Birthdays

Birthdays

Dr Madge Adam, astronomer, 85; Miss Jean Boht, actress, 61; Brigadier Michael Calvert, former SAS commander, 84; Mr William Davis, editor and publisher of High Life, 64; Miss Kiki Dee, rock singer, 50; Mr Donald Dixon MP, 68; Professor Sir Charles Frank, physicist, 86; Mr David Gilmour, rock guitarist, 53; Mr Richard Giordano, chairman, British Gas, 63; Sir Alistair Grant, chairman, Safeway, 60; Professor David Hendry, Professor of Economics, Oxford University 53; Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenburg, former President, Wolfson College, Oxford, 74; Miss Judy Loe, actress, 50; Mr Lorin Maazel, conductor, 67; Sir Hal Miller, former MP, 68; Mr Malcolm Moss MP, 54; Mr John Noakes, actor and television presenter, 63; Mr Richard Noble, world land speed record holder, 51; Mr Peter Roebuck, cricketer, 41; Sir Ian Dixon Scott, former ambassador, 88; The Right Rev David Sheppard, Bishop of Liverpool, 68; Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, operatic soprano, 53; Mlle Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova, cosmonaut, 60; Dr David Whitaker, chairman, J. Whitaker & Sons, 66; Miss Mary Wilson, singer, 53; Mrs Ann Winterton MP, 56; Sir Oliver Wright, former ambassador in Washington, 76.