Birthdays

Mr Severiano Ballesteros, golfer, 36; M Jean-Paul Belmondo, actor, 60; Sir Simon Brown, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 56; Mr Eric Clarke MP, 60; Sir Brian Cubbon, former senior civil servant, 65; Mr Iain Duncan-Smith MP, 39; The Most Rev Domenico Enrici, former Apostolic Nuncio, 84; Lord Fitt, former MP, 67; Senator J. William Fulbright, statesman, 88; Miss Hannah Gordon, actress, 52; Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian, 67; Mr Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher, 67; Sir Graham Hills, former principal, Strathclyde University, 67; Mr Eric Illsley MP, 38; Mr Tom Jackson, former trade-union leader, 68; Mr Bernard Jenkin MP, 34; Mr Alan Knott, cricketer, 47; Mr Tom Lehrer, songwriter and lecturer, 65; Mr Peter Moores, director, Littlewoods, 61; The Right Rev Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hallam, 71; Mr Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer, 76; Sir Michael Ogden QC, former chairman, Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, 67; Sir Michael Palliser, former Head of the Diplomatic Service, 71; Mr Carl Perkins, rock singer and guitarist, 61; Sir Michael Richardson, vice-chairman, NM Rothschild, 68; Mr Martin Rogers, director, Farmington Institute for Christian Studies, 62; Professor Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy, Strathclyde University, 60; Mr Tony Sibson, middleweight boxer, 35; Miss Valerie Singleton, broadcaster, 56; Sir Michael Somare, minister for foreign affairs, Papua New Guinea, 57; Mr Glenn F. Tilton, chairman, Texaco, 45; Professor David Walker QC, professor of law, Glasgow University, 73; Sir Richard Young, former chairman, Boosey and Hawkes, 79.