Birthdays

Dr Eric Anderson, headmaster of Eton, 57; The Right Rev Simon Barrington- Ward, Bishop of Coventry, 63; Professor John Barth, author, 63; Admiral Sir Benjamin Bathurst, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, 57; Mr Jeffrey Bernard, writer, 61; Miss Cilla Black, singer, 50; Earl Cairns, joint chairman and chief executive, SG Warburg and Co, 54; Mr Pat Cash, tennis player, 28; General Sir John Chapple, former Chief of the General Staff, 62; Mr John Conteh, boxer, 42; Mr Bryan Cowgill, former deputy chairman, Mirror Group, 66; Col Sir William Crawshay, vice Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent, 73; Lord Erroll of Hale, former government minister, 79; Mr Roger Freeman MP, Minister for Public Transport, 51; Lord Freyberg, former staff officer, Ministry of Defence, 70; Mr Paul Gascoigne, footballer, 26; Mr Duncan Goodhew, swimmer, 36; Sir Derek Greenaway, life president, Daniel Greenaway & Sons, 83; Mr Norman Griggs, former vice-president, Building Societies Association, 77; Lord Holme, former president, Liberal Party, 57; Dr Henry Kissinger, statesman, 70; Mr Christopher Lee, actor, 71; Sir John Moberly, diplomat, 68; Miss Thea Musgrave, composer, 65; Miss Davina Phillips, property developer and former actress, 52; Mr Vincent Price, actor, 82; Miss Florence Sharples, executive director, YWCA, 62; Mr Ravi Shastri, cricketer, 31; Mr Sam Snead, golfer, 81; Sir Ross Stainton, former chairman, British Airways, 79; The Right Rev Mervyn Stockwood, former Bishop of Southwark, 80; Mr Michael Webster, former chairman, DRG, 73; Mr Don Williams, singer, 50; Mr Herman Wouk, novelist, 78.