Birthdays

Mr Leo Abse, former MP, 76; Lord Airedale, Deputy Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, 78; Mr Eddie Albert, actor, 85; Sir Michael Atiyah, mathematician, 64; Sir Christopher Ball, linguist and former warden, Keble College, Oxford, 58; Mr Alan Bond, yachtsman and businessman, 55; Mr Peter Bowring, former chairman, CT Bowring, 70; Mr Glen Campbell, country singer, 55; Mlle Yvette Chauvire, ballerina assoluta, 76; Mr George Cole, actor, 68; Miss Carole Drinkwater, actress, 45; Mr Alan Dukes, former leader of the Fine Gael party in Ireland, 48; Dr Eric Fenby, former professor of Harmony, Royal Academy of Music, 87; Mr Peter Frampton, rock star, 43; Mr Lloyd Honeyghan, boxer, 33; Mr Robin Hutton, Director-General, British Merchant Banking and Securities Houses Association, 60; Mr Ronald Hynd, choreographer, 62; Mr Robert Key MP, Under-Secretary of State, National Heritage, 48; Mr Archy Kirkwood MP, 47; Mr Nico Ladenis, restaurateur, 59; Sir Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, 77; Mr Jack Nicholson, actor, 56; The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, former Governor of the Seychelles, 77; Miss Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist, 65; Mr RJ Ritchie, former tennis player, 83; Professor Sir Eric Scowen, physician, 83; Mr Charles Sisson, author and poet, 79; Mr David Summerscale, Head Master, Westminster School, 56; Sir Robert Wade-Gery, executive director, Barclays de Zoete Wedd, 64.