Birthdays

Mr Russ Abbott, comedian, 45; Miss Lauren Bacall, actress, 68; Mr Tommy Carberry, jockey, 51; Mr George Chakiris, actor and dancer, 59; Mr Ken Coates, MEP, 62; Mr Peter Falk, actor, 65; Miss Anne Francis, actress, 60; Lord Grimthorpe, soldier and company director, 77; Mr Charles Haughey, former Irish prime minister, 67; Lord Henderson of Brompton, former Clerk of the Parliaments, 70; Mr Ian Horsbrugh, principal, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 51; Mr Andy Irvine, rugby player, 41; The Very Rev William Johnston, Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland, 71; Mr Kenny Jones, rock singer, 44; Mr Jack Kelly, actor, 65; Mr BB King, singer, 66; Mr Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore, 69; Mr David McCreery, Northern Ireland footballer, 35; Sir John Megaw, former Lord Justice of Appeal, 83; Sir John Page, former MP, 73; Miss Janis Paige, actress, 70; Baroness Pike, former MP, 74; Dame Sheila Quinn, former president, Royal College of Nursing, 72; Lord Ryder of Eaton Hastings, former chairman, International Publishing Corporation, 76; Mrs Steve Shirley, founder director, FI Group, 59; Mr David Smeeton, radio news correspondent, 56; Mr Micky Stewart, cricketer, 60; Mr Peter Townsend, golfer, 46; Lord Walton of Detchant, former Warden of Green College, Oxford, 70; Mr David Wilshire MP, 49.