Birthdays

Major Kenneth Adams, Hon Fellow, St George's House, Windsor Castle, 73; Mr Rowan Atkinson, actor and comedian, 38; Mr Paul Azinger, golfer, 33; Sir Ashley Bramall, former chairman of the GLC, 77; Maj-Gen Sir Hamish Campbell, former Paymaster-in-Chief, War Office, 88; Mr John Croft, painter and criminologist, 70; Mr Kapil Dev, cricketer, 34; M Sacha Distel, singer, 61; General Sir Martin Farndale, former Commander-in-Chief BAOR and Commander Northern Group, 64; Sir Hugh Fish, water technologist, 70; Mr Barry John, former Welsh rugby international, 48; Mr PJ Kavanagh, poet and novelist, 62; Mr Christopher Lewinton, chairman and chief executive, TI Group, 61; Professor Lord McColl, surgeon, 60; Lord Plowden, former Chairman Atomic Energy Committee, 86; Mr Bill Sirs, former trade union leader, 73; Mr John Sowden, former chairman of the Costain Group, 76; Miss Sylvia Syms, actress, 59; Mr Terry Venables, football manager, 50; Sir Ernest Woodroofe, former chairman of Unilever, 81; Miss Loretta Young, actress, 80.