Birthdays

Mr Donald Anderson MP, 54; Lord Barber of Tewkesbury, environment consultant, 75; Mr Simon Bowes Lyon, Lord- Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, 61; Mr Christopher Brown, director, NSPCC, 55; Sir Michael Caine, chairman, Booker plc, 66; Mr Nicholas Cook, cricketer, 37; Sir William Dale, legal consultant, 87; Sir Edward Downes, conductor, 69; Dr Sir Patrick Duffy, former MP, 73; Sir Patrick Fairweather, ambassador to Italy, 57; Sir Stanley Grinstead, chairman, Harmony Leisure Group, 69; Mr Derek Ibbotson, athlete, 61; Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Le Cheminant, former Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, 73; Mr Ken Livingstone, MP, 48; Mr Kenneth Loach, Television and film director, 57; Mr Barry Manilow, singer and composer, 47; Mr Anthony Marlow MP, 53; Mr Dean Martin, singer, 76; Miss Estelle Morris MP, 41; Miss Beryl Reid, actress, 73; Lt-Col Aidan Sprot, Lord-Lieutenant of Tweeddale, 74; Mr Brian Statham, cricketer, 63; Captain Roderick Stirling of Fairburn, Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty and Skye and Lochalsh, 61; Sir Maldwyn Thomas, former president, Welsh Liberal Party, 75; Professor Sir Alan Walters, political economist, 67.