Birthdays

Professor John Albery, Master, University College, Oxford, 58; Vice- Admiral Sir Neil Anderson, former Chief of Defence Staff (New Zealand), 67; Miss Jane Asher, actress, 48; Mr Michael Bryant, actor, 66; Mr Andrew Buxton, chairman, Barclays Bank, 55; Mr Allan Clarke, rock singer, 52; Mr Roger Corman, film director and producer, 68; Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn, 78; Mr John Dick, former Director, NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd, 81; Miss Agnetha Faltskog, singer, 44; Mr Tom Finney, footballer, 72; Dr John Gilbert MP, 67; Mr Arthur Hailey, author, 74; Mr Nigel Hawthorne, actor, 65; Sir Douglas Henley, former Auditor-General, 75; Professor Denis Lawton, Chairman, London University School Examinations Board, 63; Admiral Sir Michael Livesay, former Chief of Naval Personnel, 58; Professor Donald Lynden-Bell, astronomer, 59; Professor Peter Moore, former Principal, London Business School, 66; Mr Stanley Orme MP, 71; Mr Gregory Peck, actor, 78; Miss Jennifer Penney, ballerina, 48; General Colin Powell, former Chairman, American Joint Chiefs of Staff, 57; Miss Anne Scott-James, author and journalist, 81.