Birthdays

Mr Ben Aris, actor, 56; Miss Sybille Bedford, author, 82; Miss Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano, 58; Mr Bernardo Bertolucci, film director, 52; Sir Patrick Dean, former ambassador to the US, 84; Lord De Ramsey, former Lord-Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough, 83; The Right Rev Hugo de Waal, Bishop of Thetford, 58; Sir Kingsford Dibela, former Governor- General of Papua New Guinea, 61; Sir John Drinkwater QC, a Commissioner of Income Tax, 68; Sir Philip Foreman, former chairman, Short Bros, 70; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, Chairman, Battle of Britain Fighter Association, 76; Mr Ramon Hnatyshyn, QC, Governor-General of Canada, 59; Sir Ewart Jones, Emeritus professor of chemistry, Oxford University, 82; Sir Anthony Kenny, president of the British Academy and chairman of the British Library Board, 62; Mr Jerry Lewis, comedian, 67; Mr Leo McKern, actor, 73; Miss Kate Nelligan, actress, 42; Mr Roger Norrington, conductor, 59; Mr Richard Puttick, former chairman, Taylor Woodrow, 77; Dame Lucie Rie, potter, 91; Miss Bridget Rowe, editor, Sunday Mirror, 43.