Birthdays

Birthdays

Dr Eric Anderson, Rector, Lincoln College, Oxford, 60; The Right Rev Simon Barrington-Ward, Bishop of Coventry, 66; Professor John Barth, author, 66; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, 60; Mr Jeffrey Bernard, writer, 64; The Right Rev Hugh Budd, Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, 59; Miss Cilla Black, singer, 54; Earl Cairns, chairman, BAT Industries, 57; Mr Pat Cash, tennis player, 31; Field Marshal Sir John Chapple, former Governor of Gibraltar, 65; Sir Anthony Colman, High Court judge, 58; Mr John Conteh, boxer, 45; Mr Bryan Cowgill, former deputy chairman, Mirror Group, 69; Col Sir William Crawshay, Vice Lord- Lieutenant of Gwent, 76; Lord Erroll of Hale, former government minister, 82; Mr Roger Freeman MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 54; Mr Paul Gascoigne, footballer, 29; Mr Duncan Goodhew, swimmer, 39; Mr Norman Griggs, former vice-president, Building Societies Association, 80; Lord Holme of Cheltenham, former President, Liberal Party, 60; Dr Henry Kissinger, statesman, 73; Mr Christopher Lee, actor, 74; Sir John Moberly, diplomat, 71; Miss Thea Musgrave, composer, 68; Miss Davina Phillips, property developer and former actress, 55; Miss Florence Sharples, former executive director, YWCA, 65; Mr Ravi Shastri, cricketer, 34; Mr Sam Snead, golfer, 84; Sir Ross Stainton, former chairman, British Airways, 82; Mr Michael Webster, former chairman, DRG, 76; Mr Don Williams, singer, 53; Mr Herman Wouk, novelist, 81.