Birthdays

Professor Colin Adamson-Macedo, engineering and higher education consultant, 71; Mr Nicholas Baker MP, 55; Mr Jerry Bock, composer, 65; Mrs Anne Burns, former gliding champion, 78; Mr Maxwell Caulfield, actor, 34; Mr John Cole, former BBC television political editor, 66; Mr John Coulling, former chairman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 67; Mr Bruce Edgar, cricketer, 37; Col Sir Allan Gilmour, former Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland, 77; Mr Michael Gough, actor, 76; Miss Shane Gould, swimmer, 38; Sir John Hermon, former Chief Constable, RUC, 65; Mr Lew Hoad, tennis champion, 59; Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Knight, formerly British military representative at Nato, 61; Sir David Lees, chairman, GKN plc, 57; Mr Christopher Logue, poet, 67; Mr Alan Mullery, footballer, 52; Mr Krzysztof Penderecki, composer, 60; Mr Anton Poot, former chairman and managing director, Philips, 64; Lord Prosser, a Senator, College of Justice in Scotland, 59; Miss Diana Quick, actress, 47; Sir Peter Saunders, theatrical producer, 82; Sir Peter Strawson, metaphysical philosopher, 74; Professor John Tarn, professor of architecture, Liverpool University, 59; Mr Nigel Tranter, writer and historian, 84.