Birthdays

Birthdays

The Duchess of Kent, 63; Sir Roderick Barclay, former ambassador, 87; Mr Brian Beazer, former chairman and chief executive, Beazer plc, 61; Miss Judy Cornwell, actress, 54; Mr Joseph Ettedgui, fashion designer, 60; Professor Sir Brian Follett, Vice-Chancellor, Warwick University, 57; Mr Bruce Forsyth, entertainer, 68; Miss Deborah Grant, actress, 49; Miss Sheila Hancock, actress, 63; Mr Peter Jacobs, chief executive, BUPA, 53; Senator Edward Kennedy, 64; Sir Brian Kerr, a judge of the High Court of Justice, Northern Ireland, 48; Sir John Kerr, ambassador to the United States, 54; Miss Patricia Lancaster, former Headmistress, Wycombe Abbey School, 67; Mr Niki Lauda, motor-racing champion, 47; Mr Sheldon Leonard, actor and director, 89; Miss Frances Line, controller, BBC Radio 2, 56; Mr Devon Malcolm, cricketer, 33; Sir John Mills, actor, director and producer, 88; Mr Noel Murphy, rugby player, 59; Mr Tom Okker, tennis player, 52; Mr Richard Page MP, 55; Mr Nigel Planer, actor, 43; Air Marshal Graeme Robertson, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff, 51; Lt-Gen the Hon Sir William Rous, Quarter Master General, Ministry of Defence, 57; Sir William Slack, consultant surgeon, 71; Mr Ian Stark, show jumper, 42; Lord Strathclyde, Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords, 36; Miss Julie Walters, actress, 46; Mr Samuel Whitbread, Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, 59; Mr Robert Young, actor, 89.