Birthdays

Birthdays

Air Vice-Marshal John Allen-Jones, 86; Sir Thomas Bingham, Master of the Rolls, 62; Mr Roger Carrick, High Commissioner to Australia, 58; Mrs Edwina Currie MP, 49; Miss Laraine Day, actress, 75; Sir Denis Forman, former Director, British Film Insitute, 78; Sir Leslie Fowden, former Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station, 70; Sir Roger Gibbs, chairman, the Wellcome Trust, 61; Rear-Admiral John Grant, 87; Mr Anthony Harris, ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, 54; Sir Michael Hutchison, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 62; Mr John Menzies, chairman, John Menzies, 69; Miss Marie Osmond, singer, 36; Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier, 80; Mr Paul Simon, singer and songwriter, 54; Mr John Simpson, chief editor, the Oxford English Dictionary, 42; Miss Rosemary Anne Sisson, author and scriptwriter, 72; Baroness Thatcher, former prime minister, 70; Mr Mordecai Vanunu, nuclear technician, 41; Mr Peter Vereker, UK Permanent Representative, OECD, Paris, 56; Sir Mark Waller, High Court judge, 55.