Birthdays

Miss Maev Alexander, actress, 46; Mr George Allan, headmaster, Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, 58; Sir Anthony Alment, obstetrician and gynaecologist, 72; Miss Gillian Ayres, painter, 64; Mr Shelley Berman, comedian, 68; Mr Michael Dickinson, racehorse trainer, 44; Mr Val Doonican, singer, 65; Viscount Dunluce (the Earl of Antrim), Keeper of Conservation, Tate Gallery, 59; Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell, former Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, 69; Sir Edgar Keatinge, former MP, 89; Mr Jeremy Kemp, actor, 59; Mr James Michener, novelist, 87; Baroness O'Cathain, managing director, Barbican Centre, 56; Miss Elaine Padmore, director, Royal Danish Opera, 47; Brigadier the Hon Dame Mary Pihl, former director, WRAC, 78; Lord Sherfield, Chancellor Emeritus, Reading University, 90; Mr Robert Simpson, cricketer and manager, 58; Miss Doris Speed, actress, 80; Mr Glen Tetley, ballet choreographer, 68; Mr Frankie Vaughan, singer, 66; Mr Alan Watson, communications consultant and former BBC television reporter, 53.