Birthdays

Miss Inge Bernstein, circuit judge, 62; Mr John Booth, former chairman, Hepworth Ceramics, 79; Professor Eric Boyland, biochemist, 88; Mr Brian Close, former England cricket captain, 62; Dr Lionel Dakers, former director, Royal School of Church Music, 69; Mr Reginald Freeson, urban renewal consultant, 67; Mr Richard Hamilton, painter, 71; Maj-Gen David Houston, Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland, 64; Mr Paul Jones, actor and singer, 51; Mr David Langdon, cartoonist and illustrator, 79; Mr Denis Law, footballer, 53; M Michel Legrand, composer and conductor, 61; Mr John Lever, former England cricketer, 44; Lord Melchett, conservationist, 45; Mr Peter Owen, publisher, 66; Admiral Sir William Pillar, former Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, 69; Mr Alain Prost, motor- racing driver, 38; Mr Derek Randall, cricketer, 42; Sir Frank Rogers, chairman, Newspaper Publishers' Association, 73; Mr Harry Urwin, former trades union officer, 78; Sir Edgar Vaughan, former ambassador, 86; Professor Emeritus Anthony Douglas Valentine, paediatric dental surgeon, 65; Mr Dennis Waterman, actor, 45; Mr Jerry Wiggin MP, 56.