Birthdays

Lord Attenborough, actor, producer and director, 71; Professor Laing Barden, vice-Chancellor, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, 63; Mrs Dorothy Carter, consultant on energy, 66; Sir Julius Chan, former prime minister, Papua New Guinea, 55; Mr Robert Cormack, ambassador to Sweden, 59; Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, chairman, NM Rothschild & Sons, 63; Dame Mary Donaldson, former and first woman Lord Mayor of London, 73; Sir Nigel Foulkes, former chairman, Civil Aviation Authority, 75; Mr Elliott Gould, actor, 56; Mr Thom Gunn, poet, 65; Mr Lenny Henry, comedian, 36; Mr Marmaduke Hussey, chairman, BBC, 71; Mr Michael Jackson, rock singer, 36; Lord King of Wartnaby, president, British Airways, 76; Mr John Mackenzie of Mornish, chairman, SEET plc, 69; Mr Antony Newton MP, Lord President of the Council, 57; Mr Denniss Pinn, former chairman, Alcan Aluminium, 80; Mr Norman Platt, former artistic director of Kent Opera, 74; Mr Greg Pope MP, 34.