Birthdays

Mr Alexander Bennett, former chairman, Whitbread and Co, 80; Air Commandant Dame Jean Bromet, former Director, WRAF, 81; Mr Basil Collins, former chairman, Nabisco, 70; Miss Joan Dickson, cellist and Chairman, European String Teachers Association, 72; Mrs Chris Evert-Lloyd, tennis champion, 39; Miss Jane Fonda, actress, 56; Mr James Hill MP, 67; Mr Peter Johnson, Headmaster, Wrekin College, 46; Sir Frederick Lawton, former judge, 82; Mr Albert Lee, rock guitarist, 50; Mr Geoff Lewis, horse-racing trainer, 58; Mr Wyndham Milligan, former Principal, Wolsey Hall, Oxford, 86; Mr Hanif Mohammad, cricketer, 59; Sir John Nabarro, consultant physician, 78; Mr Steve Perryman, footballer, 42; Mr Anthony Powell, novelist, 88; Mr John Quayle, actor, 55; Sir John Quinton, former chairman, Barclays Bank, 64; Mr Donald Regan, former US Secretary of the Treasury, 75; Flt Lt William Reid VC, 72; Mr Thomas Robinson, honorary president, DRG, 81; Brigadier Vera Rooke, former Director, Army Nursing Services, 69; Mr Walter Spanghero, rugby player, 50; Mr Greville Starkey, jockey, 54; Mr Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, 49; Mr Peter Tinniswood, playwright, 57; Mr Cyril Townsend MP, 56; Mr James Tye, Director-general, British Safety Council, 72; Dr Kurt Waldheim, former President of Austria, 75; Mr Doug Walters, cricketer, 48; Mr Alan Williams MP, 48; Mr Carl Wilson, rock guitarist, 47.