Birthdays

Lady Brook, founder, Advisory Centre for Young People, 86; Professor Juliet Cheetham, sociologist, 54; Dame Elizabeth Chesterton, architect, 78; Mr Jaroslav Drobny, former tennis player, 72; Mr Kenneth Griffith, actor, writer and film-maker, 72; Mr Robert Heron, former director, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, 66; Mr Jonathan Holborrow, editor, the Mail on Sunday, 50; Mr Alan Lamboll, Lloyd's underwriter and theatre governor, 70; Mr Magnus Magnusson, television presenter and writer, 64; Dr John Moffatt, former Provost, Queen's College, Oxford, 71; Mr Rick Parfitt, guitarist and singer, 45; Vice-Admiral Sir John Parker, 78; Mr Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor, 58; Miss Angela Rippon, television presenter, 49; Sir Archibald Ross, former diplomat, 82; Mr David Threlfall, actor, 40; Mr Michael Verey, former chairman, Schroders Ltd, 81; Mr Nigel Waterson MP, 43; Sir David White, chairman, Nottingham Health Authority, 64; Mr David Young MP, 63.