Birthdays

Birthdays

Professor Struther Arnott, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, St Andrews University, 61; Mr Norman Ayrton, theatre and opera director, 71; Mr Ronnie Barker, comedian, 66; Mr Bishin Bedi, cricketer, 49; Sir Leon Brittan QC, a vice-president, Commission of the European Communities, 56; Sir Colin Davis, conductor, 68; Mr Michael Douglas, actor, 51; Sir John Farr, former MP, 73; Mr Andrew Gardner, television newsreader, 63; Sir Florizel Glasspole, former governor-general of Jamaica, 86; Sir David Hunt, former diplomat, 82; General Sir Edward Jones, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, 59; Miss Felicity Kendal, actress, 49; Professor Sir Edgar Mitchell, physicist, 70; Miss Juliet Prowse, singer and actress, 58; Mr Christopher Reeve, actor, 43; Mr Timothy Severin, writer and explorer, 55; Mr Michael Stephen MP, 53; Miss Vivien Stern, director, NACRO, 54; Commandant Daphne Swallow, former director of the WRNS, 63; Miss Rowena Vining, former diplomat, 74; Miss Barbara Walters, television presenter and newscaster, 64; Mr Nicholas Wood, president, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 47.