Birthdays

Professor John Albery, Master of University College, Oxford, 57; Vice-Admiral Sir Neil Anderson, 66; Miss Jane Asher, actress, 47; Mr Michael Bryant, actor, 65; Mr Allan Clarke, rock singer, 51; Mr Roger Corman, film director and producer, 67; Mr John Dick, former company chairman, 80; Miss Agnetha Faltskog, singer with the Abba group, 43; Mr Tom Finney, footballer, 71; Dr John Gilbert MP, 66; Mr Arthur Hailey, author, 73; Mr Nigel Hawthorne, actor, 64; Sir Douglas Henley, former Auditor-General, 74; Professor Denis Lawton, chairman, London University School Examinations Board, 62; Admiral Sir Michael Livesay, Chief of Naval Personnel, 57; Professor Donald Lynden-Bell, astronomer, 58; Professor Peter Moore, former principal, London Business School, 65; Mr Stanley Orme MP, 70; Mr Gregory Peck, actor, 77; Miss Jennifer Penney, ballerina, 47; General Colin Powell, chairman, American Joint Chiefs of Staff, 56; Mr William Hornby Steer, barrister and former judge, 94.