Birthdays

Birthdays

Mr Desi Arnaz Jnr, actor, 43; Mr Peter Atkinson MP, 53; Miss Nina Bawden, novelist, 71; Mr Dewey Bunnell, rock musician, 45; The Earl of Carnarvon, honorary racing manager to the Queen, 72; Sir Jonathan Clarke, former circuit judge, 66; Mr Michael Crawford, actor and singer, 54; Mr Bernard Dunstan, painter, 76; Mr Stefan Edberg, tennis player, 30; Mr Rod Evans, rock singer, 51; Mr Phil Everly, rock singer, 57; Mr Walter Goldsmith, chairman, Betterware, 58; Mr William Hayden, former chairman and chief executive, Jaguar, 67; Mr Hans Hotter, bass baritone, 87; Sir Alex Jarratt, former chairman, Smiths Industries, 72; Mr Richard Lester, film director, 64; Brigadier Helen Meechie, former director of the WRAC, 58; Mr David Newbigging, chairman, Ivory & Sime, 62; Mr Nigel Nicolson, former MP and author, 79; Mr Robert Palmer, rock singer and guitarist, 47; Miss Dolly Parton, country music singer, 50; Senor Javier Perez de Cuellar, former Secretary-General of the UN, 76; Mr Bryan Pringle, actor, 61; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor, 41; Mr Charles Smith, managing director, Chevron UK, 66; Sir John Stanley MP, 54; Mr Dennis Taylor, snooker player, 47; Mr Gary Titley MEP, 46; Mr David Tredennick MP, 46; The Earl of Wemyss and March, former president, National Trust for Scotland, 84.