Birthdays

Mr Christopher Blake, actor, 45; Mr Dale Campbell-Savours MP, 51; Mr Geoff Capes, shot putter, 45; Sir Alan Cox, chief executive, ASW Holdings, 58; Sir Robert Crichton-Brown, former chairman, Rothmans International, 75; Dr Carl Dolmetsch, director, Haslemere Festival, 83; Sir John Fairclough, former chief scientific adviser to the Cabinet Office, 64; Mr Alexander Gilmour, director, London Wall Capital Group, 63; Mr Roger Greenaway, popular song composer, 56; Sir John Hoskyns, former director-general, Institute of Directors, 67; Air Chief Marshal Sir Brendan Jackson, former Air Member for Supply and Organisation, Ministry of Defence, 59; Mr Gene Kelly, dancer and singer, 82; Lord Kissin, life president, GPG, 82; Mr Stanley Kitchen, chartered accountant, 81; Mr Peter Lilley MP, Secretary of State for Social Security, 51; Dr Onora O'Neill, principal, Newnham College, Cambridge, 53; Sir Brian Pearse, chief executive, Midland Bank, 61; Mr Bob Peck, actor, 49; Mr James Quinn, film producer and exhibitor, 75; Mr David Robb, actor, 47; Mr Willy Russell, author and playwright, 47; Sir Roy Strong, writer and historian, 59; Mr Peter Thomson, golfer, 65; Field Marshal Sir Richard Vincent, chairman of Military Committee, Nato, 63; Mr Charles Wardle MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Trade and Industry, 55; Sir Brian Young, former chairman, Christian Aid, 72.