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Birthdays

Birthdays

Mr Wasim Akram, cricketer, 33; Dr Ernest Armstrong, Secretary, British Medical Association, 54; Sir Robin Black, diplomat, 93; Sir Peter Bonfield, chairman, British Telecommunications, and chief executive, ICL, 55; Mr Tony Curtis, actor, 74; Professor Richard D'Aeth, former President, Hughes Hall, Cambridge, 87; Mr Timothy David, High Commissioner to Belize, 52; Mr Michael Elliott, MEP, 67; Miss Sheila Faith, former MP and MEP, 71; Dr Raoul Franklin, Vice-Chancellor, City University, 64; General Sir Michael Gow, former Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies, 75; Miss Anita Harris, actress, 57; Air Marshal Sir John Harris, 61; Mrs June Lawrance, former Headmistress, Harrogate Ladies' College, 66; Mr Eddie McGrady MP, 64; Mr Colin Meads, rugby player, 63; Mr Michael Moore MP, 34; Sir Harry Pitt, former Vice- Chancellor, Reading University, 85; Miss Anita Pollack, MEP, 53; Miss Suzi Quatro, singer and actress, 49; M Alain Resnais, film director, 77; Mr Jonathan Shaw MP, 33; Sir Wilfred Thesiger, explorer and writer, 89; Miss Penelope Wilton, actress, 52; Cardinal Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, 74.

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