Birthdays

Dr Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, astronaut, 64; Lord Aylestone, former government minister, and chairman, IBA, 89; Mr Tom Baker, actor, 58; Mr George Burns, comedian and actor, 98; Sir John Chadwick, High Court judge, 53; Mr Derek Dougan, sports medicine co-ordinator, 56; The Very Rev David Edwards, Provost of Southwark Cathedral, 65; Lord Ewing of Kirkford, former MP, 63; Sir Henry Fisher, former President, Wolfson College, Oxford, 76; Miss Liza Goddard, actress, 44; Lord Hanson, industrialist, 72; Major Dick Hern, racehorse trainer, 73; Mr Royalton Kisch, conductor, 75; Commandant Vonla McBride, former Director, WRNS, 73; Mr Malcolm McLaren, entrepreneur, 47; Mr Christopher Martin-Jenkins, radio sports commentator, 49; Miss Patricia Neal, actress, 68; Miss Sybil Rosenfeld, theatre historian, 91; Mr Natan Shcharansky, former Soviet dissident, 46; Mr Eric Stewart, rock guitarist, 49; Mr Curtis Strange, golfer, 39; Professor Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, astronomer, 55.