Birthdays

Mr Michael Ancram MP, Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland, 48; Mr Christopher Beeny, actor, 52; Sir John Brown, publisher, 77; Miss Brenda Bruce, actress, 71; M Pierre Cardin, fashion designer, 71; Lord Carlisle of Bucklow QC, former government minister, 64; Sir Michael Colman, chairman, Reckitt & Colman, 65; Lord Denman, former company chairman, 77; Mr Charles Dyer, playwright, novelist and actor, 65; Mr David Faber MP, 32; Lord Farnham, chairman, Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association, 62; Mr Barry Field MP, 47; Miss Gretchen Franklin, actress, 82; Dr Rae Gilchrist, physician, 94; Sir John Greenborough, chairman, Newarthill, 71; Rear-Admiral John Grove, 66; Lt-Gen Sir Ian Harris, racehorse breeder, 83; Major Richard Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran, 62; Mr Michael Howard MP, Home Secretary, 52; Professor Tom Husband, Vice-Chancellor, Salford University, 57; Mr Tony Jacklin, golfer, 49; Mr Barry Jackson, Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen, 57; Mr Hamish MacInnes, mountaineer, 63; Lord Mais, former Lord Mayor of London, 82; Sir Christopher Mallaby, ambassador to Germany, 57; The Earl of Mansfield, barrister and First Crown Estate Commissioner, 63; Mr Gian Carlo Menotti, composer, 82; Mr Alessandro Nannini, racing driver, 34; Mr Bill Oddie, actor, comedian and ornithologist, 52; Mr Jon Pertwee, actor, 74; Mr Philip Reeves, etcher, 62; The Hon Sir Steven Runciman CH, historian, 90; Mr Ringo Starr, drummer, 53; Sir Adam Thomson, former chairman, British Caledonian, 67; Sir Richard Turnbull, former Governor General, Kenya, 84; Admiral Sir Frank Twiss, former Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, 83.