Birthdays

Mr Tim Albery, opera director, 41; General Sir Hugh Beach, 70; Sir David Berriman, former chairman, North East Thames Regional Health Authority, 65; Sir Robert Bunyard, Commandant, Police Staff College, and HM Inspector of Constabulary, 63; Dr Sir Clifford Butler, former Vice-Chancellor, Loughborough University of Technology, 71; Professor Henry Cadbury-Brown, architect, 80; Sir Harry Campion, statistician, 88; The Rev Professor Owen Chadwick OM, chancellor, University of East Anglia, 77; Cher, singer and actress, 47; Professor Richard Cobb, historian, 76; Mr Peter Copley, actor, 78; Flt Lt John Cruickshank VC, banker, 73; Mr Lynn Davies, long jump athlete, 51; Mr Keith Fletcher, cricketer, 49; Mr Nigel Griffiths MP, 38; Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir John Harrison, 72; Lord Hollick, chief executive, MAI, 48; The Very Rev Professor John McIntyre, theologian, 77; Mr Deryck Murray, former West Indies cricketer, 50; Mr Jeremy Nichols, headmaster, Stowe School, 50; Mr Peter Shore MP, 69; Sir William Simpson, former trade-union leader, 73; Mr James Stewart, actor, 85; Mr Iain Vallance, chairman, British Telecom, 50.