Birthdays

Mr Frankie Avalon, singer, 54; Professor Sir Derek Barton, organic chemist, 76; Mr Ian Davidson MP, 44; Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composer, 60; Miss Anne Diamond, television presenter, 40; Mr Michael Frayn, author and playwright, 61; Mr John Garrett MP, 63; Miss Judith Hann, television writer and presenter, 52; Mr Fred Jarvis, former General Secretary, National Union of Teachers, 70; Mr Stefan Johansson, motor racing driver, 38; Sir Denys Lasdun, architect, 80; The Marquess of Lothian, former Conservative minister, 72; Mr Geoff Miller, cricketer, 42; Mr Jack Rosenthal, playwright, 63; M Yves St Martin, jockey, 53; Sir Harry Secombe, comedian and singer, 73; Professor Ernst Sondheimer, mathematician, 71; Col James Stirling of Garden, Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk, 64; Dame Guinevere Tilney, former UK Representative to the United Nations on Status of Women, 78; Mr Alan Weeks, television sports commentator, and governor, Sports Aid Foundation, 71; Mr Alfred A. Wood, architect and conservationist, 68.