Birthdays

Mr Edward Bell, chairman, HarperCollins UK, 44; Lord Benson, former partner, Coopers & Lybrand, chartered accountants, 84; Mr John Bowis MP, 48; Sir Ronald Brierley, chairman, Tozer Kemsley & Millbourn, 56; Mr John Gale, theatrical producer, 64; Sir John Hannam MP, 64; Sir Christopher Hogg, chairman, Courtaulds and Reuters, 57; Dr George Kimble, geographer, 85; Miss Anne Leuchars, television journalist, 40; Miss Myrna Loy, actress, 88; Mr Sammy McIlroy, footballer, 39; Sir Reginald Murley, surgeon, 77; Lord Murray of Epping Forest, former TUC general secretary, 71; Sir Brian Neill, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 70; Mr Peter O'Toole, actor, 61; Lord Shuttleworth, chartered surveyor and chairman, Rural Development Commission, 45; Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, mathematician, 66; Miss Rose Tremain, novelist and playwright, 50; Mr Alan Tuffin, trade union leader, 60; Lord Waddington QC, Governor of Bermuda, 64; Mr Alan Whicker, broadcaster, 68; Sir Brian Wolfson, chairman, Wembley plc, 58.