster and writer, 65; Dr John Moffatt, former provost, Queen's College, Oxford, 72; Mr Rick Parfitt, guitar player and singer, 46; Vice-Admiral Sir John Parker, 79; Mr Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor, 59; Miss Angela Rippon, broadcaster, 50; Sir Archibald Ross, former diplomat, 83; Mr David Threlfall, actor, 41; Mr Michael Verey, merchant banker, 82; Mr Nigel Waterson MP, 44; Sir David White, chairman, Nottingham Health Authority, 65; Mr David Young MP, 64.