Birthdays

TODAY: Miss Moira Anderson, singer, 59; Professor R. Angus Buchanan, founder, Centre for the History of Technology, Bath, 69; Mr A.R. Dawson, Irish rugby player, 67; Miss Beatrice de Cardi, archaeologist, 85; Sir John Dellow, former Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 68; Miss Margaret Drabble, novelist, 60; The Very Rev Kerry Goulstone, Dean of St Asaph Cathedral, 63; Mr David Hare, playwright, 52; Miss Rose Hill, actress and singer, 85; Sir Jack Jacob QC, former Senior Master of the Supreme Court, 91; Miss Julie Kirkbride MP, 39; Sir Andrew Kirkwood, High Court judge, 55; Mr Phil Neale, cricketer, 45; Mr David Poole, artist, 68; Mr Nigel Rees, writer, 55; Mr Jeffrey Rooker MP, Minister of State, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 58; Mrs Elizabeth Shaw, former executive director and secretary, Charity Commission, 53; Mr Richard Stone, portrait painter, 48; Vice Admiral Sir Barry Wilson, former deputy chief of Defence Staff, 63.

TOMORROW: King Albert II of the Belgians, 65; Sir Derek Alun-Jones, former executive chairman, Ferranti International, 66; Professor Brebis Bleaney, physicist, 84; Mrs Jane Betts, Secretary-General, the Law Society, 46; Mr David Blunkett MP, Minister of Education and Employment, 52; Mr Bjorn Borg, tennis player, 43; Lord Carrington, former chairman, Christie's International, 80; Mr David Chipp, former Director, Reuter Foundation, 72; Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet, 101; Mr Mike Gatting, cricketer, 42; Lord Gladwin of Clee, former trade union leader, 69; Mr Iain Hamilton, composer, 77; Professor Robert Humphreys, Latin- American historian, 92; Mr Asif Iqbal, former Pakistan cricket captain, 56; Mr J. Kay-Mouat, former president of the Alderney States, 66; Mr Tim Llewellyn, radio news reporter, 59; Mr Willie-John McBride, rugby-player, 59; Sir Jonathan Mance, High Court judge, 56; Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop, former MP, 68; Sir Douglas Morpeth, former partner, Touche Ross & Co, 75; Sir Bryan Nicholson, chairman, British United Provident Association, 67; Air Marshal Sir Charles Pringle, 80; Dr Ruth Sanger, former Director, MRC Blood Group Unit, 81; Lord Stodart of Leaston, former government minister, 83; Mr Frank Tyson, former England cricketer, 69; Miss Billie Whitelaw, actress, 67; Sir Donald Wilson, chairman, Electricity Consultative Council, North West, 77.