Birthdays

Birthdays

Sir Derek Andrews, former senior civil servant, 64; Mr Yasser Arafat, chairman, Palestine National Authority, 68; Mr Alan Bates, actor, 63; Mr Jim Brown, actor, 62; Mr Bryan Cassidy, MEP, 63; Mr Tom Clausen, former chairman and chief executive, Bank America Corp, 74; Dr Gordon Cook, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 65; Miss Angela Eagle MP, 36; The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Lord-Lieutenant of Fife, 73; Lord Foot, solicitor and conservationist, 88; Miss Prunella Gee, actress, 47; Mr Bernie Grant MP, 53; Mr Douglas Hoyle MP, 67; Mr Barry Humphries, entertainer, 63; Sir Gordon Jones, former chairman, Yorkshire Water, 70; Mr Richard Kennedy, Head Master, Highgate School, 48; Mr Andrew Leigh, general manager, the Old Vic, 56; Miss Julia McKenzie, actress and singer, 56; General Sir John Mogg, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 84; Professor Dr Claire Palley, former Principal, St Anne's College, Oxford, 66; Mr Gene Pitney, country and western singer and composer, 56; Mrs Ruth Rendell, crime novelist, 67; Miss Patricia Routledge, actress, 68; Mr Michael Shersby MP, 64; Lord Slynn of Hadley, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 67; Commandant Mary Talbot, former Director, WRNS, 75; Sir Anthony Wilson, former head of the Government Accountancy Service, 69.