Birthdays

Birthdays

Baroness Amos, former chief executive, Equal Opportunities Commission, 44; Mr Walter Annenberg, publisher and former ambassador to Britain, 90; Lord Borrie, QC, former director-general of Fair Trading, 67; Mr Terence Brady, playwright, novelist and actor, 59; Sir Terence Burns, permanent secretary, HM Treasury, 54; Lord Butterworth, former Vice-Chancellor, Warwick University, 80; Sir Michael Checkland, former director-general of the BBC, 62; Miss Lesley Collier, ballerina, 51; Mr Lionel Friend, conductor, and musical director, Nexus Opera, 53; Mr Christopher Gable, actor and ballet dancer, 58; Sir Graham Hart, permanent secretary, Department of Health, 58; Sir Robert Mark, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 81; Mr James Marshall MP, 57; Sir Henry Nevile, former Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, 78; Dr David Peace, glass engraver and town planner, 83; Air Commodore Helen Renton, former director, WRAF, 67; Mr Neil Sedaka, songwriter and singer, 59; Mr Jim Slater, author and former chairman, Slater Walker Securities, 69; Lord Thomas of Gresford QC, a Recorder of the Crown Court, 61; Mr Peter Viggers MP, 60.