Birthdays

Mr Richard Anderson, actor, 68; Professor Jack Baldwin, chemist, 56; Mr Keith Barron, actor, 60; Mr Rory Calhoun, actor, 72; Lord Campbell of Eskan, former chairman, Commonwealth Sugar Exporters' Association, 82; Mr Dennis Canavan MP, 52; Mr Keith Carradine, actor, singer and songwriter, 44; Lord Chapple, former trade union leader, 73; Dr Michael Clark MP, 59; Lord Hayhoe, former MP, 69; Mr Dustin Hoffman, actor, 57; Lt-Gen Sir David House, former 'Black Rod', 72; Mr Peter Lapping, Headmaster, Sherborne School, 53; Mr Nigel Mansell, racing driver, 41; Sir Alan Muir Wood, civil engineer, 73; Sir Patrick Neill QC, Appeal Court judge, Jersey and Guernsey, and Warden of All Souls, Oxford, 68; Professor Sir Roger Penrose, mathematician, 63; Mr Richard Samuel, former ambassador to Latvia, 61; Miss Sylvia Sidney, actress, 84; Miss Connie Stevens, actress and singer, 56; Miss Esther Williams, swimmer and actress, 71; Sir John Wood, former High Court judge, 72; Professor John Yudkin, nutritionist, 84.