Birthdays

The Marquess of Abergavenny, former Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex, 79; Lord Allanbridge, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 68; Mr Rupert Allason MP, 42; Professor Christiaan Barnard, heart transplant pioneer, 71; Mr Geoffrey Bell, chairman, Guinness Mahon Holdings, 54; M Alain Delon, actor, 58; Mr Ken Dodd, comedian, 62; Mr Paul Foot, journalist, 56; Miss Elizabeth Gale, opera singer, 45; Mr Edward Goldsmith, ecologist and author, 65; Mr Frederick Gore, painter, 80; Miss June Havoc, actress, 77; Dr Gordon Higginson, Vice- Chancellor, Southampton University, 64; Miss Nerys Hughes, actress, 52; Mr Kazuo Ishiguro, author, 39; Mr David Jessel, television journalist, 48; Sir Andrew Leggatt, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 63; Sir Richard Luyt, former Vice- Chancellor, University of Cape Town, 78; Professor Robert McWhirter, radiologist, 89; Sir Denis Mahon, art historian, 83; Miss Patti Page, singer, 66; Mr Martin Peters, footballer, 50; Sir James Redmond, former Director of Engineering, BBC, 75; Mr William Reid, former Director, National Army Museum, 67; Sir Robert Shields, Professor of Surgery, Liverpool University, 63; Mr Ian Sproat MP, 55; Miss Mary Travers, singer, 56; Mr Tamas Vasary, conductor and pianist, 60; Sir Alexander Waddell, former colonial administrator, 80.