Birthdays

Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare, novelist, 53; Dame Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chairman, Broadcasting Standards Council, 64; Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, BBC National Governor for Northern Ireland, 62; Gp Capt David Bolton, director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, 61; Sir Adrian Cadbury, a director of the Bank of England, 64; Miss Claudia Cardinale, actress, 55; Sir Richard Evans, former diplomat, 65; Lord Geraint, former MP, 68; Mr Patrick Gillam, chairman, Asda, 60; Lord Grey of Naunton, chancellor, Ulster University, 83; Mr John Grigg, historian, 69; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor, 69; Professor Charles Marsden, neurologist, 55; Sir Peter Menzies, former chairman, Electricity Council, 81; Miss Elizabeth Montgomery, actress, 60; Earl Russell, historian, 56; Sir Maurice Shock, rector, Lincoln College, Oxford, 67; Sir Leslie Smith, former chairman, BOC Group, 74; Mr Godfrey Stafford, former Master, St Cross College, Oxford, 73; Miss Emma Thompson, actress, 34; Miss Meriol Trevor, novelist and biographer, 74; Dr Richard von Weizsacker, president of Germany, 73; Dame Susan Walker, former vice-chairman, WRVS, 87; Sir Douglas Wass, chairman, Equity & Law Life Assurance Society, 70; Mr Marty Wilde, rock singer and composer, 54.