Birthdays

The Duchess of York, 34; Lord Baden- Powell, vice-president, Scout Association, 57; Sir George Bishop, former chairman, Booker McConnell, 80; Mr Richard Carpenter, singer, 47; Mr Howard Colvin, architectural historian, 74; Professor John K. Galbraith, economist, 85; The Very Rev Eric Heaton, former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 73; Sir Julian Hodge, merchant banker, 89; Mr Tito Jackson, rock singer, 40; Miss Catherine Lampert, director, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 47; Mr Perrie Mans, snooker player, 53; Dame Anne Mueller, former senior civil servant, 63; Baroness Perry of Southwark, director, South Bank University, 62; Mr Peter Phillips, founder the Tallis Scholars, 40; Mr Mario Puzo, novelist, 73; Professor Charles Rees, organic chemist, 66; Mr George Sava, author and surgeon, 90; Professor Arthur Schlesinger, author and former presidential aide, 76; Baroness Serota, former Ombudsman, 74; Sir John Vinelott, High Court judge, 70.