Birthdays

Birthdays

Mr Alan Bamford, former Principal, Homerton College, Cambridge, 66; Mr Milton Berle, comedian, 88; Miss Chilli Bouchier, actress, 87; Mr John Bullock, former joint senior partner, Coopers & Lybrand, 63; Sir Alastair Burnet, broadcaster, 68; Mr Van Cliburn, pianist, 62; Mr Bill Cosby, comedian and actor, 59; Miss Annabel Croft, tennis player, 30; Lord Cuckney of Millbank, chairman, Orion Publishing Group, 71; Mr Gareth Edwards, rugby player, 49; Sir Arthur Hetherington, former chairman, British Gas, 85; Dom Philip Holdsworth, former Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford, 75; Mr Thomas Illtyd James, retired surgeon, 96; Mr Michael Kenward, science writer, 51; Mr Michael Gough Matthews, former director, Royal College of Music, 65; Mr Paul May, former deputy chairman, John Lewis Partnership, 89; Lord Quirk, linguistics authority, former president, British Academy, 76; Miss Jennifer Saunders, comedienne and actress, 38; Mr Robin Squire MP, Under-Secretary of State for Education, 52; Sir Harold Walker MP, 69; Mr Frank Windsor, actor, 69.