Birthdays

Sir Anthony Bamford, chairman and managing director, JC Bamford, 47; Mr Johnny Carson, television presenter, 67; Mr George Cohen, footballer, 53; Major Edwina Coven, HM Lieutenant, City of London, 71; Mr John Craven, chairman, Morgan Grenfell, 52; Ms Maggi Hambling, artist, 47; Lord Hunt of Tanworth, former secretary of the Cabinet, 73; Sir Archie Lamb, former diplomat, 71; Professor Sir Frank Lawton, authority on operative dental surgery, 77; Mr Iverach McDonald, former associate editor, the Times, 84; Viscount Massereene and Ferrard, former whip, House of Lords, 78; Pele, footballer, 52; Lord Remnant, chairman, National Provident Institution, 62; Sir Ralph Riley, former deputy chairman, Agriculture and Food Research Council, 68; Miss Anita Roddick, founder and proprietor of the Body Shop, 50; Mr George Rylands, Shakespearean scholar, 90; The Earl of Shannon, former deputy speaker, House of Lords, 68; Baroness Trumpington, government whip, 70; Baroness Young, former minister of state, Foreign Office, 66.