Birthdays

Dr Alan Borg, director-general, Imperial War Museum, 51; Dr John Burnett, former principal, Edinburgh University, 71; Dr Rohan Butler, historian, 76; Dr David Carey, joint Registrar, Faculty Office, Archbishop of Canterbury, 76; Lord Cayzer, company chairman, 83; The Rev John Coventry, former Master, St Edmund's House, Cambridge, 78; Mr John Denison, former general manager, Royal Festival Hall, 82; Mr Placido Domingo, operatic tenor, 52; Mr George Foulkes MP, 51; Dr John Hayes, director, National Portrait Gallery, 64; Mr Kenneth Maginnis MP, 55; Sir George Humphrey Middleton, former diplomat, 83; Mr Jack Nicklaus, golfer, 53; Sir Nicholas Phillips, High Court judge, 55; Dr Sir John Reid, adviser on international health, Department of Health, 68; Miss Seona Reid, director, Scottish Arts Council, 43; Mr Telly Savalas, actor, 69; Mr Paul Scofield, actor, 71; Mr Martin Shaw, actor, 48; Mr Aubrey Singer, former Deputy Director-General, BBC, 66; Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge, 73; Mr Laurence Whistler, glass-engraver and writer, 81; Mr Norman Willis, general secretary of the TUC, 60.