Birthdays

Lord Aldington, barrister, 80; Mr Alistair Burt MP, Under-Secretary for Social Security, 39; Miss Jeanne Crain, actress, 69; Mr Eric Deacon, actor, 34; Dr Carel de Wet, former South African ambassador, 71; The Right Rev Brian Foley, former Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster, 84; Miss Margaret Forster, novelist and biographer, 56; Mr Peter Foster, former ambassador to West Germany, 70; Miss Livia Gollancz, publisher, 74; Sir Eldon Griffiths, former MP, 69; Baroness Hooper, solicitor and former government minister, 55; Mr Ralph Howell MP, 71; Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, Lord Lyon King of Arms, 56; Sir Ian McKellen, actor, 55; The Right Rev Michael Mann, former Dean of Windsor, 70; Mr Dillwyn Miles, the Herald Bard, 78; Lord Plummer of St Marylebone, president, Portman Building Society, 80; Mr Geoffrey Robinson MP, 56; Mr Alastair Sharp QC, former circuit judge, 83; Miss Beverley Sills, soprano and former Director, New York City Opera, 65; Mr Dave Lee Travis, disc jockey, 49; Professor Sir Frances Vallat QC, Emeritus Professor of International Law, London University, 82; Mr David Wynne, sculptor, 68.