Birthdays

Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, 68; Mr Julian Critchley MP, 63; Sir Peter Daniell, former Senior Government Broker, 84; Mr Harold Elletson MP, 33; Professor Sir Roger Elliott, physicist, 65; Mr Richard Fleischer, film director, 77; Mr Lucian Freud, painter, 71; Mr James Galway, flautist, 54; Sir de Villiers Graaff, former leader, South African United Party, 80; Mrs Pauline Green, MEP, 45; Mr Ian Greig, cricketer, 38; Mr Geoff Hurst, footballer, 52; Mr Stephen Jefferies, cricketer, 36; Sir Peter Levene, chairman, Canary Wharf Ltd, 52; Miss Jenny Linden, actress, 53; Mr Terry McDermott, footballer, 42; Sir Jonathan Parker, High Court judge, 56; Lord Prys-Davies, solicitor and politician, 70; Mr Paul Rutherford, singer, 34; Sir Arthur Rymill, former company chairman and politician, 86; Mr Maximilian Schell, actor, 63; Dr Sir Alan Stewart, former Vice-Chancellor of Massey University, 76; Mr Michael Unger, Editor, Manchester Evening News, 50; Sir William Wood, former Second Crown Estate Commissioner, 77.