Birthdays

TODAY: Mr David Allan, disc jockey, 60; The Right Rev David Bentley, Bishop of Gloucester, 64; Mr Greg Chappell, cricketer, 51; Mr Neil Clarke, former chairman, British Coal, 65; Professor Herbert Elvin, former director, London University Institute of Education, 94; Mr Matthew Evans, chairman, Faber and Faber, 58; Sir Ian Fraser, former chairman, Lazard Bros, 76; The Right Rev Andrew Graham, former Bishop of Newcastle, 70; Sir Paul Hawkins, former MP, 87; Mr Kenneth Kendall, broadcaster, 75; Sir Andrew Large, chairman, Securities and Investment Board, 57; Miss Sue Lloyd, actress, 60; Mr Owen Luder, architect, 71; Dame Ella Macknight, gynaecologist, 95; Vice-Admiral Sir Hector Maclean, 91; Mr Matthew Parris, journalist and broadcaster, 50; Mr Nick Ross, journalist and broadcaster, 52; Mr Alexei Sayle, comedian, 47; Mr Philip Snow, writer, 84; Mr Roger Stott MP, 56; Mr Walter Swinburn, jockey, 38; Sir Richard Sykes, chairman, Glaxo Wellcome, 57; Mr John Young, chairman and chief executive, Young & Co's Brewery, 78.

TOMORROW: Mr Richard Anderson, actor, 73; Professor Jack Baldwin, chemist, 61; Mr Keith Barron, actor, 65; Mr Dennis Canavan MP, 57; Mr Keith Carradine, actor, singer and songwriter, 49; Lord Chapple, former trade union leader, 78; Lord Hayhoe, former MP, 74; Mr Dustin Hoffman, actor, 62; Lt-Gen Sir David House, former "Black Rod", 77; Sir Laurence Hunter, Professor of Applied Economics, Glasgow University, 65; Mr Peter Lapping, Headmaster, Sherborne School, 58; Mr David Lyscom, ambassador to the Slovak Republic, 48; Mr Nigel Mansell, racing driver, 46; Sir Alan Muir Wood, civil engineer, 78; Lord Neill of Bladen QC, former Warden, All Souls, Oxford, 73; Professor Sir Roger Penrose, mathematician, 68; Miss Connie Stevens, actress and singer, 61; Air Vice-Marshal Colin Terry, Chief of Staff at Headquarters Logistics Command, 56; Mr Haydon Warren-Gash, ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 50; Miss Esther Williams, swimmer and actress, 76; Sir John Wood, former High Court judge, 77.