Birthdays

TODAY: Sir Walter Bodmer, Principal, Hertford College, Oxford, 62; Mr Eddie Cheever, motor-racing driver, 40; Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, former government minister, 70; Mr Tom Clarke MP, Minister for Film and Tourism, 57; Mr Clive Jones, chief executive, Carlton Television, 49; Dr Peter Mathias, former Master, Downing College, Cambridge, 70; Sir David Miers, former ambassador to the Netherlands, 61; Sir David Neuberger, High Court judge, 49; Mr Denis Peach, former Chief Charity Commissioner, 70; Mr Anton Rodgers, actor, 65; Mr Freddie Starr, comedian, 54; Mr Rod Stewart, rock singer, 53; Mrs Valerie Strachan, Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, 58; Sir Stephen Wall, United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Union, 51; Ms Marjorie Wallace, chief executive, Sane, 53.

TOMORROW: Mr Graham Allen MP, 45; The Right Rev John Baker, former Bishop of Salisbury, 70; Lord Bowness, former Director, Henry Moore Foundation, 70; Miss Kathleen Byron, actress, 75; Miss Anna Calder-Marshall, actress, 51; Mr David Cecil, racehorse breeder, 55; Mr Henry Cecil, racehorse trainer, 55; Mr Jean Chretien QC, Prime Minister of Canada, 64; Mr Barry Flanagan, sculptor, 57; Mr Mick MacManus, wrestler, 71; Sir Alastair Morton, former UK chairman, Eurotunnel, 60; Sir Anthony Nutting, former government minister, 78; Mr Bryan Robson, former England football captain, 41; Air Chief Marshal Sir John Rogers, executive chairman, Motor Sports Association, RAC, 70; Mr Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, 60; Mr John Sessions, actor and comedian, 45.