Birthdays

Mr Donald Anderson MP, 55; Lord Barber of Tewkesbury, environment consultant, 76; Mr Simon Bowes Lyon, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, 62; Sir Michael Caine, former chairman, Booker plc, 67; Mr Nicholas Cook, cricketer, 38; Sir William Dale, legal consultant, 88; Sir Edward Downes, conductor, 70; Dr Sir Patrick Duffy, former MP, 74; Sir Patrick Fairweather, Ambassador to Italy and Albania, 58; Sir Stanley Grinstead, former chairman, Harmony Leisure Group, 70; Mr Derek Ibbotson, athlete, 62; Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Le Cheminant, former Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, 74; Mr Ken Livingstone MP, 49; Mr Kenneth Loach, television and film director, 58; Mr Barry Manilow, singer and composer, 48; Mr Anthony Marlow MP, 54; Mr Dean Martin, singer, 77; Miss Estelle Morris MP, 42; Miss Beryl Reid, actress, 74; Lt-Col Aidan Sprot, Lord- Lieutenant of Tweeddale, 75; Mr Brian Statham, cricketer, 64; Capt Roderick Stirling of Fairburn, Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty and Skye and Lochalsh, 62; Sir Maldwyn Thomas, former President, Welsh Liberal Party, 76; Professor Sir Alan Walters, political economist, 68.