Birthdays

Birthdays

Mr John Allen, former Principal, Central School of Speech and Drama, 83; Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, former Secretary to the Cabinet, 68; Mr Warren Beatty, actor, 58; Lord Browne-Wilkinson, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 65; Mr Eric Clapton, rock musician, 50; Mr John Coates, naval architect, 73; Miss Sue Cook, broadcaster, 46; Mr Graeme Edge, rock musician, 52; Mr George Esson, former Chief Constable, Dumfries and Galloway, 53; Professor Leonard Forster, former Schroder Professor of German, Cambridge University, 82; Professor Sir Ernst Gombrich OM, art historian, 86; Sir John Gray, marine biologist, 77; Mr Rolf Harris, entertainer, 65; Professor Tony Honor, former Regius Professor of Civil Law, Oxford, 74; Professor Ron Johnston, Vice-Chancellor, Essex University, 54; Mr Frankie Laine, singer, 82; Sir Ian MacLaurin, chairman, Tesco, 58; Lord Rayner, former chairman, Marks and Spencer, 69; Mr Tom Sharpe, novelist, 67; The Countess of Sutherland, Chief of the Clan Sutherland, 74; Sir John Wells, former MP, 70; Professor Arie Zuckerman, Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, 63.