Birthdays

Birthdays

Ex-King Michael of Romania, 74; Sir Robert Andrew, former senior civil servant, 67; Lt-Gen Sir Henry Beverley, 60; Mr Henry Commager, historian, 93; Miss Juliet Fisher, dancer and teacher, 54; Mr Martin Gilbert, historian, 59; Mr Michael Lynagh, rugby player, 32; Sir David Mansel Lewis, Lord- Lieutenant of Dyfed, 68; Sir John Mayhew-Sanders, business consultant, 64; Mr Joe Mercer, former jockey, 61; Miss Helen Reddy, singer, 53; Sir George Russell, chairman, Independent Television Commission, 60; Mr Alan Smith, chief executive, Test and County Cricket Board, 59; Mr Keith Taylor, chairman and chief executive, Esso UK, 57; Miss Galina Vishnevskaya, operatic soprano, 69; Dame Gillian Wagner, chairman, Court of Governors, Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, 68; Professor Donald Wiseman, Emeritus Professor of Assyriology, London University, 77.