Birthdays

Birthdays

Mr George Baker, actor and writer, 67; Mr Cynog Dafis MP, 60; Mr David Davies, chairman and chief executive, Johnson Matthey, 58; The Rev Norman Drummond, Scottish Governor, BBC, and Chairman, Broadcasting Council for Scotland, 46; Mr Alex Falconer, MEP, 58; Professor Roderick Floud, Provost, London Guildhall University, 56; Sir Anthony Gill, chairman, Docklands Light Railway, 68; Mr David Gower, cricketer, 41; Sir Nicholas Henderson, former diplomat, 79; Miss Gaie Johnson Houghton, jockey, 57; The Earl of Ilchester, vice-chairman, County Border Newspapers, 78; Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, Professor Emeritus, Department of Nursing, University of Manchester, 72; Miss Ali MacGraw, actress, 60; Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, former High Court judge, 72; Mr William Manchester, author, 76; Maj-Gen Giles Mills, former resident Governor, Tower of London, 76; Professor Sir Dimitri Obolensky, historian, 80; Mrs Marie Patterson, former TUC president, 64; Miss Jane Powell, singer and film actress, 69; Mr Charles H. Price, former US ambassador to the UK, 67; Mr Steve Race, musician and broadcaster, 77; Dr Richard Repp, Master of St Cross College, Oxford, 62; Miss Debbie Reynolds, actress, 66; Mr Bryan Robertson, author, historian and broadcaster, 73; Mr Arnold Sidebottom, cricketer, 44; Miss Rosemary Spencer, ambassador to the Netherlands, 57; Mr Leonard van Geest, chairman, Littlewoods, 48; Mr Dafydd Wigley MP, 55; Professor Sir Dillwyn Williams, former president, Royal College of Pathologists, 69.