Birthdays

Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare, novelist, 54; Dame Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chairman, Broadcasting Standards Council, 65; Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC National Governor for Northern Ireland, 63; Gp Capt David Bolton, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, 62; Sir Adrian Cadbury, a director of the Bank of England, 65; Miss Claudia Cardinale, actress, 56; Mr Dave Edmunds, rock guitarist, 50; Sir Richard Evans, former diplomat, 66; Miss Samantha Fox, dancer and model, 28; Lord Geraint, former MP, 69; Mr Patrick Gillam, chairman, Standard Chartered plc, 61; Lord Grey of Naunton, former Chancellor, University of Ulster, 84; Mr John Grigg, historian, 70; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor, 70; Professor Charles Marsden, neurologist, 56; Sir Peter Menzies, former chairman, Electricity Council, 82; Miss Elizabeth Montgomery, actress, 61; Earl Russell, historian, 57; Sir Maurice Shock, Rector, Lincoln College, Oxford, 68; Sir Leslie Smith, former chairman, BOC Group, 75; Mr Godfrey Stafford, former Master, St Cross College, Oxford, 74; Miss Emma Thompson, actress, 35; Miss Meriol Trevor, novelist and biographer, 75; Dr Richard von Weizsacker, President of Germany, 74; Sir Douglas Wass, chairman, Equity & Law Life Assurance Society, 71; Mr Marty Wilde, rock singer and composer, 55.