Birthdays

Mr Richard Adams, former chief executive of P & O, 71; Mr Michael Aldridge, actor, 72; Miss Pauline Baynes, designer and book-illustrator, 70; Mr John Curry, figure-skating champion, 43; Mr Eric Forth MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Education and Science, 48; Sir John Gorton CH, statesman, 81; Mr Robin Hyman, publisher, 61; Sir John Loveridge, former MP, 67; Sir Peter Macadam, former chairman, BAT Industries, 71; Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax, chartered accountant, 34; Sir Anthony Parsons, former ambassador, 70; The Rev Professor Norman Porteous, theological scholar, 94; Mr Cliff Robertson, actor, 67; Mr James Sabben- Clare, headmaster of Winchester College, 51; Mr Richard Sharpe, rugby footballer, 54; Mr Dave Stewart, rock singer and producer, 40; Dr The Hon Shirley Summerskill, former Labour MP, 61; Mr Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, 57; Miss Margaret Tyzack, actress, 61; Air Commodore Robert Weighill, former secretary, Rugby Football Union, 72.