Birthdays

Birthdays

Professor Harry Allen, Emeritus Professor of American Studies, University of East Anglia, 78; Mr Mike Atherton, cricketer, 27; Mr Norman Bailey, baritone, 62; Sir Roger Bannister, neurologist and former Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 66; Mr Wasim Bari, cricketer, 47; Mr Bryan Bass, Headmaster, City of London School, 61; Mr Alan Bleasdale, playwright, 49; Mr Geoffrey Bush, composer, 75; Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, 42; Mr Barry Cryer, writer and comedian, 60; Mrs Rosalind Gilmore, former chairman, Building Societies Commission and chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, 58; Mr Peter Godfrey, former senior partner, Ernst and Whinney, 71; Professor Kenneth Gregory, Warden, Goldsmith's College, London, 57; Lord Jay, journalist and former MP, 88; Mr Akira Kurosawa, film director, 85; Sir Geoffrey Leigh, chairman, Allied London Properties, 62; Sir David McNee, former Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 70; Mr Michael Manser, architect, 66; Mr Andrew Miller MP, 46; Mr Andrew Mitchell MP, 39; Mr Alfred Morris MP, 67; Mr Michael Nyman, composer, 51; Sir Ralph Perring, former Lord Mayor of London, 90; Sir Desmond Pitcher, chairman, North West Water Group, 60; Mr John Rowe QC, a Recorder of the Crown Court, 59; Miss Cindy Shelley, actress, 35; Mr Oliver Sherwood, racehorse trainer, 40; Sir Ian Todd, consulting surgeon, 74; Sir Edward Warner, former diplomat, 84; Sir Denis Wright, former diplomat, 84.