Birthdays

Dr Baruch Blumberg, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, 68; Sir Grahame Clark, archaeologist and former Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 86; Professor Brian Clarkson, principal, University College of Swansea, 63; Professor Sir Frederick Crawford, Vice-Chancellor, Aston University, 62; Professor Robert Curran, pathologist, 72; Sir Horace Cutler, former leader of the GLC, 81; Sir Kenneth Durham, former chairman, Kingfisher, 69; Mr Ian Grant, chairman, Scottish Tourist Board, 50; Sir Peter Green, former chairman, Janson Green, 69; Mr Robert Henderson, deputy chairman, Powerscreen International, 64; Mr Keith Hill MP, 50; Sir Maurice Holmes, barrister and former chairman, London Transport, 82; Mr Brian Johnson, chief constable, Lancashire, 61; Sir Russell Johnston MP, 61; Mr Ian McCaskill, television weatherman, 55; Lord Murray of Newhaven, former Chancellor, Southampton University, 90; Dame Rosemary Murray, former Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge University, 80; Mr Riccardo Muti, conductor, 52; Mr David Naish, president, National Farmers' Union, 53; Mrs Jacqueline Onassis, 64; Mr David Pearson, deputy chairman, Robert Fleming Holdings, 62; Professor Sir Karl Popper CH, philosopher, 91; Judge Malcolm Potter, circuit judge, 61; Sir Garfield Sobers, cricketer, 57; Miss Prunella Stack, president, Women's League of Health and Beauty, 79.