Birthdays

Sir James Ackers, chairman, West Midlands Regional Health Authority, 57; Mr Hume Boggis-Rolfe, barrister and farmer, 81; Sir Edwin Bolland, former diplomat, 70; The Right Rev Stanley Booth- Clibborn, Bishop of Manchester, 68; Maj-Gen Thomas Brodie, former commander in Korea, 89; Mr Art Buchwald, newspaper columnist, 67; Mr Ray Buckton, former trade-union leader, 70; The Right Rev Dr Harry Carpenter, theologian, 91; Mr Chris Cowdrey, cricketer, 35; Professor Sir Bernard Crossland, engineer, 69; Mr Lawrence Daly, former trade union leader, 68; The Right Rev Joseph Gray, Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury, 73; Mr Al Greenwood, rock musician, 41; Professor Sir Douglas Hague, chairman, Oxford Strategy Network, 66; Mr Colin Jeavons, actor, 63; Miss Kathy Kirby, singer, 52; Mr Eddie Macken, showjumper, 43; Judge Deirdre McKinney, circuit judge, 64; Mr John Milne Home, former Lord-Lieutenant, Dumfries and Galloway, 76; Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, founder, National Motor Museum, 66; Mr Tom Petty, guitarist and singer, 39; Mr Ian Rush, footballer, 31; Professor Samuel Saul, vice-chancellor of York University, 68; Sir William Shapland, chartered accountant, 80; Sir Alexander Stirling, former diplomat, 66; The Hon Emma Tennant, writer, 55; Mr Timothy West, actor, 58.