Gazette: Birthdays

Birthdays

TODAY: Princess Margaret, 69; Mr John Austin-Walker MP, 55; Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano, 66; Mr Christopher Brasher, athlete and newspaper columnist, 71; Mr Donald Dewar MP, 62; Sir Ronald Garrick, managing director and chief executive, Weir Group, 59; Sir James Holman, High Court judge, 52; Mr Douglas Lowndes, former Director, the Newspaper Society, 79; Dr Thomas McLean, former Director, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 69; Mr Barry Norman, broadcaster, 66; Mr Kenny Rogers, country and western singer, 58; Lt-Gen Sir Richard Vickers, an Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen, 71. TOMORROW: Miss Mary Allen, former chief executive, the Royal Opera House, 48; Mr Peter Allsop, publisher, 75; Sir John Banham, chairman, Tarmac, 59; Miss Honor Blackman, actress, 73; Mr Marc Bohan, dress designer, 73; Mr Ray Bradbury, writer, 79; Professor Sir Colin Buchanan, town planner, 92; M Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer, 91; Sir Richard Catling, former Commissioner of Police, Kenya, 87; Professor Sir Cyril Astley Clarke, geneticist, 92; Mr Steve Davis, snooker player, 42; Miss Margaret Douglas, Supervisor of Parliamentary Broadcasting, 65; Miss Anne Downey, circuit judge, 64; Mr Wilfred Harrison, actor, director and playwright, 74; Mr Kelvin Hopkins MP, 58; Mr Donald MacLeary, dancer, 62; Sir James Menter, former Principal, Queen Mary College, 78; Mr Alun Michael MP, First Minister, Welsh Assembly, 56; Mr Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer and conductor, 71; Mr David Taylor MP, 53; Sir Anthony Tuke, former chairman, Savoy Hotel, 79.