Birthdays

TODAY: The Duke of Argyll, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, 62; Sir Kenneth Berrill, economist, 79; The Right Rev John Bone, former Bishop of Reading, 69; Sir Cecil Clothier QC, former Chairman, Police Complaints Authority, 80; Miss Imogen Cooper, concert pianist, 50; Professor Wendy Davies, historian, 57; Mr Windsor Davies, actor, 69; Mr William Ehrman, ambassador to Luxembourg, 49; Miss Janet Frame, novelist, 75; Sir Rupert Hart-Davis, writer, editor and former publisher, 92; Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, inventor of the EMI-scanner, 80; Mr Emlyn Hughes, footballer and broadcaster, 52; General Sir William Jackson, former Governor of Gibraltar, 82; Professor Sir John Kingman, Vice-Chancellor, Bristol University, 60; Miss Elain Mellor, jockey, 56; Mr Donald O'Connor, actor and dancer, 74; Sir Christopher Paine, radiologist, 64; Mr Mark Pellew, ambassador to the Holy See, 57; Mr Max Robertson, radio commentator, 84; Miss Emma Samms, actress, 39; Mr John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone, 68; Mr David Soul, actor, 55; Mr Ian Stewart MP, 49; Sir Christopher Sumner, High Court judge, 60; Sir Peter Thornton, former senior civil servant, 82; Professor Roger Williams, hepatologist, 68. TOMORROW: Lord Attenborough, actor, producer and director, 76; Professor Laing Barden, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, 68; Dr Yvonne Burne, Head, City of London School for Girls, 52; Mr Michael Clarke, Keeper, National Gallery of Scotland, 47; Mr Robert Cormack, former ambassador to Sweden, 64; Miss Dona Croll, actress, 46; Dame Mary Donaldson, first woman Lord Mayor of London, 78; Sir Nigel Foulkes, former Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority, 80; Mr Elliott Gould, actor, 61; Mr Thom Gunn, poet, 70; Mr Lenny Henry, comedian, 41; Lord Hussey of North Bradley, former Chairman, BBC, 76; Miss Angela Huth, writer, 61; Mr Michael Jackson, rock singer, 41; Lord King of Wartnaby, president, British Airways, 81; Lord Newton of Braintree, former government minister, 62; Mr Norman Platt, founder of Kent Opera, 79; Mr Greg Pope MP, an Assistant Whip, 39; Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, chairman, N.M. Rothschild & Sons, 68; Mr Frank Roy MP, 41; Ms Geraldine Smith MP, 38; Dr Simon Thurley, Dire

ctor, Museum of London, 37.