Birthdays

Major Kenneth Adams, Hon Fellow, St George's House, Windsor Castle, 74; Mr Rowan Atkinson, actor and comedian, 39; Mr Paul Azinger, golfer, 34; Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Chancellor, Stirling University, 67; Sir Ashley Bramall, former Chairman of the GLC, 78; Sir Robert Clark, chairman, Mirror Group Newspapers, 70; Mr John Clive, actor and writer, 56; Mr John Croft, painter and criminologist, 71; Mr Kapil Dev, cricketer, 35; M Sacha Distel, singer, 62; General Sir Martin Farndale, former C-in-C BAOR and Commander Northern Group, 65; Sir Hugh Fish, water technologist, 71; Mr Barry John, former Welsh rugby international, 49; Mr PJ Kavanagh, poet and novelist, 63; Mr Christopher Lewinton, chairman and chief executive, TI Group, 62; Miss Nancy Lopez-Melton, golfer, 37; Professor Lord McColl of Dulwich, surgeon, 61; Mr Martin O'Neill MP, 49; Lord Plowden, former chairman, Atomic Energy Committee, 87; Mr Bill Sirs, former trade union leader, 74; Mr John Sowden, former chairman, Unilever, 77; Miss Sylvia Syms, actress, 60; Mr Terry Venables, football manager, 51; Sir Ernest Woodroofe, former chairman, Unilever, 82; Miss Loretta Young, actress, 81.