Birthdays

Professor Harry Allen, Emeritus Professor of American Studies, University of East Anglia, 77; Mr Mike Atherton, cricketer, 26; Mr Norman Bailey, baritone, 61; Sir Roger Bannister, neurologist and former Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 65; Mr Wasim Bari, former Pakistan cricketer, 46; Mr Bryan Bass, headmaster, City of London School, 60; Mr Alan Bleasdale, playwright, 48; Mr Geoffrey Bush, composer, 74; Mr Geoffrey Clifton- Brown MP, 41; Mr Barry Cryer, writer and comedian, 59; Mr Peter Godfrey, former senior partner, Ernst and Whinney, 70; Professor Kenneth Gregory, Warden, Goldsmith's College, London, 56; Lord Jay, journalist and former MP, 87; Mr Akira Kurosawa, film director, 84; Sir Geoffrey Leigh, chairman, Allied London Properties, 61; Sir David McNee, former commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 69; Mr Michael Manser, architect, 65; Mr Andrew Miller MP, 45; Mr Andrew Mitchell MP, 38; Mr Alfred Morris MP, 66; Mr Michael Nyman, composer, 50; Sir Ralph Perring, former Lord Mayor of London, 89; Sir Desmond Pitcher, chairman, North West Water Group, 59; Mr John Rowe QC, Chairman of the Bar, 58; Miss Cindy Shelley, actress, 34; Mr Oliver Sherwood, racehorse trainer, 39; Sir Ian Todd, consulting surgeon, 73; Sir Edward Warner, former diplomat, 83; Sir Denis Wright, former diplomat, 83.