Birthdays

Lady Brook, founder, Advisory Centre for Young People, 85; Professor Juliet Cheetham, sociologist, 53; Dame Elizabeth Chesterton, architect, 77; Mr Jaroslav Drobny, former tennis player, 71; Mr Kenneth Griffith, actor, writer and documentary film maker, 71; Mr Robert Heron, former director, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, 65; Mr Alan Lamboll, Lloyd's underwriter and theatre governor, 69; Sir Michael McNair-Wilson, former MP, 62; Mr Magnus Magnusson, television quizmaster and writer, 63; Dr John Moffatt, provost, Queen's College, Oxford, 70; Mr Rick Parfitt, guitar player and singer, 44; Vice-Admiral Sir John Parker, 77; Mr Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor, 57; Miss Angela Rippon, television presenter, 48; Sir Archibald Ross, former diplomat, 81; Mr David Threlfall, actor, 39; Mr Michael Verey, merchant banker, 80; Mr Nigel Waterson MP, 42; Sir David White, chairman, Nottingham Health Authority, 63; Mr David Young MP, 62.