Birthdays

Miss Nora Beloff, author, 75; Mr Ernest Borgnine, actor, 77; Mr Neil Diamond, singer and songwriter, 53; Mr Bamber Gascoigne, author and quizmaster, 59; Miss Nastassja Kinski, actress, 33; Mr Ronald Leighton MP, 64; Dr Desmond Morris, zoologist, 66; Sir Donald Murray, a Lord Justice of Appeal, Supreme Court of Northern Ireland, 71; Dr Ian Oliver, Chief Constable, Grampian, 54; Miss Jane Somerville, consultant physician, 61; The Most Rev John Aloysius Ward, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, 65.