Birthdays

Mr Dave Allen, comedian, 56; Mr Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist, 55; Mr Mark Benson, cricketer, 34; Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Dick Caldwell, 83; Mr David Capel, cricketer, 29; Baroness Cox, a Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, 55; Mr John Cummings MP, 49; The Dalai Lama, 57; Professor Arthur Dickens, historian, 82; Mr Peter Glossop, operatic baritone, 64; Lt-Gen Eric Goddard, 95; Miss Geraldine James, actress, 42; Mr Jeff King, jockey, 51; Miss Janet Leigh, actress, 65; Mr William McCall, former general secretary, Institution of Professional Civil Servants, 63; Mr John Makepeace, furniture designer, 53; Mr Elliot Morley MP, 40; Professor Barry Nicholas, former principal, Brasenose College, Oxford, 73; Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Pedder, 88; Miss Mary Peters, athlete, 53; The Right Rev Simon Phipps, former Bishop of Lincoln, 71; The Hon Jonathon Porritt, ecologist, 42; Mrs Nancy Reagan, former US First Lady, 71; Lord Ross of Newport, former Liberal MP, 66; Mr Sylvester Stallone, actor and director, 46.