Birthdays

The Sultan of Brunei, 47; Professor Sir James Ball, economist, 60; Sir Jeffrey Benson, chairman, the 600 Group, 71; Sir Harrison Birtwistle, composer, 59; Mr Julian Bream, guitarist, 60; Mr Geoffrey Burgon, composer, 52; Dr Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer, 50; Lord Buxton of Alsa, former chairman, Anglia Television, 75; Miss Carmen Callil, publisher, 55; Mr Robert Conquest, author, 76; Professor Sir David Cox, Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, 69; Mr John Denham MP, 40; Sir Alexander Durie, a former vice-president of the Automobile Association, 78; Air Marshal the Rev Sir Paterson Fraser, 86; Sir Simon Gourlay, former president, NFU, 59; Sir John Graham, former diplomat, 67; Mr Ronald Hadfield, chief constable, West Midlands, 54; Mr Ralph Hammond Innes, novelist, 80; Mr Trevor Horn, popular song writer, 44; Miss Ann Jellicoe, playwright and theatre director, 66; Mr Charles Kelly, chief constable, Staffordshire, 63; Sir Larry Lamb, former editor, Daily Express, 64; Mr Henry McCubbin, MEP, 51; Dame Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher, 74; Mrs Juliet Pannet, portrait painter, 82; Mrs Marion Roe MP, 57; Miss Linda Ronstadt, US singer, 47; Lord Shackleton, former explorer and govt minister, 82; Mr Ron Smith, trade unionist, 78; Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade, 73.