Birthdays

Mr Thomas Allen, operatic baritone, 48; Mrs Beryl Cook, painter, 66; Mr Brian Donohue MP, 44; Mr Ted Edgar, showjumper, 54; Mr John Entwistle, rock guitarist, 48; Mr Jose Feliciano, singer, 47; Miss Judy Geeson, actress, 44; Professor Chevalier Herbert Gilles, authority on tropical medicine, 71; Mr David Hamilton, disc jockey, 53; Mr Christopher Hogwood, harpsichordist, 51; Mr Niall Macdermot QC, international jurist, 76; The Very Rev Michael Mayne, Dean of Westminster, 63; Mr Frederick Moorfoot, former chairman, Kodak, 76; Mr Norman Morrice, choreographer, 61; Sir Michael Nolan, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 64; Mr Neville Ovens, chief constable, Lincolnshire, 54; Mr Arnold Palmer, golfer, 63; General Sir Antony Read, former governor of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 79; Sir Peter Reynolds, deputy chairman, Ranks Hovis McDougall plc, 63; Mr Denis Richards, historian, 82; Dame Betty Ridley, former church commissioner, 83; Mr Bill Rogers, golfer, 41; Dr Brian Smith, chairman, BAA, 64; Sir Robert Smith, chairman, Alliance and Second Alliance Trust, 65; Sir Rupert Speir, former MP, 82; Miss Gwen Watford, actress, 65; Professor Carel Weight, painter and art teacher, 84; Mr Robert Wise, film director and producer, 78; Miss Fay Wray, actress, 84.