Birthdays

Sir Raymond Appleyard, biologist, 71; Mr Robin Bailey, actor, 74; Professor Sir Malcolm Brown, geologist, 68; Mr Alastair Chisholm of Chisholm, chief of the clan Chisholm, 73; Miss Diane Cilento, actress, 60; Miss Stephanie Cole, actress, 52; The Most Rev Joseph Cunnane, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, 80; Miss Laura Davies, golfer, 30; Mr Sebastian de Ferranti, former chairman, Ferranti, 66; Sir John Dent, former chairman, Civil Aviation Authority, 70; Mr Bob Geldof, rock singer, 39; The Right Rev Robert Hardy, Bishop of Lincoln, 57; Mr Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, 57; Lord Holderness, former government minister, 73; Miss Glynis Johns, actress, 70; Mr Robert Kee, author and broadcaster, 74; Miss Barbara Kelly, actress and broadcaster, 69; Mr Herbert Kretzmer, journalist and lyricist, 68; Mrs Kate Losinka, trade-union leader, 69; Mr David Mellor, silversmith and designer, 63; Mr Bruce Millan, a Commissioner of the European Communities, 66; Sir Edward Peck, former British Ambassador to Nato, 78; Mr Donald Pleasence, actor, 74; Sir Douglas Ranger, otolaryngologist, 77; Mr Timothy Smith MP, 46; Sir Richard Thompson Bt, former MP and director of British Museum Publications, 81; Mr Dave Watson, footballer, 47.