Birthdays

Lord Abernethy, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 56; Sir Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman, GEC, 74; Sir Peter Crill, Bailiff of Jersey, 69; Mrs Josceline Dimbleby, cookery writer, 51; Professor Sir Sam Edwards, physicist, 66; The Very Rev Eric Evans, Dean of St Paul's, 66; Mr Don Everly, singer, 57; Hildegarde (Miss Hildegarde Sell), singer and actress, 88; Sir Gordon Hobday, Chancellor, Nottingham University, 78; Mr Adam Ingram MP, 47; Professor Douglas Johnson, historian of France, 69; Sir Maurice Laing, life president, John Laing plc, 76; Mrs Virginia Leng, three-day eventer, 39; Mr John Donald McCall, former chairman, Consolidated Gold Fields, 83; Sir Stanley Matthews, footballer, 79; Sir John Nott, former chairman and chief executive, Lazards, 62; Professor Sir Mark Richmond, chairman, Science and Engineering Research Council, 63; Mr Peter Sallis, actor, 73; Mr Andrew Smith MP, 43; Miss Muriel Spark, novelist, 76; Sir Peter Tapsell MP, 64; Miss Renata Tebaldi, operatic soprano, 72; Mr Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation, 63.