Birthdays

Mr Umberto Agnelli, deputy chairman of Fiat, 59; Sir Hugh Bidwell, former Lord Mayor of London, 59; Professor Sir Hermann Bondi, former Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, 74; The Right Rev Laurence Brown, former Bishop of Birmingham, 86; Admiral Sir John Bush, 79; Mr Terence Cuneo, portrait-painter, 86; Miss Victoria de los Angeles, soprano, 70; Mr Nigel Dempster, journalist, 52; Mr Michael Denison, actor, 78; Mr George Dobry, former circuit judge, 75; Mr Lou Donaldson, alto saxophonist, 67; Miss Tazeena Firth, stage designer, 58; Mr Bruce Grocott MP, 53; Lord Harmar- Nicholls, former MP, 81; Mr David Harris MP, 56; Mr Alec Higgins, underwriter, 79; Mr David Hobson, former senior partner, Coopers and Lybrand, 71; Sir Wynn Hugh-Jones, former diplomat, 70; Mr Roger Kellaway, popular composer and pianist, 54; Mr Andrew Knight, executive chairman, News International, 54; Dr J. Dickson Mabon, former government minister, 68; Miss Naomi Mitchison, novelist, 96; Mr Gary Player, golfer, 58; Mr John Pullen, rugby player, 52; Mr James Ramsden, insurance company director and former government minister, 70; Mr Gerald Ratner, former chairman, Ratners, 44; Mr Lee Ritenour, jazz guitarist, 41.