Birthdays

Mr James Arness, actor, 71; Mr Michael Bates MP, 33; M Jacques Bergerac, actor, 67; Miss Helena Bonham- Carter, actress, 28; Miss Zola Budd, athlete, 28; Mr Jeremy Corbyn MP, 45; Mr Peter Cushing, actor, 81; Mr Roy Dotrice, actor, 69; Sir David English, chairman, Associated Newspapers, 63; Sir Peter Fry MP, 63; Mrs Judith Goodland, Headmistress, Wycombe Abbey School, 56; Mr Anthony Greener, chairman, Guinness plc, 54; Lord Gridley, former overseas administrator, 88; Sir Douglas Hardie, chairman, Edward Parker & Co, 71; Sir Kenneth Jones, former High Court judge, 73; Sir Patrick Kingsley, former Keeper of the Records, Duchy of Cornwall, 86; Miss Peggy Lee, singer, 74; Mr Alec McCowen, actor, 69; Professor William McHardy, Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford University, 83; Lord Mayfield, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 73; Mr Michael Portillo MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 41; Mr Anthony Quick, former Headmaster, Bradfield College, 70; Sir Colin Sampson, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, 65; Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, diplomat, 85; Lord Stevens of Ludgate, chairman, United Newspapers, 58; Wing Cdr Sir Kenneth Stoddart, former Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside, 80; Mr Glenn Turner, cricketer, 47; Air Marshal Sir John Walker, 58; Sir Frederick White, former chairman, CSIRO, 89.