Birthdays

Mr Walter Anderson, solicitor and former trade union leader, 83; Mr Trevor Bailey, former England cricketer, 70; Mr Ralph Bennett, former chairman, London Transport, 70; Professor Ian Butterworth, former Principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, 63; Mr Charles Craig, operatic tenor, 73; Mr Bob Cryer MP, 59; Mr Mike Gibson, former Irish rugby international, 51; M Jean-Luc Godard, film director, 63; Sir William Harpham, former ambassador, 87; Professor Geoffrey Kirk, scholar of Greek, 72; Mr Franz Klammer, skier, 40; Mr Ralph McTell, ragtime guitarist, 49; Miss Tanya Moiseiwitsch, designer for the theatre, 79; The Rev Professor Charles Moule, theologian, 85; Mr Paul Nicholas, actor and singer, 48; Mr Victor Pasmore CH, artist, 85; Mr Raymond Plummer, ex-President and Honorary Director, Design and Industries Association, 77; Mr Mel Smith, actor and comedian, 41; Mr Andy Williams, singer, 63.