Birthdays

Prince William of Wales, 12; Mr Joseph Bamford, founder, JC Bamford Excavators, 78; Mr Matthew Banks MP, 33; Miss Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, 41; Mr Christopher Brown, director and chief executive of the NSPCC, 56; Professor Anna Davies, philologist, 57; Mr John Edrich, cricketer, 57; Mr Wally Fawkes, cartoonist and jazz musician, 70; Miss Catharine Hoey MP, 48; Sir Bernard Ingham, former chief press secretary to the Prime Minister, 62; Mr Gerald Kaufman MP, 64; Professor Patricia Lindop, radiobiologist, 64; Sir Michael Marshall MP, 64; Mr Peter Marshall, former Commissioner, City of London Police, 64; Sir John Morgan, former diplomat, 65; Mr Richard Poulton, Headmaster, Christ's Hospital, Horsham, 56; Mr Malcolm Rifkind MP, Secretary of State for Defence, 48; Miss Jane Russell, actress, 73; Mr Maurice Saatchi, chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi, 48; Mlle Francoise Sagan, writer, 59.