Birthdays: 8th December 1995

Birthdays

Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison, Lord- Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, 70; Mr Julian Critchley MP, 65; Mr Harold Elletson MP, 35; Professor Sir Roger Elliott, physicist, 67; Mr Richard Fleischer, film director, 79; Mr Lucian Freud, painter, 73; Mr James Galway, flautist, 56; Sir de Villiers Graaff, former leader, South African United Party, 82; Mrs Pauline Green, MEP, 47; Mr Ian Greig, cricketer, 40; Mr Geoff Hurst, footballer, 54; Mr Stephen Jefferies, cricketer, 38; Sir Peter Levene, chairman and chief executive, Canary Wharf, 54; Miss Jenny Linden, actress, 55; Mr Terry McDermott, footballer, 44; Sir Jonathan Parker, High Court judge, 58; Lord Prys-Davies, solicitor and politician, 72; Sir Bernard Rix, High Court judge, 51; Mr Paul Rutherford, singer, 36; Mr Maximilian Schell, actor, 65; Dr Sir Alan Stewart, former Vice- Chancellor of Massey University, 78; Mr Michael Unger, Editor, Manchester Evening News, 52; Mr David Verey, chief executive and chairman, Lazard Brothers, 45; Sir William Wood, former Second Crown Estate Commissioner, 79.