Birthdays

Mr George Baker, actor and writer, 62; Dr Michael Barrett, former Vice-Chancellor, Buckingham University, 61; Mr Cynog Dafis MP, 55; Mr David Davies, chairman, Johnson Matthey, 53; The Rev Norman Drummond, headmaster, Loretto School, 41; Professor Roderick Floud, Vice-Chancellor, London & Guildhall University, 51; Sir Anthony Gill, chairman, Lucas Industries, 63; Mr David Gower, cricketer, 36; Sir Nicholas Henderson, former diplomat, 74; Miss Gaie Johnson Houghton, jockey, 52; Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, Professor Emeritus, department of nursing, Manchester University, 67; Professor Maxwell McGlashan, chemist, 69; Miss Ali MacGraw, actress, 55; Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, High Court judge, 67; Mr William Manchester, author and history professor, 71; Maj-Gen Giles Mills, former resident Governor, Tower of London, 71; Professor Sir Dimitri Obolensky, historian, 75; Mrs Marie Patterson, former TUC president, 59; Miss Jane Powell, singer and actress, 64; Mr Charles H. Price, former US ambassador to the UK, 62; Mr Steve Race, musician and broadcaster, 72; Dr Richard Repp, Master, St Cross College, Oxford, 57; Miss Debbie Reynolds, actress, 61; Mr Arnold Sidebottom, cricketer, 39; Sir Peter Tizard, paediatrician, 77; Mr Leonard van Geest, chairman, Littlewoods, 43; Mr Dafydd Wigley MP, 50.