Birthdays
Birthdays
Mr Rob Andrew, rugby player, 34; Mr M.J. Argent, Chief Constable, North Wales, 52; Mr Michael Buerk, television newscaster, 51; Miss Helen Gurley Brown, author and magazine editor, 75; Miss Phyllis Calvert, actress, 82; Mr Jose-Maria Canizares, golfer, 50; Miss Jean E. Cooke, painter, 70; Miss Sinead Cusack, actress, 49; Mr Roy Dean, former diplomat, 70; Mr Phillip DeFreitas, cricketer, 31; Mr Len Deighton, novelist, 68; Lt- Gen Sir Donald Dunstan, former Governor of South Australia, 74; Professor Edward Edwards, former Vice-Chancellor, Bradford University, 83; Mr Cyril English, president, Nationwide Housing Trust, 74; Mr Milos Forman, film director, 65; Sir Charles Frossard, a former judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey and Bailiff of Guernsey, 75; Sir Eric Gairy, former prime minister of Grenada, 75; Mr Graeme Garden, actor and scriptwriter, 54; Miss Tessa Hilton, former Editor, Sunday Mirror, 46; Dr James Houston, Emeritus Physician, Guy's Hospital, 80; Miss Prue Leith, cookery writer and restaurateur, 57; Mr Peter Luff MP, 42; Professor William McKane, Hebrew and Oriental language scholar, 76; Sir Arthur Norman, former chairman of De La Rue, 80; Mr Jack Palance, actor, 77; Mr Bobby Robson, head coach, Barcelona Football Club, Spain, 64; Miss Greta Scacchi, actress, 37; Miss Cybill Shepherd, actress, 47; Mr Ned Sherrin, broadcaster, 66; Mr Richard Thomas, High Commissioner to Jamaica, 58; Mr John Travolta, actor, 43; Sir Max Williams, solicitor and former President, the Law Society, 71.
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