Birthdays

Mr David Abell, chairman and chief executive, Suter plc, 50; Mr Roy Anderson, chairman emeritus of the Lockheed Corporation, 72; Mr Michael Bogdanov, joint artistic director, English Shakespeare Company, 54; Mr Dave Clark, drummer and pop group founder, 50; Lord Croham, former chairman, Guinness Peat group, 75; Mr Geoffrey Davies, actor, 51; Mr Graham Dorey, Bailiff of Guernsey, 60; Air Marshal Sir John Fitzpatrick, 63; Miss Ida Haendel, violinist, 64; Mr Gunnar Hagglof, diplomat, 88; Sir Henry Hardman, former senior civil servant, 87; Mr Oliver Heald MP, 38; Mr Kevin Hughes MP, 40; Mr Joe Jordan, footballer, 41; General Sir Frank Kitson, former Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces, 66; The Rev Dr Una Kroll, Church of England deaconess and feminist, 67; Mr David McMurray, headmaster, Oundle school, 55; Mr Oscar Niemeyer, architect, 85; Miss Edna O'Brien, novelist, 56; Mr Austin Savage, hockey international, 51; Commandant Anne Spencer, director, WRNS, 54; Professor Sir John Thomas, director of the Royal Institution, 60; Professor Maurice Wilkins, biophysicist, 76.