Birthdays

Mr Paul Allaire, president, Xerox Corporation, 54; The Rev Dom Aidan Bellenger, Head Master, Downside School, 42; Sir Nigel Broackes, chairman, Trafalgar House, 58; Sir Andrew Buchanan, Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, 55; Mr John Burrow, chief constable, Essex, 57; Mr Henry Cotton, Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside, 63; Dame Joyce Daws, thoracic surgeon, 67; Sir Stephen Egerton, ambassador to Italy, 60; Miss Buchi Emecheta, author and lecturer, 48; Mr Norman Jewison, film director, 66; Sir Kirby Laing, former chairman, Laing Properties, 76; Mr Leigh Lawrence, actor, 49; Mr Gerald Malone, MP, 42; Dr Jonathan Miller, television, film and theatre director, 58; Maj-Gen the Duke of Norfolk, 77; Mr Bill Pertwee, actor, 66; Mr Julian Pettifer, broadcaster, 57; Mr Adrian Pierson, cricketer, 29; Lt- Gen Sir Steuart Pringle, former Commandant General, Royal Marines, 64; Mr Karel Reisz, film director, 66; Mr Barry Richards, South African cricketer, 47; Mr Michael St John Parker, headmaster, Abingdon School, 51; Miss Kay Starr, singer, 70; Mr Isaac Stern, violinist, 72; Mr Cat Stevens, rock singer and songwriter, 44; Mr Neil Taylor, cricketer, 33; Mr Dennis Trevelyan, principal, Mansfield College, Oxford, 63.