Birthdays

Miss Marian Anderson, contralto, 92; Sir Derek Andrews, senior civil servant, 60; Mr Yasser Arafat, Arab leader, 64; Mr Alan Bates, actor, 59; Mr Jim Brown, actor, 58; Mr Tom Clausen, former chairman and chief executive, Bank America Corp, 70; Miss Angela Eagle MP, 32; The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, 37th Chief of the Name of Bruce, 69; Lord Foot, solicitor, 84; Miss Prunella Gee, actress, 43; Mr Bernie Grant, MP, 49; Mr Douglas Hoyle MP, 63; Mr Barry Humphries, entertainer, 59; Sir Gordon Jones, chairman, Yorkshire Water, 66; Miss Julia McKenzie, actress and singer, 52; General Sir John Mogg, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 80; Sir Orby Mootham, former judge, 92; Professor Claire Palley, former principal, St Anne's College, Oxford, 62; Mr Gene Pitney, country and Western singer and composer, 52; Sir Reginald Pullen, former Chapter Clerk, Westminster Abbey, 71; Mrs Ruth Rendell, novelist, 63; Lord Ridley of Liddesdale, former government minister, 64; Miss Patricia Routledge, actress, 64; Mr Michael Shersby MP, 60; Lord Slynn of Hadley, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 63; Commandant Mary Talbot, former director, WRNS, 71; Mr Elleston Trevor, author, 73; Sir Anthony Wilson, former head of the Government Accountancy Service, 65.