Birthdays

TODAY: Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, 85; Mr Richard Alexander MP, 62; Mr Ian Bannen, actor, 68; The Hon Charlotte Bingham, author, 54; Dr Jeremy Bray MP, 66; Lord Cornwallis, former chairman, Town and Country Building Society, 75; Mr David Donaldson, painter, 80; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton, chairman, Association of County Councils, 56; Sir Frank Gibb, president, Taylor Woodrow Construction, 69; Lady Greengross, director-general, Age Concern England, 61; Mr George Howarth MP, 47; Sir Rex Hunt, former Governor of the Falkland Islands, 70; Sir Brian Hutton, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, 65; Sir Miles Irving, Professor of Surgery, Manchester University, 61; Professor Martin Jones, archaeologist, 45; Mr Rafael Kubelik, conductor, 82; Mr Michael McIntyre, yachtsman, 40; Mr Nigel Richardson, Headmaster, The Perse School, Cambridge, 48; Mr Geoffrey Woolley, journalist, 81.

TOMORROW: Sir Max Brown, former senior civil servant, 82; Mr Richard Bull, former Headmaster, Rugby School, 66; Mr Ian Hay Davison, chairman, Storehouse, 65; Mr John Doble, High Commissioner to Swaziland, 55; Mr John Fraser MP, 62; Mr Keith Grant, former Director, Design Council, 62; Mr Tony Hatch, songwriter and lyricist, 57; Lt-Gen Sir Henry Leask, former General Officer Commanding for Scotland, 83; Mr David Lidington MP, 40; Mr James Loughran, conductor, 65; Sir Eric Richardson, former Director, Polytechnic of Central London, 91; Mr Mike J.K. Smith, cricketer and rugby player, 63; Mr Mike Tyson, heavyweight boxer, 30.