Birthdays

Mr Toby Balding, racehorse trainer, 56; Mr Ray Charles, rhythm and blues singer, 62; Baroness David, former government whip, 79; Sir Basil Feldman, chairman, Shopping Hours Reform Council, 66; Mr James Guinness, former deputy chairman, Guinness Peat, 68; Sir Gordon Hadow, former colonial governor, 84; Mr Julio Iglesias, musician, 49; Mr Richard Lambert, editor, Financial Times, 48; Sir Gordon Linacre, deputy chairman, United Newspapers, 72; Sir Henry Lintott, former High Commissioner in Canada, 84; Dr Brian Lloyd, chairman of directors, Oxford Gallery, 72; Mrs Genista McIntosh, executive director, Royal National Theatre, 46; The Right Rev Michael Manktelow, Bishop of Basingstoke, 65; Mr Larry Mize, golfer, 34; Mr Mickey Rooney, actor, 72; Mr Bruce Springsteen, singer and songwriter, 43; Mr Jeff Squire, rugby footballer, 41; Maj-Gen Dennis Talbot, former GOC, Rhine Army, 84; Admiral Sir John Treacher, director, Meggitt plc, 68; Mr John Wilkinson MP, 52; Mr Nicholas Witchell, broadcaster, 39.