Birthdays

Dr Robin Alston, bibliographer, 60; Mr Malcolm Binns, concert pianist, 57; Lord Braybrooke, chairman, Price Trust, 61; Mr Leslie Bricusse, composer, 62; Maj-Gen Sir George Burns, 82; Mr Peter Byrne, actor and director, 65; Lord Clyde, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 61; Dr Alec Coppen, neuropsychiatrist, 70; The Right Rev Dom Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside, 52; Mr John Forsythe, actor, 76; Miss Germaine Greer, feminist and author, 54; Lord Gregson, non-executive director, Fairey Group, 69; Professor Dr Frank Hartley, vice-Chancellor, Cranfield Institute of Technology, 51; Mr Timothy Healy, actor and comedian, 41; Mr Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher, 83; Earl Howe, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 42; Mr John Junkin, actor and scriptwriter, 63; Mr Raymond Keene, chess champion, 44; Mr Sean Kerly, hockey player, 33; Miss Margaret Laird, Third Church Estates Commissioner, 60; Lord Lane of Horsell, chartered accountant and company chairman, 68; Mr Henry Lewis, former deputy chairman, Berisford International, 67; Maj-Gen Kenneth Mackay Lewis, 96; Mr Victor Mature, actor, 78; Mr Michael Mavor, head master, Rugby School, 46; Mr Richard Needham MP, Minister of State, Trade and Industry, 51; Mr James Nicholson, MEP, 48; Mr Cecil Redfern, chairman, Godfrey Davies, 76; Mr Andy Roberts, cricketer, 42; Miss Katharine Ross, actress, 50; Professor Abdus Salam, professor of theoretical physics, 67; Mr Tom Selleck, actor, 48; Mr Raman Subba Row, former chairman, Test and County Cricket Board, 61; Viscount Tonypandy, former Speaker of the House of Commons, 84; Mr Brian Trubshaw, former test pilot, 69.