Birthdays

Mr Frank Auerbach, painter, 62; Mr Edward Blishen, author, 72; Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, Minister for Overseas Development, 51; Rear-Admiral Robert Currie, 88; Mr Daniel Day-Lewis, actor, 36; Miss Brenda Dean, former General Secretary, Graphical, Paper and Media, 50; Mrs Ruth Deech, principal, St Anne's College, Oxford, 50; Lt-Gen Sir Peter de la Billiere, 59; Miss Anita Dobson, actress, 44; Mr Lonnie Donegan, skiffle musician, 62; His Honour Israel Finestein, QC, president, Board of Deputies of British Jews, 72; Sir Patrick Hamill, former Chief Constable, Strathclyde, 63; Miss Celeste Holm, actress, 74; Professor David Johns, Vice-Chancellor, Bradford University, 62; Miss Cheryl Kennedy, actress, 46; Mr Timothy Kirkhope MP, an Assistant Whip, 48; Sir Anthony Laughton, oceanographer, 66; Mr Rod McKuen, composer and poet, 60; Mr Zubin Mehta, conductor, 57; Mr Johnny Miller, golfer, 46; Sir Fraser Noble, former Vice-Chancellor, Aberdeen University, 75; Lt-Gen Sir Patrick Palmer, former Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Northern Europe, 60; Lord Rothschild, financier, 57; Mr Rudolf Schwarz, conductor, 88; Mr Harold Shapero, composer, 73; Mr Jeremy Thorpe, former MP, 64; Mr David Tindle, painter, 61; Mr Alfred Valentine, former West Indies cricketer, 63; Mr Richard Warwick, actor, 48; Professor Heinz Wolff, bioengineer, 65; Sir Peter Youens, former colonial administrator, 77; Mr Fred Zinnemann, film director, 86.