Birthdays

Mr Walter Anderson, solicitor and former trade-union leader, 82; Mr Trevor Bailey, former England cricketer, 69; Mr Ralph Bennett, former chairman, London Transport, 69; Professor Ian Butterworth, former principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, 62; Mr Charles Craig, operatic tenor, 72; Mr Bob Cryer MP, 58; Mr Mike Gibson, former rugby international, 50; M Jean-Luc Godard, film director, 62; Sir William Harpham, former ambassador, 86; Mr Maxwell Hutchinson, chairman, Hutchinson & Partners Architects, 44; Professor Geoffrey Kirk, Greek scholar, 71; Mr Franz Klammer, skier, 39; Mr Ralph McTell, ragtime guitarist, 48; Miss Tanya Moiseiwitsch, designer for the theatre, 78; The Rev Professor Charles Moule, theologian, 84; Mr Paul Nicholas, actor and singer, 47; Mr Victor Pasmore, artist, 84; Mr Mel Smith, actor and comedian, 40; Mr Andy Williams, singer, 62.