Birthdays

The Earl of Arran, Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland, 55; Miss Polly Bergen, actress and singer, 63; Mr Ingmar Bergman, film-maker, 75; Sir Alan Cockshaw, chairman, AMEC, 56; Miss Vera Di Palma, accountant, 63; Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans, Bath King of Arms, 69; Sir Nigel Fisher, former MP, 80; Mr Gerald Ford, former US president, 80; Mr Leon Garfield, author, 72; Mr David Hardy, company chairman, 63; Mr Illtyd Harrington, former leader of the GLC, 62; Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, former Air Officer Commanding in Chief, RAF Strike Command and Commander-in-Chief, UK Air Forces, 61; Mr Robert G. Hughes MP, 42; Lord Hunter of Newington, former principal, Birmingham University, 78; Miss Sue Lawley, radio and television presenter, 47; Maj-Gen Cosmo Nevill, 86; Mr Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer, 43; Mr James Otis Purdy, novelist, 70; Lord Rees-Mogg, chairman, Broadcasting Standards Council, 65; The Right Rev David Smith, Bishop of Bradford, 58; Baroness Stedman, former SDP Chief Whip, House of Lords, 77; Mr Robert Stephens, actor, 62; Sir Richard Trehane, former chairman, Milk Marketing Board, 80; Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, 72.