Birthdays

Mr Paul Allaire, president, Xerox Corporation, 55; The Rev Dom Aidan Bellenger, Head Master, Downside School, 43; Sir Nigel Broackes, chairman, Trafalgar House, 59; Sir Andrew Buchanan, Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, 56; Mr John Burrow, chief constable, Essex, 58; Mr Henry Cotton, Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside, 64; Dame Joyce Daws, thoracic surgeon, 68; Sir Stephen Egerton, former ambassador to Italy, 61; Miss Buchi Emecheta, author and lecturer, 49; Mr Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), rock singer and songwriter, 45; Mr Norman Jewison, film director, 67; Sir Kirby Laing, former chairman, Laing Properties, 77; Mr Leigh Lawrence, actor, 50; Mr Gerald Malone MP, 43; Dr Jonathan Miller, television, film and theatre director, 59; Maj-Gen the Duke of Norfolk KG, Earl Marshal, 78; Mr Bill Pertwee, actor, 67; Mr Julian Pettifer, broadcaster, 58; Lt-Gen Sir Steuart Pringle, former Commandant General, Royal Marines, 65; Mr Karel Reisz, film director, 67; Mr Barry Richards, cricketer, 48; Mr Michael St John Parker, headmaster, Abingdon School, 52; Miss Kay Starr, singer, 71; Mr Isaac Stern, violinist, 73; Mr Dennis Trevelyan, principal, Mansfield College, Oxford, 64.