Birthdays

Sir Hardy Amies, couturier, 83; Mr Kim Barnett, cricketer, 32; Mr Tim Brooke-Taylor, actor, 52; Miss Diahann Carroll, actress and singer, 57; Sir Alan Cottrell, former Master, Jesus College, Cambridge University, 73; Professor Donald Davie, poet and former professor of Humanities, Vanderbilt University, 70; Miss Phyllis Diller, comedienne and concert pianist, 75; Mr Ray Galton, scriptwriter, 62; Baroness Gardner of Parkes, dental surgeon, 65; Mr W. Gordon Graham, publisher, 72; Mr Eric Hammond, trade union leader, 63; Mr Peter Hardy MP, 61; Mr John Harper, former deputy managing director, British Telecom, 62; Sir William Henderson, microbiologist, 79; Sir William Heseltine, former private secretary to the Queen, 62; Lord Lane, former Lord Chief Justice of England, 74; The Right Rev David Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield, 62; Mr John Patten MP, Minister for Education and Science, 47; Miss Elizabeth Quinn, actress, 44; Dr Marjorie Reeves, historian, 87; Mr Andrew Robathan, MP, 41; Mr Peter Sissons, broadcaster, 50; Mr Wayne Sleep, dancer and choreographer, 44; Sir Kenneth Stowe, former senior civil servant, 65; Mr Donald Sutherland, actor, 57; Mr Bob Taylor, cricketer, 51; Miss Gwynneth Thurburn, former principal, Central School of Speech and Drama, 93; Sir David West-Russell, judge and president of Industrial Tribunals, 71; Mr Terrel Wyatt, chairman, WS Atkins Ltd., 65.