Birthdays

Mr Richard Adler, composer, 73; Sir John Anson, senior civil servant, 64; Mr Osvaldo Ardiles, manager, Tottenham Hotspur FC, 41; Air Marshal Sir Peter Bairsto, 68; Mr Steven Berkoff, actor and director, 57; Sir Paul Bryan, former MP, 81; Mrs Elizabeth Chilver, former Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, 80; Mr Peter Easterby, racehorse trainer, 65; Mr Josh Gifford, racehorse trainer, 53; Mr Nick Harvey MP, 33; Baroness James of Holland Park (PD James), author, 74; Professor Anthony Jones, Rector, Royal College of Art, 50; Mr William Powell MP, 46; Mr Anthony Sampson, author and journalist, 68; Sir David Scott, former diplomat, 75; Mr Martin Sheen, actor, 54; Mr Michael Stern MP, 52; Mr Jack Straw MP, 48; Sir Jock Taylor, chairman, Siemens, 70; Sir George Waller, former Lord Justice of Appeal, 83; The Right Rev Dr Roger Wilson, former Bishop of Chichester, 89; Mr Terry Wogan, broadcaster, 56.