Birthdays

Professor Harry Allen, Professor of American Studies, University of East Anglia, 76; Mr Norman Bailey, baritone, 60; Sir Roger Bannister, neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 64; Mr Wasim Bari, former Pakistan cricketer, 45; Mr Bryan Bass, headmaster, City of London School, 59; Mr Alan Bleasdale, playwright, 47; Mr Geoffrey Bush, composer, 73; Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, 40; Mr Barry Cryer, writer and comedian, 58; Marshal of the RAF Lord Elworthy, 82; Mr Peter Godfrey, former senior partner, Ernst and Whinney, 69; Lord Jay, journalist and former MP, 86; Mr Akira Kurosawa, film director, 83; Sir David McNee, former commissioner, the Metropolitan Police, 68; Mr Michael Manser, architect, 64; Mr Andrew Miller MP, 44; Mr Andrew Mitchell MP, 37; Mr Alfred Morris MP, 65; Mr Michael Nyman, composer, 49; Sir Ralph Perring, former Lord Mayor of London, 88; Sir Desmond Pitcher, group chief executive, Littlewoods, 58; Miss Cindy Shelley, actress, 33; Mr Oliver Sherwood, racehorse trainer, 38; Sir Ian Todd, consulting surgeon, 72; Sir Edward Warner, former diplomat, 82; Sir Denis Wright, former diplomat, 82.