Birthdays

Capt Sir Alastair Aird, Comptroller to the Queen Mother, 63; Professor Sir Melville Arnott, cardiologist, 85; Mr Peter Barkworth, actor, 65; Mr Richard Briers, actor, 60; Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte, former vice-chairman, Conservative Party, 86; Lord Catto, president, Morgan Grenfell, 71; Miss Faye Dunaway, actress, 53; Miss Maina Gielgud, ballerina, 49; Miss Andree Grenfell, former managing director, Glemby International, 54; Mr Brian Hardie, cricketer, 44; Sir Arthur Hoole, solicitor and former Chairman of the College of Law, 70; Mr Jack Jones, singer, 56; Professor Sir Hans Kornberg, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, 66; Mr Warren Mitchell, actor, 68; Mr Trevor Nunn, theatre director, 54; Sir Neil Pritchard, former ambassador in Bangkok, 83; Mr Christopher Reeves, banker, 58; Sir Vernon Seccombe, chairman, Plymouth Health Authority, 66; Mlle Caterina Valente, guitarist and singer, 63; Mr Bill Werberniuk, snooker player, 47; Sir John Woodcock, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 62.